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. 2018 Oct 1;190(39):E1151-E1152.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.180801.

A perioperative approach to the opioid crisis

Johnny-Wei Bai  1 , James Bao  2 , Anuj Bhatia  2 , Vincent W S Chan  2
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A perioperative approach to the opioid crisis

Johnny-Wei Bai et al. CMAJ. .
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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: Vincent Chan reports receiving personal fees from Aspen Pharmacare, B. Braun, Smiths Medical and SonoSite, outside the submitted work. No other competing interests were declared.

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