This study investigated the associations between clusters of early life risk factors and developmental vulnerability in children's first year of full-time school at age 5 ...

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• 2020
• April 2020

Infant exposure to coal mine fire emissions could be associated with long-term impairment of lung reactance ...

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• 2020
• February 2020

The association between early-life respiratory syncytial virus infections and later respiratory morbidity is well established. However, there is limited evidence on factors that influence this risk. We examined sociodemographic and perinatal factors associated with later childhood respiratory morbidity requiring secondary care following exposure to a laboratory-confirmed RSV episode in the first 2 years. ...

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• 2023
• October 2023

Newborn babies and their fragile immune systems struggle to fight off nasty infections such as septicaemia, pneumonia and gastroenteritis. ...

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• 2019
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Here we review the historical origins of exposome research and define a new concept, the metaexposome ...

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• 2017
• July 2017

Alexander David Deborah Larcombe Martino Strickland A DM DH BScEnv (Hons) PhD BSc PhD PhD Team Leader, Respiratory Environmental Health Head, ...

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Composition of leukocyte populations in the first month of life remains incompletely characterised, particularly in preterm infants who go on to develop late-onset sepsis (LOS). The aim of the study was to characterise and compare leukocyte populations in preterm infants with and without LOS during the first month of life. ...

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• 2022
• March 2022

Cord blood background IL-12 concentrations are important for protecting children from clinical malaria ...

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• 2018
• July 2018

Early life infections drive high antibiotic prescribing rates in remote Aboriginal communities ...

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• 2019
• April 2019

There is significant data to support the hypothesis that early life nutrition in the fetus, infant and young child can have profound effects on long-term health ...

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• 2016
• October 2016