The age of adolescence

The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 223-228

  Sawyer, Susan M ^a,b   Azzopardi, Peter S ^a,b,c,d   Wickremarathne, Dakshitha ^e   Patton, George C ^a,b  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c BURNET INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d SOUTH AUSTRALIAN HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; HUMAN; LAW; MATURATION; NOTE; POLICY; SOCIAL ASPECT; WELLBEING; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY, ADOLESCENT;

EID: 85042041868     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23524642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2352-4642(18)30022-1     Document Type: Note

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