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Trends in high-dose opioid prescribing in Canada
Tara Gomes, Muhammad M. Mamdani, J. Michael Paterson, Irfan A. Dhalla and David N. Juurlink
Canadian Family Physician September 2014, 60 (9) 826-832;
Tara Gomes
Scientist at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences; Assistant Professor at the Institute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation and the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Toronto; and Scientist at the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute at St Michael’s Hospital in Toronto, Ont.
MHScMuhammad M. Mamdani
Scientist at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences; Professor at the Institute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, the Department of Medicine, and the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Toronto; and Scientist at the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute and the Department of Medicine at St Michael’s Hospital.
PharmD MA MPHJ. Michael Paterson
Scientist at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences and Assistant Professor in the Institute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto and the Department of Family Medicine at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont.
MScIrfan A. Dhalla
Scientist at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences; Assistant Professor at the Institute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation and the Department of Medicine at the University of Toronto; and Associate Scientist at the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute and the Department of Medicine at St Michael’s Hospital.
MD MScDavid N. Juurlink
Scientist at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences; Scientist at the Sunnybrook Research Institute; and Professor at the Institute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, the Department of Medicine, and the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Toronto.
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Trends in high-dose opioid prescribing in Canada
Tara Gomes, Muhammad M. Mamdani, J. Michael Paterson, Irfan A. Dhalla, David N. Juurlink
Canadian Family Physician Sep 2014, 60 (9) 826-832;
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