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National underascertainment of sudden unexpected infant deaths associated with deaths of unknown causeMary D Overpeck
Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, Rockville, Maryland 20857, USA
Pediatrics 109:274-83. 2002..To investigate underascertainment of unexpected infant deaths at the national level as a result of probable classification as attributable to unknown cause...
Headache, stomachache, backache, and morning fatigue among adolescent girls in the United States: associations with behavioral, sociodemographic, and environmental factorsReem M Ghandour
Office of Women s Health, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, Rockville, MD 20857, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 158:797-803. 2004..Data on the prevalence and co-occurrence of multiple somatic symptoms among US adolescent females as they are influenced by sociodemographic, behavioral, and environmental factors is limited...
Black-white differences in health care utilization among US children with frequent ear infectionsChristina H Park
Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, Rockville, Maryland 20857, USA
Pediatrics 109:E84-4. 2002..To examine differences in patterns of and barriers to health care utilization between black and white children who have frequent ear infections (FEI)...
Prevalence of and risk factors for depressive symptoms among young adolescentsGitanjali Saluja
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Rockville, MD 20892 7510, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 158:760-5. 2004..To determine the prevalence, risk factors, and risk behaviors associated with depressive symptoms in a nationally representative, cross-sectional sample of young adolescents...
Association of language spoken at home with health and school issues among Asian American adolescentsStella M Yu
Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Office of Data and Information Management, 5600 Fishers Lane, 18 41, Rockville, MD 20857, USA
J Sch Health 72:192-8. 2002..School-based interventions such as early identification and outreach, needs assessment, and counseling and support services should be provided to immigrant students and their families...
High caffeine intake in adolescents: associations with difficulty sleeping and feeling tired in the morningRebecca L Orbeta
Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, Maryland 20857, USA
J Adolesc Health 38:451-3. 2006..In this study we found that feeling tired in the morning and having difficulty sleeping was experienced more commonly in those adolescents that have a high intake of caffeine...
Relationships between bullying and violence among US youthTonja R Nansel
Department of Health and Human Services, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention Research, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 157:348-53. 2003..To determine the extent to which bullying and being bullied, both in and away from school, is associated with involvement in violent behavior. DESIGN, SETTING, and..
Cross-national consistency in the relationship between bullying behaviors and psychosocial adjustmentTonja R Nansel
Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention Research, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD 20892 7510, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 158:730-6. 2004..To determine whether the relationship between bullying and psychosocial adjustment is consistent across countries by standard measures and methods...
Birthweight and gestational age effects on motor and social developmentMary L Hediger
Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention Research, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 7510, USA
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 16:33-46. 2002....
Cross-national study of fighting and weapon carrying as determinants of adolescent injuryWilliam Pickett
Community Health and Epidemiology, Queen s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Pediatrics 116:e855-63. 2005....
A cross-national study of violence-related behaviors in adolescentsEleanor Smith-Khuri
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 158:539-44. 2004..Traditional risk-taking behaviors (smoking and drinking) and being bullied were highly associated with the expression of violence-related behavior...
Body mass index and overweight in adolescents in 13 European countries, Israel, and the United StatesInge Lissau
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 158:27-33. 2004..To compare the body mass index (BMI) (calculated as weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in meters) and the prevalence of BMI at or above the 85th centile and 95th centile (overweight) in adolescents...
Injury surveillance in the ED: design, implementation, and analysisRuth A Brenner
Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention Research, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Am J Emerg Med 20:181-7. 2002..However, there is a need for more complete documentation of circumstances surrounding injuries and for standardization of data elements on ED logs and treatment records...
Peer activity in the evenings and participation in aggressive and problem behaviorsJulia C Gage
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
J Adolesc Health 37:517. 2005..Low adult supervision during the after-school hours has been associated with numerous problem behaviors among youth. We examined the extent to which this relationship pertains to the evening hours and aggressive behaviors...
