Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 33, Issue 5 , Pages 378-384 , November 2003

At what price? The current state of subject payment in adolescent research

  • Dina L.G Borzekowski, Ed.D

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA (D.L.G.B., V.I.R., L.I.)
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Dina L.G. Borzekowski, Ed.D., Department of Population and Family Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe Street, E4144, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
    • ,
  • Vaughn I Rickert, Psy.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA (D.L.G.B., V.I.R., L.I.)
    • ,
  • Lisa Ipp, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA (D.L.G.B., V.I.R., L.I.)
    • ,
  • J.Dennis Fortenberry, M.D., M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA (J.D.F.)

,Accepted 11 April 2003.

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PII: S1054-139X(03)00228-3

doi: 10.1016/S1054-139X(03)00228-3

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 33, Issue 5 , Pages 378-384 , November 2003

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