“One Size Fits All” Doesn’t Fit When It Comes to Long-Term Opioid Use for People with Chronic Pain

Canadian Journal of Pain

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 2-7

  Lynch, M E ^a   Katz, J ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 85040777233     PISSN: None     EISSN: 24740527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/24740527.2017.1319733     Document Type: Editorial

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