Critique of Cheatle et al.'s Study of Risk of Opioid Use Disorder Due to Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Noncancer Pain.

Pain Med

Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge Health Alliance, Natick, Massachusetts, USA.

Published: May 2018

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