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HPV.edu study protocol: A cluster randomised controlled evaluation of education, decisional support and logistical strategies...The National Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccination Program in Australia commenced in 2007 for females and in 2013 for males, using the quadrivalent HPV...
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Breastfeeding and nutrition to 2 years of age and risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia and brain tumorsAcute lymphoblastic leukemia and childhood brain tumors are 2 of the most common forms of childhood cancer, but little is known of their etiology.
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T cells recognizing a 11mer influenza peptide complexed to H-2D b show promiscuity for peptide lengthT-cell repertoire is selected according to self peptide-MHC (major histocompatibility complex) complexes in the thymus.
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ARHGEF12 influences the risk of glaucoma by increasing intraocular pressure.Two important risk factors for this disease are a positive family history and elevated intraocular pressure (IOP), which is also highly heritable.
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Cancer and mental illness: Key issues in mental healthOver many years, it has been shown that cancer represents a significant proportion of excess mortality for people with mental illness.
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The valuing of upstream approaches across the lifecourse. Fact Sheet 2 for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention Evaluation ProjectThis factsheet highlights the need for a greater understanding of the importance of constructive & preventive ‘upstream’ approaches & sustained investment in...
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Evaluation in health promotion: Thoughts from inside a human research ethics committeeHealth promotion research, quality improvement and evaluation are all activities that raise ethical issues.
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The global epidemiology of impetigo: A systematic review of the population prevalence of impetigo and pyodermaWe conducted a comprehensive, systematic review of the global childhood population prevalence of impetigo and the broader condition pyoderma.
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Comparing the effects of sun exposure and vitamin D supplementation on vitamin D insufficiency, and immune and cardio-metabolic functionAdults living in the sunny Australian climate are at high risk of skin cancer, but vitamin D deficiency (defined here as a serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D...
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Defining the appropriate waiting time between multiple-breath nitrogen washout measurementsThis letter addresses the recommendations by the American Thoracic Society & European Respiratory Society in 2005, that patients must wait 15-60mins between...