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Environmental Factors in Children's Asthma and Respiratory Effects

Asthma is more common in childhood than in adulthood and is more correctly thought of as a syndrome than as a discrete condition.

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The pet factor - Companion animals as a conduit for getting to know people, friendship formation and social support

Pet owners were significantly more likely to get to know people in their neighborhood than non-pet owners.

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PRAGMA-CF. A Quantitative Structural Lung Disease Computed Tomography Outcome in Young Children with Cystic Fibrosis

Chest computed tomography (CT) is the gold standard for demonstrating cystic fibrosis (CF) airway disease. However, there are no standardized outcome...

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Use of the Dietary Guideline Index to assess cardiometabolic risk in adolescents

The long-term adherence to the dietary guidelines has not been evaluated against emergence of cardiometabolic risks in adolescents with increasing rates of...

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A western dietary pattern is associated with poor academic performance in Australian adolescents

The aim of this study was to investigate cross-sectional associations between dietary patterns and academic performance among 14-year-old adolescents.

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Clinical cardiovascular risk during young adulthood in offspring of hypertensive pregnancies:

Offspring of hypertensive pregnancies have increased cardiovascular risk factors during childhood.

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The case for global investment in rheumatic heart-disease control

The review built a case for extending simple and cost–effective measures to all countries. Had these recommendations been put into action, significant...

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Children with chronic suppurative lung disease have a reduced capacity to synthesize interferon-gamma in vitro in response to non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae

The aim of this study was to identify features of innate, cell-mediated and humoral immunity that may increase susceptibility to respiratory infections in...

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Prevalence and determinants of influenza vaccine coverage at tertiary pediatric hospitals

This study aimed to examine the uptake of influenza vaccination amongst a cohort of Australian children and factors associated with vaccine acceptance.

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Hospital costs of multiple-birth and singleton-birth children during the first 5 years of life and the role of assisted reproductive technology

The objective was to conduct a comprehensive economic and health services assessment of the frequency, duration, and cost of hospital admissions during the...