Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 40, Issue 3 , Pages 199-200 , March 2007

More Evidence Supports the Need to Protect Confidentiality in Adolescent Health Care

  • Abigail English, J.D.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Adolescent Health & the Law, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
    • ,
  • Carol A. Ford, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine, Adolescent Medicine Program, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

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PII: S1054-139X(06)00638-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2006.12.016

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 40, Issue 3 , Pages 199-200 , March 2007

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