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EARLY RELEASE ARTICLES
  • Trends in Exposure to Television Food Advertisements Among Children and Adolescents in the United States
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  • Differences in Prevalence, Treatment, and Outcomes of Asthma Among a Diverse Population of Children With Equal Access to Care: Findings From a Study in the Military Health System
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Current Issue: Vol. 164, No. 7, July 2010

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The Pediatric Forum

  • Analysis of Metformin Treatment for Adolescent Obesity at 48 Rather Than 24 Weeks After Treatment Cessation
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  • Maximizing the Clinical Relevance of Sexual Abstinence–Only Program Evaluations
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  • Integrating Past Research on Related Abstinence and Safer-Sex Interventions
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Picture of the Month Quiz

A 6-year-old healthy South Asian boy presented to a pediatric dermatology clinic for evaluation of hypopigmented macules on the cheeks, readily diagnosed as pityriasis alba.

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Read previous Picture of the Month Quizzes and see how others responded.

Archives is interested in cases that practicing pediatricians are likely to encounter at least occasionally in the office or hospital setting, and have outstanding images to illustrate the disorder. Please see our full instructions at http://archpedi.ama-assn.org/misc/ifora.dtl#PictureoftheMonth.

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Archives Journal Club

Archives Journal Club is a new monthly feature designed to help foster journal reading by medical students, residents, and more senior colleagues as well. Study authors provide an electronic slide set summarizing the article and its key learning points. Read this month's article, view the slides, and read the accompanying editorial.

Media Coverage from the July 2010 Issue

Impact of Delaying School Start Time on Adolescent Sleep, Mood, and Behavior, by Owens et al.
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Wall Street Journal
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Trends in Exposure to Television Food Advertisements Among Children and Adolescents in the United States, by Powell et al.
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Calls for Papers

Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery will be publishing a theme issue on pediatric facial plastic and reconstructive surgery in May/June 2011. Manuscripts received by mid-September 2010 have the best chance for consideration and should be submitted via the manuscript submission and review Web site.

Theme issue on Quality of Care: Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine will devote the May 2011 issue to the topic of quality of care. We are interested in the broad range of issues around quality, both in inpatient and ambulatory settings, that are tested with rigorous experimental designs. We welcome original research, review articles, and commentaries. Manuscripts submitted before September 15, 2010, have the best chance to be included.

Rolling theme issue on Comparative Effectiveness Research: Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine is introducing a "rolling theme issue" on comparative effectiveness research for the care of children and adolescents. We are interested in comparative effectiveness research across the spectrum of care that child health care providers deliver. Priority will be given to real-world effectiveness studies employing rigorous methodological designs, which are generalizable well beyond an individual institution's walls.


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