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Editorial
. 2024 Jan 1;37(1):1-2.
doi: 10.3344/kjp.23349.

Increasing opioid prescription in Korea: a pressing public health concern and necessitating initiatives

Francis Sahngun Nahm  1   2
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Editorial

Increasing opioid prescription in Korea: a pressing public health concern and necessitating initiatives

Francis Sahngun Nahm. Korean J Pain. .
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CONFLICT OF INTEREST

Francis S. Nahm is a current Editor-in-Chief of the Korean Journal of Pain; however, he has not been involved in the peer reviewer selection, evaluation, or decision process of this article. No other potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported.

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