Research ArticleOriginal Research
Delivery of Confidential Care to Adolescent Males
Susan E. Rubin, M. Diane McKee, Giselle Campos and Lucia F. O'Sullivan
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine November 2010, 23 (6) 728-735; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2010.06.100072
Susan E. Rubin
MD, MPH
M. Diane McKee
MS, MD
Giselle Campos
BA

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November-December 2010
Delivery of Confidential Care to Adolescent Males
Susan E. Rubin, M. Diane McKee, Giselle Campos, Lucia F. O'Sullivan
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine Nov 2010, 23 (6) 728-735; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2010.06.100072
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