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Fructose intake and food sources in West Australian adolescents

This research aimed to cross-sectionally quantify fructose consumption and identify major food sources of fructose in adolescents...

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Transforming growth factor-Beta in milk

Findings suggest that TGF-Beta in milk may influence the development of immunological outcomes in offspring.

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Utility of auscultatory screening for detecting rheumatic heart disease in high-risk children in Australia's Northern Territory

Sensitivity and positive predictive value of cardiac auscultation compared with echocardiography is poor, regardless of the expertise of the auscultator.

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Analysis of baseline hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal activity in late adolescence reveals gender specific sensitivity of the stress axis

We aimed to investigate basal HPA-activity in a normal population in late adolescence, the time of life believed to overlap with HPA-axis maturation...

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Dental admissions in children under two years - A total-population investigation

This paper describes dental and oral cavity admissions and associated factors in children under two years of age using total-population databases.

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Effects of adopting the new global lung function initiative 2012 reference equations on the interpretation of spirometry

The aim of this study was to document the likely interpretative effects of changing from commonly used current spirometry reference equations to the GLI2012...

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A phase 2 open-label safety and immunogenicity study of a meningococcal B bivalent rLP2086 vaccine in healthy adults

No currently licensed and available vaccine has been shown to provide broad protection against endemic MnB disease.

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No dose-dependent increase in fracture risk after long-term exposure to high doses of retinol or beta-carotene

This intervention study found no increase in fracture risk among 2,322 adults who took a controlled, high-dose retinol supplement (25,000 IU retinyl...

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Familial aggregation of malignant mesothelioma in former workers and residents of Wittenoom, Western Australia

Clustering 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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Dietary fructose in relation to blood pressure and serum uric acid in adolescent boys and girls

Evidence that fructose intake may modify blood pressure is generally limited to adult populations.