Search Results - "Overpeck, M D"

The Burden of Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposure on the Respiratory Health of Children 2 Months Through 5 Years of Age in the United States: Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988 to 1994 by Gergen, Peter J, Fowler, Jean A, Maurer, Kurt R, Davis, William W, Overpeck, Mary D

“…To measure the effect of environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) on respiratory health in a national sample of young children. The study evaluated children 2 months…”
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Muscularity and Fatness of Infants and Young Children Born Small- or Large-for-Gestational-Age by Hediger, Mary L, Overpeck, Mary D, Kuczmarski, Robert J, McGlynn, Andrea, Maurer, Kurt R, Davis, William W

“…There is growing interest in the extent to which body composition, both short- and long-term, differs in infants and children born at the extremes of birth…”
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Growth and Fatness at Three to Six Years of Age of Children Born Small- or Large-for-Gestational Age by Hediger, Mary L, Overpeck, Mary D, McGlynn, Andrea, Kuczmarski, Robert J, Maurer, Kurt R, Davis, William W

“…To compare young children 3 to 6 years of age who were born small-for-gestational age (SGA; <10th percentile for gestational age) or large-for-gestational age…”
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The epidemiology of nonfatal injuries among US children and youth by Scheidt, P C, Harel, Y, Trumble, A C, Jones, D H, Overpeck, M D, Bijur, P E

“…National data are not routinely available regarding the incidence of and associated risk factors for nonfatal injuries in children and youth. The Child Health…”
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Risk Factors for Infant Homicide in the United States by Overpeck, Mary D, Brenner, Ruth A, Trumble, Ann C, Trifiletti, Lara B, Berendes, Heinz W

“…Homicide is the leading cause of infant deaths due to injury, accounting for almost one third of such deaths in 1996. 1 Among children and adolescents,…”
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The effects of recall on estimating annual nonfatal injury rates for children and adolescents by Harel, Y, Overpeck, M D, Jones, D H, Scheidt, P C, Bijur, P E, Trumble, A C, Anderson, J

“…This study used a recent national population survey on childhood and adolescent non-fatal injuries to investigate the effects of recall bias on estimating…”
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Early infant feeding and growth status of US-born infants and children aged 4-71 mo : analyses from the third National Health and nutrition examination survey, 1988-1994 by HEDIGER, M. L, OVERPECK, M. D, RUAN, W. J, TROENDLE, J. F

“…There is controversy over what growth references to use in evaluating breast-fed infants and concern about whether never-breast-fed infants are at risk of…”
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Birth weight for gestational age of Mexican American infants born in the United States by Overpeck, Mary D, Hediger, Mary L, Zhang, Jun, Trumble, Ann C, Klebanoff, Mark A

“…Objective: To develop a reference for birth weight for gestational age to identify Mexican American infants born in the United States who are small or large…”
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Factors associated with tympanostomy tube insertion among preschool-aged children in the United States by Kogan, MD, Overpeck, MD, Hoffman, HJ, Casselbrant, ML

“…Recurrent and persistent otitis media is often treated by tympanostomy tube insertion to ventilate the middle ear and restore hearing. This study examined the…”
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Factors associated with bicycle helmet use among young adolescents in a multinational sample by Klein, K S, Thompson, D, Scheidt, P C, Overpeck, M D, Gross, L A

“…Objective: To determine factors associated with variation in bicycle helmet use by youth of different industrialized countries. Design: A multinational cross…”
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Deaths Attributable to Injuries in Infants, United States, 1983-1991 by Brenner, Ruth A, Overpeck, Mary D, Trumble, DrPh; Ann C, DerSimonian, Rebecca, Berendes, Heinz

“…To describe risk factors for injury death among infants in the United States by the specific external cause of death. Data were analyzed from the US-linked…”
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The epidemiology of non-fatal injuries among 11-, 13- and 15-year old youth in 11 countries: findings from the 1998 WHO-HBSC cross national survey by Molcho, M., Harel, Y., Pickett, W., Scheidt, P. C., Mazur, J., Overpeck, M. D., On Behalf of The Hbsc Violence and Injury Writing Group

“…The primary objective was to present a cross-country comparison of injury rates, contexts and consequences. The research design was the analysis of data from…”
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Association Between Infant Breastfeeding and Overweight in Young Children by Hediger, Mary L, Overpeck, Mary D, Kuczmarski, Robert J, Ruan, W. June

“…CONTEXT It has been suggested that breastfeeding is protective against children becoming overweight, and that there is a dose-dependent effect of its duration…”
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Emergency visits for sports-related injuries by Burt, Catharine W., Overpeck, Mary D.

“…Study Objective: We sought to estimate the effect and magnitude of patients with sports-related injuries presenting to hospital emergency departments in the…”
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The effect of US children's access to care on medical attention for injuries by Overpeck, M D, Kotch, J B

“…This analysis examined the effect of access to care on nonfatal medically attended injury rates for US children in 1988. Rates of medically attended injury…”
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Divergent Trends in Childhood Drowning Rates, 1971 Through 1988 by Brenner, Ruth A, Smith, Gordon S, Overpeck, Mary D

“…Objective.—To examine national age-, race-, and sex-specific trends in unintentional drowning rates among US children aged 0 through 19 years.Design.—National…”
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Stature, weight, and body mass among young US children born at term with appropriate birth weights by Overpeck, Mary D., Hediger, Mary L., Ruan, W.June, Davis, William W., Maurer, Kurt R., Troendle, James F., Kuczmarski, Robert J.

“…Objective: To describe weight, stature, and body mass index (BMI) changes occurring before the age of 7 years, which may influence the prevalence of overweight…”
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The lowest birth-weight infants and the US infant mortality rate: NCHS 1983 linked birth/infant death data by Overpeck, M D, Hoffman, H J, Prager, K

“…The National Center for Health Statistics Linked Birth and Infant Death Data Set, 1983 birth cohort, shows that infants weighing less than 750 g, comprising…”
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Where Children Drown, United States, 1995 by Brenner, Ruth A, Trumble, Ann C, Smith, Gordon S, Kessler, Eileen P, Overpeck, Mary D

“…Drowning is the second leading cause of unintentional injury death among children ages 1 to 19 years. Details about the specific site of submersion are…”
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Medically Attended Nonfatal Injuries Among Preschool-Age Children: National Estimates by Kogan, Michael D., Overpeck, Mary D., Fingerhut, Lois A.

“…We used data from the 1991 Longitudinal Follow-up to the National Maternal and Infant Health Survey to examine cumulative risk of injury among children from…”
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