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Heritable and environmental determinants of hospitalisation for common childhood illnessesWe will leverage the unique Western Australian data linkage resources to undertake the definitive twin and sibling study of infection-related hospitalisation
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Estimated Therapy Costs and Downstream Cost Consequences of iBASIS-Video Interaction to Promote Positive Parenting Intervention vs Usual Care Among Children Displaying Early Behavioral Signs of Autism in AustraliaThe growing global prevalence of autism spectrum disorder is associated with increasing costs for support services. Ascertaining the effects of a successful preemptive intervention for infants showing early behavioral signs of autism on human services budgets is highly policy relevant.
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Low-moderate prenatal alcohol exposure and risk to child behavioural development: a prospective cohort studyTo examine the association of fetal alcohol exposure during pregnancy with child and adolescent behavioural development.
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Hospitalisation rates for children with intellectual disability or autism born in Western Australia 1983-1999: A population-based cohort studyID and/or ASD were found to be associated with an increased risk of hospitalisation compared with the remainder of the population.
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Parental smoking and risk of childhood brain tumorsChildhood brain tumors (CBT) are the leading cause of cancer death in children, yet their etiology remains largely unknown.
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Familial aggregation of malignant mesothelioma in former workers and residents of Wittenoom, Western AustraliaClustering of cases of malignant mesothelioma within families has often been observed, but disentangling genetic and exposure effects has not been done.
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Re-evaluation of link between interpregnancy interval and adverse birth outcomes: Retrospective cohort study matching two intervals per motherThis study questions the causal effect of short interpregnancy intervals on adverse birth outcomes and points to the possibility of unmeasured or...
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Effectiveness of trivalent flu vaccine in healthy young childrenThis paper reports some of the findings from the Western Australian Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness Study, commenced in 2008, to evaluate a program providing...
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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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A Genome-Wide Search for Type 2 Diabetes Susceptibility Genes in an Extended Arab FamilyWe performed a discovery GWAS in an extended UAE family (N = 178; 66 diabetic; 112 healthy) genotyped on the Illumina Human 660 Quad Beadchip, with...