Addiction and chronic pain: Diagnostic and treatment dilemmas

Connecticut Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 139-144

  Modesto Lowe, Vania ^a,b   Brooks, Donna ^c   Freedman, Kenneth ^d,e   Hargus, Edward ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Young Adult Services   (United States)

^c STAR Program   (United States)

^d MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e Connecticut Cancer Pain Initiative ^*  (United States)

^f Backus Pain Management Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADDICTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPIATE ADDICTION; PAIN; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PAIN; PREVALENCE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847788192     PISSN: 00106178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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