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Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology is a bimonthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering epidemiologic research related to paediatrics and perinatology. It was established in 1987 by Jean Golding , [ 1 ] who remained editor-in-chief until 2012 and is published by Wiley-Blackwell .
Jean Golding OBE, FMedSci, (born Jean Bond 22 September 1939, also known as Jean Fedrick between 1962 and 1977) [1] is a British epidemiologist, and founder of the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC), also known as "Children of the Nineties".
Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology; Paediatrics & Child Health; Pediatric Allergy and Immunology; Pediatric and Developmental Pathology; Pediatric Anesthesia; Pediatric Blood & Cancer; Pediatric Clinics of North America; Pediatric Critical Care Medicine; Pediatric Diabetes; The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal; Pediatric Neurology ...
Catherine S. Peckham (née King) is a British paediatrician.. Peckham was the first Professor of Paediatric Epidemiology in the UK, and established the Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the UCL Institute of Child Health, University College London.
The Institute of Child Health was founded in 1946 by professor Alan Moncrieff with the funding of a chair in child health by the Nuffield Foundation. [4] [5] It acted as a postgraduate school of preventive and therapeutic paediatrics of Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children and the University of London. [6]
Epidemiology is the study of the distribution and determinants of disease frequency in the human population and the study of how to control health problems. [59] Internationally, the greatest variation in childhood cancer incidence occurs when comparing high-income countries to low-income ones. [ 60 ]
Child mortality refers to number of child deaths under the age of 5 per 1,000 live births. More specific terms include: Perinatal mortality rate: Number of child deaths within the first week of birth divided by total number of births.
Prevalence of pediatric obesity also varies with state. The highest rates of childhood obesity are found in the southeastern states of which Mississippi was found to have the highest rate of overweight/obese children, 44.5%/21.9% respectively. [10] The western states were found to have the lowest prevalence, such as Utah (23.1%) and Oregon (9.6 ...