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High Fruit and Vegetable Intake to Decrease Risk of Depression in Adults

Simone Bigelow, DO
Kimberly Crosby, PharmD
Viviane Sachs, MD
Alberto Benjamin Chong, DO
Toni Hoberecht, MA, MLIS, AHIP

American Family Physician. 2024;110(5):533-534.

Author disclosure: No relevant financial relationships.

SIMONE BIGELOW, DO; KIMBERLY CROSBY, PHARMD; VIVIANE SACHS, MD, and ALBERTO BENJAMIN CHONG, DO, University of Oklahoma School of Community Medicine, Tulsa

TONI HOBERECHT, MA, MLIS, AHIP, University of Oklahoma-Tulsa, Schusterman Library, Tulsa

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Address correspondence to Simone Bigelow, DO, at Simone-Bigelow@ouhsc.edu.

Author disclosure: No relevant financial relationships.

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