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Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System  

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  • The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) is a project of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Developed in 1990, the YRBSS consists of local, state, and national school-based surveys of youth to monitor the prevalence of and trends in health risk behaviors. [Source: Encyclopedia of Epidemiology; Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System]

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