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In addition to Richardson, Resnick and Rideout, the study's authors include Holly Derry, MPH, of the Health Media Research Laboratory, and Derek Hansen, Ph.D., a student at the U-M School of Information. Richardson is a former Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar at the U-M Medical School, under the direction of Joel Howell, M.D., and Rodney Hayward, M.D.

Note: An executive summary of the study and a link to the complete searching and blocking results will be available at http://www.kff.org. The summary will also be available by calling the Kaiser Family Foundation's publication request line at 1-800-656-4533.

Note to editors: The results of the study will be discussed by the authors at a briefing at 1 p.m. EST on December 10, 2002 at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. Comments from various organizations involved in the Internet filtering issue will also be presented at that time. A webcast of the briefing will be available at http://www.kaisernetwork.org at 4 p.m. that day.

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Contact: Kara Gavin
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10-Dec-2002