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Opioids for chronic pain of non-malignant origin: Panacea, palliation or pandora's box?

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  1. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Science, University of Auckland, New zealand

    Robert G. Large

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    Stephan A. Schug

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Large, R.G., Schug, S.A. Opioids for chronic pain of non-malignant origin: Panacea, palliation or pandora's box?. Health Care Anal 3, 350–352 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02197085

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