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. 2019 Sep;144(3):e20192133.
doi: 10.1542/peds.2019-2133. Epub 2019 Aug 19.

Urgent Need for Research to Achieve Health Equity for Sexual and Gender Minority Youth

Nadia Dowshen  1   2   3 , Carol A Ford  4   3
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Urgent Need for Research to Achieve Health Equity for Sexual and Gender Minority Youth

Nadia Dowshen et al. Pediatrics. 2019 Sep.
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POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST: The authors have indicated they have no potential conflicts of interest to disclose.

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