Acute pain management in the elderly patient

Clinical Pain Management Second Edition: Acute Pain, 2nd Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 504-525

  Macintyre, Pamela E ^a   Upton, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

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