American Pregnancy Association; www.americanpregnancy.org/ (p. 6)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; www.cdc.gov/ (p. 9, 11, 13)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease and Health Promotion; http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/bb_nutrition; Child Trend Databank; www.childtrendsdatabank.org/ (p. 6)

Citizens for Missouri’s Children, Kids Count 2000-2005 (p. 8, 11)

Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, Missouri Information for Community Assessment; www.dhss.mo.gov/MICA/ (p. 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12)

Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, Community Health Profiles; www.dhss.mo.gov (p. 9, 13)

Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, Lead Program (p. 14)

Missouri Department Economic Development, Labor Statistics (p. 5)

Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education; www.dese.mo.gov/schooldata(p. 5, 8)

Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Water Quality (p. 14)

Missouri Department of Social Services, Children’s Division, Child Abuse and Neglect Annual Reports (p. 13)

National Institute of Mental Health (p. 12)

United States Census Bureau, Decennial Census, 2000 (p. 4, 5, 8, 14)

2003 Health and Preventive Practices Status Report from Missouri County Level Study, Department of Health and Senior Services (p. 10, 11, 14)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Reducing Tobacco Use; A Report of the Surgeon General - Executive Summary, Atlanta, Georgia; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health, 2000 (p. 11)

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