Predictors of chronic pain
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The Swedish Pain Foundation, Linköping University, and The
Medical Research Council of Southeast Sweden contributed
financially to this study. The funding bodies did not participate
in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data, the writing
of the manuscript, or the decision to submit the manuscript for
publication.
The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.
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