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Public Policy Regarding Adolescent Sexuality in a Truly Liberal State

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 May 2016

Amy B. Middleman*
Affiliation:
Children's Hospital, Boston, USA
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Adolescent Sexuality and Public Policy
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Copyright © Association for Politics and the Life Sciences 

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