Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 43, Issue 5 , Pages 419-420 , November 2008

Start Now or Start Something Else?

  • Vaughn I. Rickert, Psy.D.

      Affiliations

    • Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University, New York, New York
    • ,
  • David A. Grimes, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Family Health International, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

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PII: S1054-139X(08)00368-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2008.08.013

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 43, Issue 5 , Pages 419-420 , November 2008

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