Hormonal changes at puberty and the emergence of gender differences in internalizing disorders

Gender Differences at Puberty

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 29-58

  Sanborn, Katherine ^a   Hayward, Chris ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511489716.004     Document Type: Chapter

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