Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 47, Issue 1 , Pages 110-112 , July 2010

Primary Care Providers' Reports of Time Alone and the Provision of Sexual Health Services to Urban Adolescent Patients: Results of a Prospective Card Study

  • Lucia F. O'Sullivan, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Lucia F. O'Sullivan, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, University of New Brunswick, 38 Dineen Drive, Keirstead Hall, Rm. 216, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada E3B-5A3.
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  • M. Diane McKee, M.D., M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family and Social Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, New York
    • ,
  • Susan E. Rubin, M.D., M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family and Social Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, New York
    • ,
  • Giselle Campos, B.A.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family and Social Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, New York

Received 14 July 2009 ,Accepted 23 December 2009.

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PII: S1054-139X(09)00713-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.12.029

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 47, Issue 1 , Pages 110-112 , July 2010

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