AdolescentsThe marketing of sweetened and flavoured tobacco in the early 1990s resulted in an upsurge in waterpipe smoking (WPS), mainly among young people and women. Here, we estimate prevalence rates among school-attending adolescents aged 14–19 (girls 52%) for a
Jónína Einarsdóttir +4 more
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Self‐reported sleep patterns and quality amongst adolescents: cross‐sectional and prospective associations with anxiety and depression [PDF]
, 2020 Faith Orchard +3 more
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Effective Interventions for Treating Superficial Self Mutilators [PDF]
, 2008 Self-cutting is the most common form of self-mutilation in adolescents but there is insufficient knowledge as to which treatment methods to reduce self-mutilation are most effective.
Palladini, Maria
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Health concerns of Iranian adolescents: Protocol for a mixed methods study [PDF]
, 2014 Background: Adolescents have particular health and developmental needs that suggest they should neither be treated as older children nor younger adults. Objectives: The aim of this paper is to report the protocol for a mixed methods study that set out to
Ahmadi, F. +4 more
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Reduced Muscular Carnosine in Proximal Myotonic Myopathy—A Pilot 1H‐MRS Study
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective Myotonic dystrophy type 2 (proximal myotonic myopathy, PROMM) is a progressive multisystem disorder with muscular symptoms (proximal weakness, pain, myotonia) and systemic manifestations such as diabetes mellitus, cataracts, and cardiac arrhythmias.
Alexander Gussew +11 more
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Marijuana and e-cigarette use in a US national sample of 8th and 10th grade never-smokers of conventional cigarettes [PDF]
, 2018 Introduction: E-cigarette use remains a controversial topic in public health and medicine. Historically, cigarette smoking was identified as a gateway to marijuana use among adolescents.
Maslowsky, Julie, Owotomo, Olusegun
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Age‐Related Characteristics of SYT1‐Associated Neurodevelopmental Disorder
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objectives We describe the clinical manifestations and developmental abilities of individuals with SYT1‐associated neurodevelopmental disorder (Baker‐Gordon syndrome) from infancy to adulthood. We further describe the neuroradiological and electrophysiological characteristics of the condition at different ages, and explore the associations ...
Sam G. Norwitz +3 more
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Sickle cell disease status among school adolescents and their tribal community in South Gujarat [PDF]
, 2009 Objectives: to create awareness, to screen samples of school adolescents and then to reach their community through them by doing surveillance for sickle cell disease. Design: Field based cross-sectional study. Settings: St Xavier`s high school and Vanraj
Chudasama, Rajesh K +3 more
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Association between high school students’ cigarette smoking, asthma and related beliefs: a population-based study [PDF]
, 2016 Background Smoking has a detrimental effect on the symptoms and severity of asthma, a common chronic disease among adolescents. The purpose of this study was to examine the association between asthma and smoking among high school students and assess ...
Jones, Resa M. +2 more
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Sex Hormones Associate With Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Risk and Survival
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) risk differs by sex and age, implicating sex hormones as potential modifiers. This study examined plasma levels of biologically active sex hormones and their association with ALS odds and survival in cases (females n = 131, males n = 189) and controls (females n = 138, males n = 150) from the University of ...
Stephen A. Goutman +5 more
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