Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 46, Issue 7 , Pages 849-858 , July 2007

From Early to Late Adolescence: American Indian Youths' Behavioral Trajectories and Their Major Influences

,Accepted 5 February 2007.

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 The research was funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, (K02 MH01797-01A1) and the National Institute on Drug Abuse (R24DA13572-0 and R01 DA13227-01).Disclosure: The authors have no financial relationships to disclose.

PII: S0890-8567(09)62173-0

doi: 10.1097/chi.0b013e318053753a

Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 46, Issue 7 , Pages 849-858 , July 2007

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