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Review
. 2015 Feb 13:350:h532.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.h532.

Management of chronic pain in older adults

M Carrington Reid  1 , Christopher Eccleston  2 , Karl Pillemer  3
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Review

Management of chronic pain in older adults

M Carrington Reid et al. BMJ. .
No abstract available

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: We have read and understood the BMJ policy on declaration of interests and declare that: MCR has received funding from the National Institute on Ageing (P30AG022845), the Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research (R01HS020648), Howard and Phyllis Schwartz Philanthropic Fund, and Endo Pharmaceuticals. KP has received research funding from the National Institute on Ageing (P30AG022845). CE has received a grant from the UK National Institute for Health Research Cochrane Program.

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