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Barriers to Sexual and Reproductive Health Care: Urban Male Adolescents Speak Out

Claire Lindberg School of Nursing, The College of New Jersey, Ewing, New Jersey, USACorrespondence[email protected]
, BC , PhD , RN , APRN,
Carolyn Lewis-Spruill Health and Human Services, City of Trenton, New Jersey, USA
, C , MSN , RN , APN &
Rodney Crownover The New Jersey Teen Prevention Education Program, HiTOPS Inc., Princeton, New Jersey, USA
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Pages 73-88 | Received 18 Nov 2005, Accepted 03 Jan 2006, Published online: 10 Jul 2009

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