Acute Pain
Volume 8, Issue 4 , Pages 161-167 , December 2006

Post-operative pain management by acute pain service in a University Hospital, Thailand

Received 9 February 2006 ,Revised 23 August 2006 ,Accepted 23 August 2006.

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PII: S1366-0071(06)00117-3

doi: 10.1016/j.acpain.2006.08.041

Acute Pain
Volume 8, Issue 4 , Pages 161-167 , December 2006

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