Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 46, Issue 4 , Pages 366-371 , April 2010

Sexual Orientation and Bullying Among Adolescents in the Growing Up Today Study

  • Elise D. Berlan, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Section of Adolescent Medicine, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio
    • Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio
    • Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Elise D. Berlan, M.D., M.P.H., Section of Adolescent Medicine, Nationwide Children's Hospital, 700 Children's Drive, Columbus, OH 43205.
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  • Heather L. Corliss, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Alison E. Field, Sc.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Department of Medicine, Channing Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Elizabeth Goodman, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • The Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts–New England Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
    • ,
  • S. Bryn Austin, Sc.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Department of Medicine, Channing Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts

Received 29 May 2009 ,Accepted 14 October 2009.

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PII: S1054-139X(09)00647-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.10.015

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 46, Issue 4 , Pages 366-371 , April 2010

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