In the 1990s pneumonia hospitalisation rates in Western Australia (WA) were 13 times higher in Indigenous children than in non-Indigenous children... ...

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• 2012
• June 2012

This study explores the differential impact of weather on time allocation to physical activity and sleep by children and their parents. We use nationally representative data with time use indicators objectively measured on multiple occasions for more than 1,100 child-parent pairs, coupled with daily meteorological data. ...

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• 2021
• July 2021

Children with birth defects experience higher rates of hospitalisation for ALRIs before age 2 years than children with no birth defects. ...

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• 2014
• March 2014

Christopher Deborah Hannah Lea-Ann Peter Blyth Lehmann Moore Kirkham Richmond CC D HC LK PC MBBS (Hons) DCH FRACP FRCPA PhD AO, MBBS, MSc OAM BSc ( ...

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The reciprocal relationship between psychiatric and substance use disorders is well-known, yet it remains largely unknown whether mental health morbidity causally leads to addictive behaviours. This paper utilises a fixed effects instrumental variables model, which is identified by time-varying sources of plausibly exogenous variations in mental health, and a nationally representative panel dataset from Australia to present robust evidence on the causal impact of mental distress on cigarette smoking and alcohol drinking behaviours. ...

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• 2023
• August 2023

Ellen Adrienne Yasmin Harvey Gregory Harman-Smith EH adrienne.gregory@telethonkids.org.au YHS BSocWk(Hons) BSocSci, MPhil BA, BHlthSc(Hons), PhD ...

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Amy Tess Jack Finlay-Jones Fletcher Brett AFJ TF JB BPsych(Hons), MPsych(Clinical), MHealthEcon, PhD (Clin Psych) BPsych, PhD BPsych (Hons) Head, ...

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High consumption of sugar sweetened beverages (SSBs) has been linked to unhealthy weight gain and nutrition related chronic disease. ...

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• 2011
• December 2011

Mapping murine genes controlling cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) identified Fli1 as a candidate influencing resistance to L. major and enhanced wound healing. ...

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• 2011
• October 2011

To examine the association of fetal alcohol exposure during pregnancy with child and adolescent behavioural development. ...

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• 2010
• August 2010