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Year: 2001
Type: article
Volume: 16
Issue: 9
Pages: 606-613
Citations: 40607
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                                    Kurt Kroenke, 
                                
                                    Robert L. Spitzer, 
                                
                                    Janet B. W. Williams
                                
                            (2001). 
                            The PHQ-9. 
                            Journal of General Internal Medicine
                            , 16
                            (9)
                            , 606-613.
                            https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1525-1497.2001.016009606.x

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DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.2001.016009606.x