Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 45, Issue 1 , Pages 1-2 , July 2009

What Is to Be Done about the Rise in Teen Childbearing?

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doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.04.013

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 45, Issue 1 , Pages 1-2 , July 2009