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Migration and work in postwar Australia: mortality profile comparisons between Australian and Italian workers exposed to blue asbestos at Wittenoom330,000 Italians arrived in Australia between 1945 and 1966, many on assisted passage schemes where the worker agreed to a 2 year unskilled employment contract.
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Aboriginal parent support: A partnership approachOur aim was to identify program elements, exploring participants’ perceptions of the program's suitability, feasibility, acceptability and effectiveness.
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Aboriginal children and penicillin injections for rheumatic fever: How much of a problem is injection pain?We explore young Aboriginal people's and clinicians' experience of injection pain for the 10 years of penicillin injections young people are prescribed.
Discover resources and science activities for kids for the topic 'Our Skin'.
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“Arguments online, but in school we always act normal”: The embeddedness of early adolescent negative peer interactions within the whole of their offline and online peer interactionsOur aim was to study was to investigate how negative peer interactions on/offline are associated with each and with other daily interactions among adolescents.
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A review of structural brain abnormalities in Pallister-Killian syndromePKS is a rare multisystem developmental syndrome usually caused by mosaic tetrasomy of chromosome 12p that is known to be associate with neurological defects.
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The social basis of vaccine questioning and refusal: A qualitative study employing bourdieu’s concepts of ‘capitals’ and ‘habitus’This article is an in-depth analysis of the social nature of vaccine decision-making
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A 15-Year Old Burmese Girl With Hemoptysis: A Case ReportA 15 year old girl, born in Hakha, Myanmar, presented with 2 months of intermittent hemoptysis 3 years after immigrating to Australia, via Malaysia.
Discover resources and science activities for kids for the topic 'Allergies'.
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A randomised controlled trial of an iPad-based application to complement early behavioural intervention in Autism Spectrum DisorderTechnology-based interventions may provide a relatively low-cost addition to existing therapist-delivered interventions for children with ASD
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Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 328 diseases and injuries for 195 countries, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016Jonathan Carapetis AM AM MBBS FRACP FAFPHM PhD FAHMS Executive Director; Co-Head, Strep A Translation; Co-Founder of REACH 08 6319 1000 contact@
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Understanding the aetiology and resolution of chronic otitis media from animal and human studiesThis Clinical Puzzle article describes our current knowledge of chronic otitis media and the existing research models for this condition
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Collaboration for the kidsHow do you brighten the day of kids in the Perth Children's Hospital when you can't visit them? You work with other sparkly and generous people to
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Meet scientist NickNick is a researcher, but he doesn't wear a lab coat. His research is all about helping kids with a disability get a good night's sleep.
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Holiday fun this AprilThe school holidays are fast approaching, which only means one thing – the The Kids Discovery Centre school holiday workshops are back with an exciting program of fun and educational workshops for kids!
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Come along to our first ever Science & Sip for teachersWant to find out more about what an excursion to The Kids is all about? Join us for our first ever Science & Sip!
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