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Antibody and cell-mediated immunity to pertussis 4 years after monovalent acellular pertussis vaccine at birthIn the longest reported follow-up of infants who received aP vaccine at birth, we found a trend to lower PT IgG antibodies post booster compared with receipt...
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Smoking during pregnancy, vitamin C supplementation, and infant respiratory healthThis article discusses the merits and potential shortcomings of a study reported previously showing that giving Vitamin C to women who smoked during...
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Birth cohorts in asthma and allergic diseases: Report of a NIAID/NHLBI/MeDALL joint workshopPopulation-based birth cohorts on asthma and allergies increasingly provide new insights into the development and natural history of the diseases.
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Risk of newly detected infections and cervical abnormalities in women seropositive for naturally acquired human papillomavirus type 16/18 antibodiesWe compared risk of newly detected infection and cervical abnormalities associated with HPV-16/18 between seronegative vs seropositive women (15-25 years) in...
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In utero and postnatal vitamin D exposure and allergy riskThis review article examines the evidence of the impact of in utero and postnatal vitamin D exposure on allergy risk in childhood
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Climate Change and Children’s Health: A CommentaryThis commentary describes the likely impacts on children's health and wellbeing from climate change, based on the solid science of environmental child health.
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Vitamin D and immunityThe active form of vitamin D has an important role in calcium metabolism and in bone mineralisation, but the evidence for other health outcomes is mixed,...
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Hospital admissions and gestational age at birth: 18 Years of follow up in Western AustraliaThis effect of gestational age on rehospitalisation for infants born preterm is highest in the first year post-discharge, but almost disappeared by adolescence
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The effect of the social and physical environment on children's independent mobility to neighborhood destinationsRelationships between context-specific measures of the physical and social environment and children's independent mobility to neighborhood destination types...
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Telomerase reverse transcriptase regulates microRNAs.This study reports that telomerase reverse transcriptase extensively affects the expression levels of mature microRNAs.