Adolescent maturity and the brain: the promise and pitfalls of neuroscience research in adolescent health policy.

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Published in J Adolesc Health on September 01, 2009

Authors

Sara B Johnson1, Robert W Blum, Jay N Giedd

Author Affiliations

1: Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Population, Family & Reproductive Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA. sjohnson@jhsph.edu

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