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Pediatric hospital admissions in Indigenous children: A population-based study in remote AustraliaWe analysed hospital admissions of a predominantly Aboriginal cohort of children in the remote Fitzroy Valley in Western Australia during their first 7 years.
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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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Quantitative assessment of airway dimensions in young children with cystic fibrosis lung disease using chest computed tomographyTo evaluate lung disease progression using AA dimensions on chest CT over 2-years in young CF patients longitudinally and compare to disease controls.
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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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A Genome-Wide Association Meta-Analysis of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Symptoms in Population-Based Pediatric CohortsThe SNP-based heritability for ADHD symptom scores indicates a polygenic architecture, and genes involved in neurite outgrowth are possibly involved
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Diagnostic evaluation for autism spectrum disorder: A survey of health professionals in AustraliaReported practice of some professionals in Australia may not be consistent with international best practice guidelines for ASD diagnosis
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No evidence for impaired humoral immunity to pneumococcal proteins in Australian Aboriginal children with otitis mediaConserved vaccine candidate proteins from S.pneumoniae induce serum and salivary antibody responses in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children with history of OM
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Influence of maternal obesity on the long-term health of offspringIncluding immediate implications for pregnancy complications, increasing evidence implicates maternal obesity having a major impact on long term child health.
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Health care utilization and costs for children and adults with duchenne muscular dystrophyThe annual economic cost of DMD was found to be high, reflecting a significant socioeconomic burden, especially in boys who reach adulthood
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Patterns of multiple risk exposures for low receptive vocabulary growth 4-8 years in the Longitudinal Study of Australian ChildrenOur results demonstrate a range of multiple risk profiles in a population-representative sample of Australian children and highlight the mix of risk factors faced by children