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Smoking, mental illness and socioeconomic disadvantage: Analysis of the Australian National survey of mental health and Wellbeing

There are strong socioeconomic and psychosocial gradients in both current smoking and smoking cessation.

Participation in paediatric cancer studies: Timing and approach to recruitment

In this sub-study, we aimed to investigate factors that may have influenced study participation and completeness of survey completion.

Drug-gene modeling in pediatric T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia highlights importance of 6-mercaptopurine for outcome

This study advances our understanding of drug resistance in T-ALL and provides new markers for patient stratification.

Alcohol-use disorders during and within one year of pregnancy: A population-based cohort study 1985-2006

Given the severe risks to the fetus from heavy prenatal alcohol exposure, assessment and recording of alcohol use should be routinely undertaken in maternity...

Childhood craniopharyngioma: 20-year institutional experience in Western Australia

Although neurocognitive, psychological and behavioural problems were noted for some patients during medical review, only 20% of patients were formally assessed.

An eleven-year evaluation of the effect of community treatment orders on changes in mental health service use

Many studies of compulsory community treatment have assessed their effect early on after the implementation of legislation.

Gender difference in the relationship between passive smoking exposure and HDL-cholesterol levels in late adolescence

This study has shown a gender difference in the relationship between passive smoking exposure since birth and HDL-C in late adolescence.

Virus detection and its association with symptoms during influenza-like illness in a sample of healthy adults

Our findings indicate that a greater number of symptoms are displayed by individuals presenting with influenza confirmed ILI compared with other agents that...

Reversible Control by Vitamin D of Granulocytes and Bacteria in the Lungs of Mice: An Ovalbumin-Induced Model of Allergic Airway Disease

Vitamin D may be essential for restricting the development and severity of allergic diseases and asthma, but a direct causal link between vitamin D...

Collaborating with consumers: the key to achieving statutory notification for birth defects and cerebral palsy in Western Australia

The Western Australian Birth Defects Registry and the Western Australian Cerebral Palsy Register used multiple sources of voluntary notification without...