Chronic opioid use: Effects on respiration and sleep

Opioids: Pharmacology, Clinical Uses and Adverse Effects

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1-13

  Cao, Michelle ^a   Javaheri, Shahrokh ^b,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Sleepcare Diagnostics   (United States)

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