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Screening for Suicide Ideation among Older Primary Care Patients

Marnin J. Heisel, Paul R. Duberstein, Jeffrey M. Lyness and Mitchell D. Feldman
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine March 2010, 23 (2) 260-269; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2010.02.080163
Marnin J. Heisel
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