In the Past 20 Years,chronic Pain Rates in the United

question 7

Multiple Choice

In the past 20 years,chronic pain rates in the United States have been:

• A) increasing steadily.
• B) decreasing steadily.
• C) essentially unchanged.
• D) untracked by epidemiological data.

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