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Buprenorphine-naloxone "microdosing": an Alternative Induction Approach for the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder in the Wake of North America's Increasingly Potent Illicit Drug Market

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Journal CMAJ
Date 2020 Jan 22
PMID 31959660
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