Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 33, Issue 5 , Pages 385-394 , November 2003

Truth and consequences: ethics, confidentiality, and disclosure in adolescent longitudinal prevention research

  • Christine Lothen-Kline, M.P.H, C.H.E.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public and Community Health, College of Health and Human Performance, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA (C.L.-K., D.E.H., B.O.B.)
    • ,
  • Donna E Howard, Dr.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public and Community Health, College of Health and Human Performance, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA (C.L.-K., D.E.H., B.O.B.)
    • ,
  • Ellen K Hamburger, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA (E.K.H.)
    • ,
  • Kevin D Worrell, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group, Rockville, Maryland, USA (K.D.W.)
    • ,
  • Bradley O Boekeloo, Ph.D., M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public and Community Health, College of Health and Human Performance, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA (C.L.-K., D.E.H., B.O.B.)
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Bradley O. Boekeloo, Ph.D., M.S., Department of Public and Community Health, University of Maryland, 2387 Valley Drive, HHP Building, College Park, MD 20742, USA.

,Accepted 10 March 2003.

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PII: S1054-139X(03)00184-8

doi: 10.1016/S1054-139X(03)00184-8

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 33, Issue 5 , Pages 385-394 , November 2003

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