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Increases in opioid medication use: Balancing the good with the bad

Received 14 May 2008 ,Revised 22 May 2008 ,Accepted 22 May 2008.

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PII: S0304-3959(08)00280-7

doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2008.05.017

PAIN
Volume 138, Issue 2 , Pages 245-246 , 31 August 2008