PAIN
Volume 150, Issue 3 , Pages 375-376 , September 2010

Reducing the risk of opioid misuse in persistent pain: Commentary on Jamison et al.

Received 13 May 2010 ,Accepted 9 July 2010.

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PII: S0304-3959(10)00410-0

doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2010.07.005

PAIN
Volume 150, Issue 3 , Pages 375-376 , September 2010

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