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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
Paul R. Duberstein
Jeffrey M. Lyness

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Medicine Mar 2010, 23 (2) 260-269; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2010.02.080163
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