Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 42, Issue 4 , Pages 394-400 , April 2008

Effectiveness of an Intensive, School-Based Intervention for Teen Mothers

  • Janice D. Key, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, The Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston South Carolina
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Janice D. Key, M.D., The Medical University of South Carolina, Department of Pediatrics, 135 Rutledge Avenue, PO Box 250561, Charleston, SC 29425.
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  • Mulugeta G. Gebregziabher, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, Bioinformatics, and Epidemiology, The Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston South Carolina
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  • Linda D. Marsh, M.Ed.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, The Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston South Carolina
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  • Kathleen M. O’Rourke, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • The Lawton and Rhea Chiles Center for Healthy Mothers and Babies, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida

Received 30 January 2007 ,Accepted 4 September 2007.

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PII: S1054-139X(07)00433-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2007.09.027

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 42, Issue 4 , Pages 394-400 , April 2008

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