The Numeric Scoring of Pain: This Practice Rates a Zero Out of Ten.

Ann Emerg Med

Division of Emergency Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital and the Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.

Published: May 2016

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