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Editor: Frederick P. Rivara, MD, MPH
Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
Department of Pediatrics
Child Health Institute
University of Washington
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Abraham Bergman, MD , Seattle, Washington
Dimitri A. Christakis, MD, MPH , Seattle, Washington
Alain Joffe, MD, MPH, Baltimore, Maryland

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Statistical Consultant:
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Cherrie B. Boyer, PhD , San Francisco, California
Robert H. Bradley, PhD , Tempe, Arizona
David A. Brent, MD , Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Maria T. Britto, MD, MPH , Cincinnati, Ohio
Jeffrey P. Brosco, MD, PhD , Miami, Florida
Mitchell B. Cohen, MD , Cincinnati, Ohio
Matthew M. Davis, MD, MAPP , Ann Arbor, Michigan
Chris Feudtner, MD, PhD, MPH , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Joyce M. Lee, MD, MPH , Ann Arbor, Michigan
Russell R. Pate, MS, PhD , Columbia, South Carolina
Lisa Saiman, MD, MPH , New York, New York
Samir S. Shah, MD, MSCE , Cincinnati, Ohio
Karen Sheehan, MD, MPH , Chicago, Illinois
Martha C. Sola-Visner, MD, Boston, Massachusetts

Jean-Claude Carel, MD , Paris, France
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Frank Oberklaid, MD, FRACP, DCH , Parkville, Victoria, Australia
Susan M. Sawyer, MBBS, MD, FRACP , Parkville, Victoria, Australia
Joan-Carles Surís i Granell, MD, MPH, PhD, Lausanne, Switzerland

Book Reviews: Abraham Bergman, MD , Seattle, Washington
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