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Kimberly H McManama O'Brien1, Lynn Hernandez, Anthony Spirito

  • 1a Simmons School of Social Work, Boston Children's Hospital , Harvard Medical School , Boston , Massachusetts , USA.

Substance Abuse
|July 16, 2014
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Parental monitoringadolescentsalcohol-related problemsdepressed mood

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