Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 35, Issue 5 , Pages 425.e19-425.e27 , November 2004

Young adults in Massachusetts: Who is at risk of being uninsured?

Presented in part at the Society for Adolescent Medicine Scientific Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, March 2002.

  • S.Todd Callahan, M.D., M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Dr. S. Todd Callahan, Division of Adolescent Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 436 Medical Center South, Nashville, TN 37232-3571.
    • ,
  • Elizabeth R. Woods, M.D., M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    • ,
  • S.Bryn Austin, Sc.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    • ,
  • Sion Kim Harris, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

,Accepted 20 February 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2004.02.016

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 35, Issue 5 , Pages 425.e19-425.e27 , November 2004

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