Health of children at the turn of the century.
A summary is presented of the highlights from the 1999 National Health Interview Survey of Children with comparisons to previous reports, including a consideration of general health status, prevalence of asthma, attention deficit disorder and other learning disabilities, contact with health professionals, need for and use of dental services, use of prescription medications, and health care risk factors.
Waldman
H Barry
HB
Department of General Dentistry, School of Dental Medicine, SUNY at Stony Brook, NY, USA. hwaldman@notes.cc.sunysb.edu
Perlman
Steven P
SP
D000293:Adolescent; D001249:Asthma / Q000453:epidemiology; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D019140:Dental Care for Children / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011307:Drug Prescriptions / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D020380:Needs Assessment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012307:Risk Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology