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Review
. 2018 Nov;18(11):337-341.
doi: 10.1016/j.bjae.2018.06.006. Epub 2018 Sep 27.

Opioids for chronic non-cancer pain

H Gallagher  1 , D Galvin  1
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Review

Opioids for chronic non-cancer pain

H Gallagher et al. BJA Educ. 2018 Nov.
No abstract available

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The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.

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