Guidelines for opioid prescription: The devil is in the details

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 158, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 843-844

  Rosenau, Alex M ^a  

^a LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPIATE;

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84878711050     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-158-11-201306040-00632     Document Type: Article

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