Characteristics and complexity of chronic pain patients referred to a community-based multidisciplinary chronic pain clinic
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عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Journal of Pain
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2474-0527
DOI: 10.1080/24740527.2018.1453751