Research ArticleOriginal Article
Depression Treatment in Primary Care
W. David Robinson, Jenenne A. Geske, Layne A. Prest and Rachel Barnacle
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Practice March 2005, 18 (2) 79-86; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.18.2.79
W. David Robinson
PhD
Jenenne A. Geske
PhD
Layne A. Prest
PhD

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Depression Treatment in Primary Care
W. David Robinson, Jenenne A. Geske, Layne A. Prest, Rachel Barnacle
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Practice Mar 2005, 18 (2) 79-86; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.18.2.79
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