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Clinical Focus: Pain Management - Original Research

Prescription opioid abuse and misuse: gap between primary-care investigator assessment and actual extent of these behaviors among patients with chronic pain

Beatrice SetnikClinical Pharmacology, INC Research, Raleigh, NC, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Carl L. RolandDepartment of Clinical Sciences and Outcomes & Evidence, Pfizer Inc, Durham, NC, USAView further author information
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Glenn C. PixtonDepartment of Statistics, Pfizer Inc, Durham, NC, USAView further author information
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Kenneth W. SommervilleDepartment of Clinical Research, GW Pharmaceuticals, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA;Department of Neurology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USAView further author information
Pages 5-11 | Received 10 May 2016, Accepted 04 Oct 2016, Published online: 26 Oct 2016

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