Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 46, Issue 6 , Pages 525-531 , June 2010

Understanding Adolescent Parenthood From a Multisystemic Perspective

Received 27 April 2009 ,Accepted 13 November 2009.

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 Dr. Bierut is listed as an inventor on a patent (US 20070258898) held by Perlegen Sciences, Inc., covering the use of certain SNPs in determining the diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of addiction. Dr. Bierut has acted as a consultant for Pfizer, Inc. in 2008. All remaining authors do not have a financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organizations that could be perceived as real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of this article.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.11.209

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 46, Issue 6 , Pages 525-531 , June 2010

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