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Editorial
4 September 2020

The economic cost of racial disparities in chronic pain

Authors: Jane Lee [email protected], Rohan Jotwani https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7605-1312, and Robert S WhiteAuthor Info & Affiliations
Volume 9, Number 13
https://doi.org/10.2217/cer-2020-0091
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