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Mental Health and Benzodiazepine Use Among Patients on Chronic Opioid Therapy

Abigail Y. Smith, Julienne K. Kirk, Paul F. Smith and Brian J. Wells
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine January 2021, 34 (1) 99-104; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2021.01.200320
Abigail Y. Smith
From the Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC (AYS, JKK, BJW); Department of Information Technology Services, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC (PFS); Division of Public Health Sciences, Department of Biostatistical Sciences, Center for Biomedical Informatics, Winston-Salem, NC (BJW).
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Julienne K. Kirk
From the Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC (AYS, JKK, BJW); Department of Information Technology Services, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC (PFS); Division of Public Health Sciences, Department of Biostatistical Sciences, Center for Biomedical Informatics, Winston-Salem, NC (BJW).
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Paul F. Smith
From the Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC (AYS, JKK, BJW); Department of Information Technology Services, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC (PFS); Division of Public Health Sciences, Department of Biostatistical Sciences, Center for Biomedical Informatics, Winston-Salem, NC (BJW).
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Brian J. Wells
From the Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC (AYS, JKK, BJW); Department of Information Technology Services, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC (PFS); Division of Public Health Sciences, Department of Biostatistical Sciences, Center for Biomedical Informatics, Winston-Salem, NC (BJW).
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