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Developmental regulation of type 1 and type 3 interferon production and risk for infant infections and asthma developmentType 1 and 3 interferon response capacity appears strongly developmentally constrained at birth
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Detecting genotyping error using measures of degree of Hardy-Weinberg disequilibrium - art. no. 5Tests for Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium (HWE) have been used to detect genotyping error, but those tests have low power unless the sample size is very large.
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Physical and mental health in mothers of children with Down syndrome.Physical and mental health in mothers of children with Down syndrome.
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Infection is the major component of the disease burden in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australian children: a population-based studyInfection accounts for the majority of pediatric mortality and morbidity in developing countries, but there are limited data on the infectious diseases...
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Heritable and environmental determinants of hospitalisation for common childhood illnessesInfectious diseases are the leading cause of childhood death and health service use worldwide.
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The increase in medical admissions with anorexia nervosa during the COVID-19 pandemic in Western AustraliaA comparative study to describe the increase in medical admissions of children and adolescents with anorexia nervosa (AN) in Western Australia in 2019 (pre-pandemic) and 2020 (peri-pandemic).
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Does fast-food outlet density differ by area-level disadvantage in metropolitan Perth, Western Australia?Socio-economic spatial patterning of fast-food outlets can result in disparities in the availability and access of food across geographic areas, contributing to health inequalities. This study investigated whether area-level socio-economic disparities exist in fast-food availability across the Perth metropolitan region of Western Australia.
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Maternal diet, depression and antidepressant treatment in pregnancy and across the first 12 months postpartum in the MPEWS pregnancy cohort studyThere is increasing interest in the association between perinatal depression and diet including whether diet may have an impact on depressive symptoms and equally whether depression influences diet. Furthermore, whether pharmacological treatment of depression with antidepressant medication also may influence diet.
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Functioning, participation, and quality of life in children with intellectual disability: an observational studyTo investigate associations between functioning, community participation, and quality of life (QoL) and identify whether participation mediates the effects of functioning on QoL.
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Selection of appropriate spirometry reference values in Aboriginal AustraliansThe Global Lung Function ‘Caucasian’ and ‘Other’ spirometry equations do not match healthy Aboriginal FEV1 and FVC data