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Editorial
. 2020 Dec;35(Suppl 3):883-885.
doi: 10.1007/s11606-020-06349-1.

Mounting a Scientifically Informed Response to the Opioid Crisis in the Veterans Health Administration

William C Becker  1   2 , Keith Humphreys  3   4 , David Atkins  5 , Carolyn M Clancy  6
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Mounting a Scientifically Informed Response to the Opioid Crisis in the Veterans Health Administration

William C Becker et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2020 Dec.
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The authors report no conflicts of interest related to the content of the manuscript.

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