1. Foreword

   EditorialNotes Pages: S3 - S3

2. Chronic pain in society—a case for chronic pain as a dysfunctional state?

   • B. H. Sjölund

   Research Papers Pages: S5 - S9

3. Chronic pain—the end of the welfare state?

   • A. Nachemson

   Research Papers Pages: S11 - S17

4. The epidemiology of chronic pain in a Swedish rural area

   • H. I. Andersson

   Research Papers Pages: S19 - S26

5. The incidence of back pain and headache among Swedish school children

   • G. Brattberg

   Research Papers Pages: S27 - S31

6. Specified diagnosis in 532 cases of back pain

   • A. Udén

   Research Papers Pages: S33 - S34

7. Entering the loop: assessing the contribution of pain clinics in northern Britain

   • I. K. Crombie
   • H. T. O. Davies
   • W. A. Macrae

   Research Papers Pages: S35 - S38

8. Pain, nerve dysfunction and fatigue in a vibration-exposed population

   • G. Lundborg

   Research Papers Pages: S39 - S42

9. The recurrence of pain after neurosurgical procedures

   • R. R. Tasker

   Research Papers Pages: S43 - S49

10. Pain and suffering: what is the unit?

    • W. E. Rordyce

    Research Papers Pages: S51 - S56

11. Idiopathic pain and depression

    • L. von Knorring
    • L. Ekselius

    Research Papers Pages: S57 - S68

12. Logic, truth and language in concepts of pain

    • H. Merskey

    Research Papers Pages: S69 - S76

13. Somatization, distress and chronic pain

    • S. F. Dworkin

    Research Papers Pages: S77 - S83

14. The economic impact of musculoskeletal disorders

    • P. Lee

    Research Papers Pages: S85 - S91

15. Ischaemic heart disease: disability and costs

    • S. -O. Isacsson

    Research Papers Pages: S93 - S96

16. The probability of recovery and return to work from work disability as a function of time

    • J. Crook
    • H. Moldofsky

    Research Papers Pages: S97 - S109