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Original Article

Survey of select practice behaviors by primary care physicians on the use of opioids for chronic pain

Bhushan Bhamb University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USACorrespondence[email protected]
,
David Brown University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
,
Jaishree Hariharan Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
,
Jane Anderson University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
,
Stacey Balousek University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
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Michael F. Fleming University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
Pages 1859-1865 | Accepted 21 Jul 2006, Published online: 22 Aug 2006

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