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Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2000;154:652.

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IN A WORLD of constant change, some anchor points are necessary to maintain a base for assessing and integrating change. Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, the oldest continuously published pediatric journal in the country (dating back to 1911), is one of those anchor points. I am honored and thrilled to be chosen as its new editor. I follow a long chain of wonderful predecessors, and am fortunate to be working with the last one, Cathy DeAngelis, in her role as Editor in Chief, Scientific Publications and Multimedia Applications at the American Medical Association.

Figure appears in full text version. Frederick P. Rivara, MD, MPH

As I take on this position, I have been thinking about the role of a journal such as the ARCHIVES in the daily torrent of information with which we are confronted. A journal should be responsive and adapt to this increasingly rapid pace of medical developments and medical care. To . . . [Full Text of this Article]