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The use of intermittent subcutaneous injections of oxycodone for opioid rotation in patients with cancer pain

โœ Scribed by Bruno Gagnon; Monique Bielech; Sharon Watanabe; Paul Walker; John Hanson; E. Bruera

Book ID
106175038
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Year
1999
Tongue
English
Weight
59 KB
Volume
7
Category
Article
ISSN
0941-4355

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