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Editorial
. 2017 Oct;32(10):1067-1068.
doi: 10.1007/s11606-017-4137-4.

Opioids and Substance Abuse: Education or Just Regulation?

Rebecca Andrews  1 , Eric M Mortensen  2
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Editorial

Opioids and Substance Abuse: Education or Just Regulation?

Rebecca Andrews et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2017 Oct.
No abstract available

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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