Pain Management Nursing
Volume 12, Issue 3 , Pages 180-187 , September 2011

Risk Factors for Opioid-Induced Excessive Respiratory Depression

Received 7 January 2010 ,Revised 24 January 2010 ,Accepted 1 February 2010.

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Pain Management Nursing
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