Geriatric depression: The use of antidepressants in the elderly

British Columbia Medical Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 341-347

  Wiese, Bonnie S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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EID: 80052698488     PISSN: 00070556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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