Studies examining associations of early-life cat and dog ownership with childhood asthma have reported inconsistent results. Several factors could explain these inconsistencies, including type of pet, timing, and degree of exposure. Our aim was to study associations of early-life cat and dog ownership with asthma in school-aged children, including the role of type (cat vs dog), timing (never, prenatal, or early childhood), and degree of ownership (number of pets owned), and the role of allergic sensitization. ...

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For children scheduled for elective surgery, intravenous induction has significant advantages with regards to reduced respiratory adverse events ...

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Liz Carol Milne Bower E C MPH PhD MBBS MSc PhD FAFPHM DLSHTM FPHA Honorary Emeritus Fellow Senior Principal Research Fellow, Alcohol and Pregnancy & ...

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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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The Childhood Leukemia International Consortium (CLIC) was established in 2007 to promote investigations of rarer exposures, gene-environment interactions... ...

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Over many years, it has been shown that cancer represents a significant proportion of excess mortality for people with mental illness. ...

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Risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia following parental occupational exposure to pesticides. ...

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Risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia following parental occupational exposure to extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields British Journal.. ...

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Take a look at some of the published research to come out of the Children's Diabetes Centre recently. ...

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Increased risks were observed for maternal exposure to diesel exhaust any time before the child's birth and paternal exposure around the time of the child's... ...

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