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Clinical practice guideline for the management of postoperative pain.

BIBLIOGRAPHIC SOURCE(S)

  • Department of Defense, Veterans Health Administration. Clinical practice guideline for the management of postoperative pain. Version 1.2. Washington (DC): Department of Defense, Veterans Health Administration; 2002 May. Various p.

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