Opioids for workers with an acute episode of low-back pain

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Andrea D Furlan et al. Pain. 2010 Oct.

. 2010 Oct;151(1):1-2.

doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2010.07.033. Epub 2010 Aug 19.

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The course of opioid prescribing for a new episode of disabling low back pain: opioid features and dose escalation.
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