Ambulatory Pediatrics
Volume 7, Issue 3 , Pages 247-252 , May 2007

Community Engagement in Epidemiological Research

  • Jessica N. Sapienza, MHS

      Affiliations

    • National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Jessica Sapienza, M.H.S., Committee Liaison Officer, The National Children’s Study, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, 6100 Executive Boulevard, Room 5CO1, Bethesda MD 20892.
    • ,
  • Giselle Corbie-Smith, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Medicine and Social Medicine, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
    • ,
  • Sarah Keim, MA, MS

      Affiliations

    • National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD
    • ,
  • Alan R. Fleischman, MD

      Affiliations

    • National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD
    • Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY.

Received 27 March 2006 ,Accepted 8 January 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ambp.2007.01.004

Ambulatory Pediatrics
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