Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 41, Issue 1 , Pages 61-68 , July 2007

Adolescents’ Beliefs about Preferred Resources for Help Vary Depending on the Health Issue

  • Arik V. Marcell, M.D., M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Dr. Arik V. Marcell, Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, The Johns Hopkins University, 200 N. Wolfe St, Room 2062, Baltimore, MD 21287.
    • ,
  • Bonnie L. Halpern-Felsher, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

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

Received 20 June 2006 ,Accepted 16 February 2007.

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PII: S1054-139X(07)00097-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2007.02.006

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 41, Issue 1 , Pages 61-68 , July 2007

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