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A Systematic Approach to Opioid Prescribing

Kelly Bossenbroek Fedoriw, Amy Prentice, Sue Slatkoff and Linda Myerholtz
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine November 2020, 33 (6) 992-997; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2020.06.190463
Kelly Bossenbroek Fedoriw
the Department of Family Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
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Amy Prentice
the Department of Family Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
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Sue Slatkoff
the Department of Family Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
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Linda Myerholtz
the Department of Family Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Nov 2020, 33 (6) 992-997; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2020.06.190463

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