Reports and Findings
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Breastfeeding in the first hour of life protects against neonatal mortalityBreastfeeding within the first hour of life has been shown to reduce high neonatal mortality by 22%.
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Maternal pre-pregnancy body mass index and internalizing and externalizing problems in offspringExposure to elevated maternal pre-pregnancy BMI is associated with increased levels of internalizing and externalizing problems throughout childhood and...
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Efficacy of acute myeloid leukemia therapy without stem-cell transplantation in a child with blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasmOur case demonstrates that AML therapy, without HSCT, can be sufficient to treat this rare disease in children.
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Attendances during the First 12 Months of Life for Aboriginal Children in Five Remote Communities of Northern AustraliaThe median number of presentations per child in the first year of life was 21 with multiple reasons for presentation.
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Are women with major depression in pregnancy identifiable in population health data?Although record linkage of routinely collected health datasets is a valuable research resource, most datasets are established for administrative purposes and...
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A phase 2 open-label safety and immunogenicity study of a meningococcal B bivalent rLP2086 vaccine in healthy adultsNo currently licensed and available vaccine has been shown to provide broad protection against endemic MnB disease.
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Familial aggregation of malignant mesothelioma in former workers and residents of Wittenoom, Western AustraliaClustering of cases of malignant mesothelioma within families has often been observed, but disentangling genetic and exposure effects has not been done.
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The role of nutrition in children's neurocognitive development, from pregnancy through childhoodThis review examines the current evidence for a possible connection between nutritional intake (including micronutrients and whole diet) and neurocognitive...
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"Through the Kids... We Connected With Our Community": Children as Catalysts of Social CapitalThis article investigates whether having dependent children living at home play a role in forging adult connections, community involvement, and social...
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Common variants in the HLA-DRB1-HLA-DQA1 HLA class II region are associated with susceptibility to visceral leishmaniasisA conditional analysis provided evidence for multiple associations within the HLA-DRB1-HLA-DQA1 region,and a model in which risk differed between three...