Opioids for osteoarthritis

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Lozada CJ (2009). Management of osteoarthritis. In GS Firestein et al., eds., Kelley's Textbook of Rheumatology, 8th ed., vol. 2, pp. 1563–1577. Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier.


Author:	Shannon Erstad, MBA/MPH	Last Updated: April 17, 2009
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