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Late-talking and risk for behavioural and emotional problems during childhood and adolescence

Although many toddlers with expressive vocabulary delay ("late talkers") present with age-appropriate language skills by the time they are of school age...

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Breastfeeding and early child development: A prospective cohort study

Breastfeeding has been associated with multiple developmental advantages for the infant; however, there have also been a number of studies that find...

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The relationship between MECP2 mutation type and health status and service use trajectories over time in a Rett syndrome population

This study aimed to investigate the trajectories over time of health status and health service use in Rett syndrome by mutation...

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Preterm infants have deficient monocyte and lymphocyte cytokine responses to group B streptococcus

Group B streptococcus (GBS) is an important cause of early- and late-onset sepsis in the newborn. Preterm infants have markedly increased susceptibility...

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Changes in health professionals' knowledge, attitudes and practice following provision of educational resources

We provided health professionals in Western Australia (WA) with educational resources about prevention of prenatal alcohol exposure and fetal alcohol...

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Bronchial brushings for investigating airway inflammation and remodelling

Asthma is the commonest medical cause for hospital admission for children in Australia, affects more than 300 million people worldwide, and is incurable...

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Does Exposure to Asbestos Cause Ovarian Cancer? A Systematic Literature Review and Meta-analysis

The asbestos and ovarian cancer relationship is not well understood because of small numbers of women exposed to asbestos, small numbers of cases...

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Opportunities and challenges of the pulmonary route for vaccination

The respiratory tract is an attractive target for the delivery of vaccine antigens.

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Kawasaki disease, childhood allergy and the hygiene hypothesis

Kawasaki disease is characterized by increased inflammation

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Global research neglect of population-based approaches to smoking cessation

It has been argued that the preponderance of studies into individual smoking cessation therapies seems grossly out of proportion to the number of people...