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Is the Australian National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing a reliable guide for health planners? A methodological note on the prevalence of depression

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Pages 635-638 | Received 03 Oct 2003, Accepted 22 Mar 2004, Published online: 07 Aug 2009

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