Chronic non-cancer pain and opioid dependence

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 62-65

  Littlejohn, Christopher ^a   Baldacchino, Alex ^a,b   Bannister, Jonathan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPIATE;

CANCER PAIN; CHRONIC PAIN; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EMBASE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; POPULATION; REVIEW; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 1242292987     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.97.2.62     Document Type: Review

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