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Gender Differences in Child Survival in Contemporary Rural China: A County Study
January 2004
Using data from a survey of deaths of children less than 5 years old conducted in 1997 in a county in Shaanxi Province, China, this paper examines gender differences in child survival in...
Effects of a Videotape to Increase Use of Poison Control Centers by Low-Income and Spanish-Speaking Families: A Randomized, Controlled Trial
December 2003
Background: Poison control centers (PCCs) reduce health care costs for childhood poisonings by providing telephone advice for home management of most cases.
Changes in Rate of Autopsy-Detected Diagnostic Errors Over Time: A Systematic Review
June 2003
Context Substantial discrepanies exist between clinical diagnoses and findings at autopsy.
Validity of Children's Food Portion Estimates: A Comparison of 2 Measurement Aids
December 2002
Background: Policy and clinical decisions regarding children's nutrition are often based on dietary intake estimates from self-reports.
Agreement Among Measures of Asthma Status: A Prospective Study of Low-Income Children with Moderate to Severe Asthma
December 2002
Background: Because no validated "gold standard" for measuring asthma outcomes exists, asthma interventions are often evaluated using a large number of disease status measures.
Perinatal Screening of Group B Streptococci: Cost-Benefit Analysis of Rapid Polymerase Chain Reaction
September 2002
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Mortality in Low Birth Weight Infants According to Level of Neonatal Care at Hospital of Birth
May 2002
OBJECTIVE: In 1976, the Committee on Perinatal Health recommended that hospitals with no neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) or intermediate NICUs transfer high-risk mothers and infants that weigh...
Acute Helicobacter pylori Infection is Followed by an Increase in Diarrheal Diseases Among Peruvian Children
December 2001
Background: Cohort and case-crossover studies were conducted to evaluate whether new Helicobacter pylori infections are followed by increased diarrhea.
Overweight Concerns and Body Dissatisfaction Among Third-Grade Children: The Impacts of Ethnicity and Socioeconomic Status
December 2001
Objective: To examine the prevalence of overweight concerns and body dissatisfaction among third-grade girls and boys and the influences of ethnicity and socioeconomic status (SES).
Effects of Reducing Television Viewing on Children's Requests for Toys: A Randomized Controlled Trial
December 2001
Previous attempts to reduce the effects of television advertising on children's purchase requests have had little success.
Reducing Children's Television Viewing to Prevent Obesity: A Randomized Controlled Trial
December 2000
Selected by the editors of Contemporary Pediatrics as the most significant pediatric study of 1999. Also first printed in 1999, v 282, p1561-1567 JAMA
Short Term Health and Economic Benefits Smoking Cessation: Low Birth Weight
December 1999
Objective: To estimate excess direct medical costs of low birth weight from maternal smoking and short-term cost savings from smoking cessation programs before or during the first trimester of...
Health Issues of Immigrant Children of Color, The
December 1999
By the year 2050, the population of the United States is projected to be approximately half white and half non-white.
Gender Differences in Physician-Patient Communication: Evidence From Pediatric Visits
December 1997
Objective: To determine whether physician gender and patient gender influence the process of communication and parent and child satisfaction during pediatric office visits.
The Neonatal Cost of Congenital Syphilis
May 1997
Objective: To determine the hospital cost of caring for newborn infants with congenital syphilis.