Don't ask, they won't tell: The quality of adolescent health screening in five practice settings

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 86, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1767-1772

  Blum, Robert Wm ^a   Beuhring, Trish ^a   Wunderlich, Marijo ^a   Resnick, Michael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 0030457712     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.86.12.1767     Document Type: Article

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