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Smoking During Pregnancy Rates Trends in a High Smoking Prevalence State, 1990–2009

Objective: To assess the trends for smoking during pregnancy for whites and blacks in Missouri, a state with a high prevalence of smoking, for the period 1990–2009. Methods: Retrospective cohort study of annual pregnancy smoking rates recorded on birth certificates. Trends were assessed by regression analyses for all births, births…

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Original Article

Correlation between High Risk Obesity Groups and Low Socioeconomic Status in School Children

Objective: Obesity is a major health problem among children and adolescents which is potentially affected by socioeconomic status (SES). The high risk group (HRG) comprises those youths with a body mass index (BMI) between the 85th and 95th percentile (at risk for overweight) and ≥95th percentile (overweight). We sought a…

Posted in: adolescents 13 African Americans 8 blacks 2 body mass index 17 children 22 ethnicity 6 middle school 2 race 15 sex 2 socioeconomic 2 whites 2
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