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Under-detection of depressed mood in older inpatients and related over-prescription of depression-associated medications

✍ Scribed by Hana Castel; Danit Shahar; Larissa German; Ilana Harman-Boehm

Book ID
109005291
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2006
Tongue
English
Weight
66 KB
Volume
6
Category
Article
ISSN
1444-1586

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