Women's Health Issues
Volume 17, Issue 4 , Pages 227-236 , July 2007

Health Interventions With Girls in the Juvenile Justice System

  • Patricia J. Kelly, PhD, MPH, RN, FNP

      Affiliations

    • University of Missouri—Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Patricia J. Kelly, PhD, Associate Professor, School of Nursing and Medicine, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2220 Holmes, Kansas City, MO 64197-2639; Phone: 816-235-2617.
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  • Steven V. Owen, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas
  • ,
  • Esther Peralez-Dieckmann, MPA

      Affiliations

    • Office of Women’s Health Advocacy, Santa Clara County, California
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  • Elisabeth Martinez, MS

      Affiliations

    • University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas

Received 4 August 2006 ,Revised 23 February 2007 ,Accepted 28 March 2007.

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PII: S1049-3867(07)00057-6

doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2007.03.005

Women's Health Issues
Volume 17, Issue 4 , Pages 227-236 , July 2007