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Editorial
. 2017 May 4;1(1):2-7.
doi: 10.1080/24740527.2017.1319733. eCollection 2017.

"One Size Fits All" Doesn't Fit When It Comes to Long-Term Opioid Use for People with Chronic Pain

M E Lynch  1 , J Katz  2
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Editorial

"One Size Fits All" Doesn't Fit When It Comes to Long-Term Opioid Use for People with Chronic Pain

M E Lynch et al. Can J Pain. .
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