Opioids for chronic refractory breathlessness: patient predictors of beneficial response

Miriam J. Johnson, J. Martin Bland, Stephen G. Oxberry, Amy P. Abernethy, David C. Currow

Source: Eur Respir J 2013; 42: 758-766
Journal Issue: September
Disease area: Airway diseases

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