Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 46, Issue 4 , Pages 324-330 , April 2010

Utilization of Health Services in Physician Offices and Outpatient Clinics by Adolescents and Young Women in the United States: Implications for Improving Access to Reproductive Health Services

  • Karen W. Hoover, M.D., M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Karen Hoover, M.D., M.P.H., Division of Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd. NE MS E-80, Atlanta, GA 30333.
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  • Guoyu Tao, Ph.D.
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  • Stuart Berman, M.D., M.P.H.
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  • Charlotte K. Kent, Ph.D.

Received 19 May 2009 ,Accepted 22 September 2009.

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PII: S1054-139X(09)00363-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.09.002

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 46, Issue 4 , Pages 324-330 , April 2010

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