Patterns of prescription and concern about opioid analgesics for chronic non-malignant pain in general practice

Primary Health Care Research and Development

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 146-156

  McCracken, Lance M ^a   Velleman, Sophie C ^a   Eccleston, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

analgesics; chronic pain; general practice; opioids; prescribing practices

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011476604     PISSN: 14634236     EISSN: 14771128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1463423608000625     Document Type: Article

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