INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL
OF ADOLESCENT MEDICINE AND HEALTH
Joav Merrick,
Shlomo Kessel, and Mohammed Morad ...........1
Physicians as
barriers to successful transitional care
Adam Fox
.................3
A review of the
female athlete triad (amenorrhea, osteoporosis ... and
disordered eating)
Neville H. Golden
..................9
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
The
influence of the sexual stages of adolescent boys on the circumference of the arm, muscle area
and skinfold measurements
Orhan
Derman, S. Songul Yalcin, Nuray Kanbur, and Erol Kınık .................19
Adolescent
injury mortality in New Zealand and opportunities for prevention
Kypros
Kypri, David J. Chalmers, and John D. Langley .................27
Evaluation
of hearing ability in Danish children at the time of school start and at the
end of school
Søren
Gissel, Jens Tølbøll Mortensen, and Svend Juul ...............43
Seat
belt use among teenagers in two Israeli family practices
Barry
Knishkowy and Rosa Gofin ..............51
Retrospective
analysis of youth evaluated for suicide attempt or suicidal ideation in an
emergency room setting
Julie
Hagedorn and Hatim Omar .................55
Prevalence
of obesity in adolescents and the impact of sexual maturation stage on body
mass index in obese adolescents
Nuray
Ö. Kanbur, Orhan Derman, and Erol Kınık .................61
CASE REPORTS
Brainstem
auditory evoked response in adolescents with acoustic mycotic neuroma due to
environmental exposure to toxic molds
Ebere
Anyanwu, Andrew W. Campbell, and William High .................67
TRENDS AND MILESTONES IN ADOLESCENCE
Trends
in school violence
Joav
Merrick, Shlomo Kessel, and Mohammed Morad ...............77
BOOK REVIEWS ..................81
CALENDAR OF EVENTS .............86