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Barriers and Facilitators to Screening for Anxiety and Intimate Partner Violence

Amy G. Cantor, Chrystal Barnes, Sonja Likumahuwa-Ackman, Tamar Wyte-Lake, Miranda Pappas, Keeley Blackie and Heidi D. Nelson
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine November 2025, 38 (6) 1049-1063; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2025.250108R1

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