This chapter discusses the importance of investment in early life determinants of health to break the cycle of long-term disadvantage. This chapter addresses these issues while focussing on neurodevelopmental disorders and their related mental health concerns as the targets at the centre of a biopsychosocial transformation of the health system. ...

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Valerie Verhasselt VV MD, PhD Head, Immunology and Breastfeeding 0402997617 Valerie.verhasselt@telethonkids.org.au Head, Immunology and ...

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

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• 2019
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Cord blood background IL-12 concentrations are important for protecting children from clinical malaria ...

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• 2018
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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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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
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Progress in psychiatric genetics has been slow despite evidence of high heritability for most mental disorders ...

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• 2011
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All alterations to lung mechanics following in utero arsenic exposure were recovered by adulthood. ...

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Population-level ecological studies show type 1 diabetes incidence is inversely correlated with ambient ultraviolet radiation (UVR) levels. We conducted a nested case–control study using administrative datasets to test this association at the individual level. ...

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• 2021
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