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Research Article

Primary adherence to antidepressant prescriptions in primary health care: a population-based study in Sweden

Carl FrecceroCenter for Primary Health Care Research, Lund University/Region Skåne, Sweden;
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Kristina SundquistCenter for Primary Health Care Research, Lund University/Region Skåne, Sweden; ;Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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Jan SundquistCenter for Primary Health Care Research, Lund University/Region Skåne, Sweden; ;Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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Jianguang JiCenter for Primary Health Care Research, Lund University/Region Skåne, Sweden; Correspondence[email protected]
Pages 83-88 | Received 03 Apr 2013, Accepted 12 Oct 2015, Published online: 01 Feb 2016

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