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Adolescent Sexuality and Public Policy: The Role of Cognitive Immaturity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 May 2016

Sue Stuart-Smith*
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Oxford Region Psychiatry Service, UK
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Adolescent Sexuality and Public Policy
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