A Randomized, Double-Blind, Multisite, Pilot, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Regular, Low-Dose Morphine on Outcomes of Pulmonary Rehabilitation in COPD
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Slavica Kochovska1, Belinda Fazekas1, Michael Hensley2
1IMPACCT, Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, New South Wales, Australia; Australian National Palliative Clinical Studies Collaborative, Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, New South Wales, Australia.
Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
|August 13, 2019
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