Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 40, Issue 3 , Pages 218-226 , March 2007

Forgone Health Care among U.S. Adolescents: Associations between Risk Characteristics and Confidentiality Concern

  • Jocelyn A. Lehrer, Sc.D.

      Affiliations

    • Bixby Center for Reproductive Health Research and Policy, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Jocelyn A. Lehrer, Sc.D., 4601 25th St. #7, San Francisco, CA 94114.
    • ,
  • Robert Pantell, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Division of Adolescent Medicine University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California
    • ,
  • Kathleen Tebb, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Division of Adolescent Medicine University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California
    • ,
  • Mary-Ann Shafer, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Division of Adolescent Medicine University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California

Received 28 December 2005 ,Accepted 18 September 2006.

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PII: S1054-139X(06)00375-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2006.09.015

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 40, Issue 3 , Pages 218-226 , March 2007

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