Use of opioids in a danish population-based cohort of cancer patients

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 336-343

  Jarlbaek, Lene ^a   Andersen, Morten ^a   Hallas, Jesper ^a   Engholm, Gerda ^b   Kragstrup, Jakob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cancer pain; Danish Cancer Register; OPED; Opioids; Oral morphine equivalents; Pain treatment; Pharmacoepidemiological; Population based; Tramadol; Transdermal fentanyl

Indexed keywords

BUPRENORPHINE; CODEINE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; FENTANYL; HYDROMORPHONE; KETOBEMIDONE; METHADONE; MORPHINE; NICOMORPHINE; OXYCODONE; PENTAZOCINE; PETHIDINE; TRAMADOL;

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; DENMARK; HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH;

EID: 18044363090     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2004.07.010     Document Type: Article

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