Screening for Somatization and Depression in Saudi Arabia: A Validation Study of the Phq in Primary Care

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• Publication year

  2002

• Venue

  International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine

• Publication date

  2002-09-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.2190/XTDD-8L18-P9E0-JYRVPMID 12489702
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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