Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 40, Issue 6 , Pages 514-520 , June 2007

Challenges in Replicating Interventions

  • Stephanie G. Bell, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, Maryland
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  • Susan F. Newcomer, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Susan F. Newcomer, NICHD, Building 61E, Room 8B7G, Bethesda MD 20892.
    • ,
  • Christine Bachrach, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
    • ,
  • Elaine Borawski, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Case Western Reserve, Cleveland, Ohio
    • ,
  • John B. Jemmott III, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    • ,
  • Diane Morrison, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
    • ,
  • Bonita Stanton, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
    • ,
  • Susan Tortolero, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • University of Texas Medical Center Houston, Houston, Texas
    • ,
  • Richard Zimmerman, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky

Received 20 January 2006 ,Accepted 8 September 2006.

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PII: S1054-139X(06)00347-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2006.09.005

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 40, Issue 6 , Pages 514-520 , June 2007

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