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. 2011 Fall;1(2):55-7.
doi: 10.5812/kowsar.22287523.2306. Epub 2011 Sep 26.

"Pain Relief is an Essential Human Right", We Should be Concerned about It

Farnad Imani  1 , Saeid Safari  1
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"Pain Relief is an Essential Human Right", We Should be Concerned about It

Farnad Imani et al. Anesth Pain Med. 2011 Fall.
No abstract available

Keywords: Anesthesia and analgesia; Illness burden; Pain; Pain clinics; Regional anesthesia.

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