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Year: 2018
Type: article
Volume: 2
Issue: 3
Pages: 223-228
Citations: 2978
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                                    Susan M. Sawyer, 
                                
                                    Peter Azzopardi, 
                                
                                    Dakshitha Wickremarathne
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2018). 
                            The age of adolescence. 
                            The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health
                            , 2
                            (3)
                            , 223-228.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/s2352-4642(18)30022-1
                        

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DOI: 10.1016/s2352-4642(18)30022-1