2017
Taking ACTION to reduce pain: ACTION study rationale, design and protocol of a randomized trial of a proactive telephone-based coaching intervention for chronic musculoskeletal pain among African Americans
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2005
Multidisciplinary approaches to pain management in primary care settings.
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