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Preliminary Validation for the “BJR method”—A Possible New Mathematical Approach to Methadone Conversion

Diana Trofimovitch
,
Laura Hutchinson
&
Steven J. BaumruckerCorrespondence[email protected]
ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-4902-8579
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Pages 42-48 | Received 04 Apr 2019, Accepted 04 Jun 2019, Published online: 01 Jul 2019

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