The double opioid crisis: A call for balance.

Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf

Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences (UIPS), Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Clinical Pharmacology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands.

Published: January 2019

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