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Chronic Non-Cancer Pain: A Siren for Primary Care – A Report From the PRImary care MultiEthnic Network (PRIME Net)

Robert R. Leverence, Robert L. Williams, Michael Potter, Douglas Fernald, Mark Unverzagt, Wilson Pace, Bennett Parnes, Elvan Daniels, Betty Skipper, Robert J. Volk, Anthony E. Brown, Robert L. Rhyne and on behalf of PRIME Net clinicians
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine September 2011, 24 (5) 551-561; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2011.05.110030
Robert R. Leverence
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Robert L. Williams
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Douglas Fernald
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Robert R. Leverence, Robert L. Williams, Michael Potter, Douglas Fernald, Mark Unverzagt, Wilson Pace, Bennett Parnes, Elvan Daniels, Betty Skipper, Robert J. Volk, Anthony E. Brown, Robert L. Rhyne, on behalf of PRIME Net clinicians
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