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Urine Drug Testing Among Patients Prescribed Long-Term Opioid Therapy: Patient and Clinician Factors

Alicia L. Agnoli, Rebecca Howe, Elizabeth Magnan, Anthony Jerant, Daniel Colby and Peter Franks
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine August 2023, 36 (4) 537-541; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2022.220360R1
Alicia L. Agnoli
From the Department of Family & Community Medicine, UC Davis (AA); Department of Family & Community Medicine, UC Davis (RH, EM, AJ, PF); Department of Emergency Medicine, UC Davis (DC).
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Rebecca Howe
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Elizabeth Magnan
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Anthony Jerant
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Daniel Colby
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Alicia L. Agnoli, Rebecca Howe, Elizabeth Magnan, Anthony Jerant, Daniel Colby, Peter Franks
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Alicia L. Agnoli, Rebecca Howe, Elizabeth Magnan, Anthony Jerant, Daniel Colby, Peter Franks
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Aug 2023, 36 (4) 537-541; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2022.220360R1
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