Opioids: After thousands of years, still getting to know you

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 303-306

  Katz, Nathaniel ^a  

^a Analgesic Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPIATE; OXYCODONE;

CHRONIC PAIN; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG MISUSE; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG TOLERANCE; DRUG USE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MORPHINE TOLERANCE; NOTE; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINALYSIS;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PAIN;

EID: 34247529816     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e31803cb905     Document Type: Note

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