Reports and Findings
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Rationale, design and methods for the 22 year follow-up of the Western Australian Pregnancy Cohort (Raine) StudyYoung adulthood is a critical life period for health and health behaviours.
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Development of a scale to evaluate midwives' beliefs about assessing alcohol use during pregnancyPrenatal alcohol exposure is an important modifiable cause of adverse fetal outcomes during and following pregnancy.
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Individual, social, and environmental correlates of healthy and unhealthy eatingThis study aims to examine associations between individual, social, home, & neighbourhood environmental factors & dietary intake among adults.
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Association of gestational age at birth with reasons for subsequent hospitalisation: 18 Years of follow-up in a Western Australian population studyPreterm infants are at a higher risk of hospitalisation following discharge from the hospital after birth.
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Physical inactivity is associated with moderate-severe obstructive sleep apneaTo investigate whether low levels of physical activity were associated with an increased occurrence of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).
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Pregnancy outcomes of mothers with an alcohol-related diagnosis: A population-based cohort study for the period 1983-2007To examine fetal outcomes of mothers with an alcohol-related diagnosis.
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Identifying families most likely to have missing paternal details in birth registrations using linked dataThe purpose of this study was to determine the extent of missing paternal data in birth registrations and the characteristics of families most likely to have...
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Reduced immune responses in chimeric mice engrafted with bone marrow cells from mice with airways inflammation.During respiratory inflammation, it is generally assumed that dendritic cells differentiating from the bone marrow are immunogenic rather than immunoregulatory.
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The 'Can't Intubate Can't Oxygenate' scenario in pediatric anesthesia: A comparison of the Melker cricothyroidotomy kit with a scalpel bougie techniqueWhile the majority of pediatric intubations are uncomplicated, the 'Can't intubate, Can't Oxygenate' scenario (CICO) does occur.
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Nutritional approaches for the primary prevention of allergic disease: An updateThe dramatic rise in early childhood allergic diseases indicates the specific vulnerability of the immune system to early life environmental changes.