Prescription opioid use in advanced COPD: benefits, perils and controversies

Natasha Smallwood, John Politis, Brian Le

Source: Eur Respir J, 49 (6) 1700690; 10.1183/13993003.00690-2017
Journal Issue: June
Disease area: Airway diseases

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