background: socioeconomic status has been found to have a significant impact on the health as well as risk behaviors of adolescents across different contexts. this study was conducted to assess the effect of social relations adjusted by social class on physical and psychological well-being of adolescences in teheran, iran.     methods: this was a cross- sectional study and carried out on 1,742 ...

BACKGROUND Measles remains the leading cause of vaccine-preventable childhood mortality in developing countries, with its greatest incidence in children younger than 2 years of age. The aim of this study was to determine the seroprevalence of measles virus in children (aged 0-8 months) and older children (aged 9-23 months) presenting with measles-like symptoms. METHODS A total of 273 blood sa...

OBJECTIVE To characterize the epidemiology of wasting and identify the main predictors of wasting, severe wasting and poor weight-for-height in children. DESIGN We analysed a nationally representative sample of 2028 children (Multiple Indicator Survey, 2010). SETTING Royal Kingdom of Bhutan. SUBJECTS Children aged 0-23 months. RESULTS Wasting prevalence was significantly higher among in...

BACKGROUND Bronchiolitis is a significant cause of acute morbidity in children less than 2 years old and some children with bronchiolitis are admitted to the hospital. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES To identify clinical predictors of hospital admission in children aged 0-24 months with acute bronchiolitis.   METHODS: All children in the age group of 0-24 months presenting with acute bronchiolitis to a ded...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study is to describe blood lead levels (BLLs) and the prevalence of elevated blood lead levels (EBLLs) in children aged 0-6 years old and to analyze the BLL trend in children from 2009 to 2013 in China. METHODS A total of 124,376 children aged 0-6 years old were recruited for this study from January 1st 2009 to December 31st 2013. Their blood lead levels were analyz...