Acknowledgements• The African American middle school girls forparticipating in the clinical trial.• The parents of our participants.• The members of the research team.• The National Institute of Child Health andDevelopment for the funding support (5RO1HD039757-05, PI: Dr. Willa M. Doswell).
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