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Risk factors for low receptive vocabulary abilities in the preschool and early school years in the longitudinal study of Australian children

Receptive vocabulary development is a component of the human language system that emerges in the first year of life and is characterised by onward expansion...

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Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder: Development of consensus referral criteria for specialist diagnostic assessment in Australia

The use of standard methods to identify when to refer individuals who may have FASD for specialist assessment could help improve the identification of this...

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The correlation between reading and mathematics ability at age twelve has a substantial genetic component

Dissecting how genetic and environmental influences impact on learning is helpful for maximizing numeracy and literacy.

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Assessment and management of hypoglycemia in children and adolescents with diabetes

This paper provides clinical practice guidelines for treating low blood sugar in children and adolescents with Type 1 diabetes.

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Neurological and Biological Foundations of Children's Social and Emotional Development: An Integrated Literature Review

This article is a review of developmental processes that combine social, health, and learning pathways, and the mechanisms through which these pathways may...

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Re-evaluation of link between interpregnancy interval and adverse birth outcomes: Retrospective cohort study matching two intervals per mother

This study questions the causal effect of short interpregnancy intervals on adverse birth outcomes and points to the possibility of unmeasured or...

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Myopia in Young Adults Is Inversely Related to an Objective Marker of Ocular Sun Exposure: The Western Australian Raine Cohort Study

In this young adult population, myopic refractive error was inversely associated with objectively measured ocular sun exposure, even after adjustment for...

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Does walkable neighbourhood design influence the association between objective crime and walking?

This study examined associations between objective crime and walking, controlling for the characteristics of walkable neighbourhoods.

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Resilience amongst Australian Aboriginal youth: An ecological analysis of factors associated with psychosocial functioning

We investigate whether the profile of factors protecting psychosocial functioning of high risk exposed Australian Aboriginal youth are the same as those...

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Making mapping matter: a case study for short project international partnerships by global public health students

This paper describes a ten-day sanitation mapping project in Mumbai, India and explores the broader implications for global public health student electives.