First study to show that the increase in extreme preterm birth in high-income jurisdiction is no longer evident after medical terminations and birth defects are excluded ...

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• 2019
• March 2019

The PCV7 was introduced to prevent IPD in WA Aboriginal people in 2001 to a lesser extent in older people. ...

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• 2017
• September 2017

Alcohol exposure in pregnancy is a common and modifiable risk factor for poor pregnancy and child outcomes. ...

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• 2010
• August 2010

Growing evidence supports a role for infection in the etiology of ALL and the involvement of immune systems suggests that vaccination may also play a role. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2017
• November 2017

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) is a lifelong disability of varying severity that occurs among individuals prenatally exposed to alcohol. Among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (Indigenous) Australians, the effects of colonisation and ongoing racism could increase the risk of alcohol consumption during pregnancy. ...

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• 2023
• September 2023

Supports are needed for families with children with disabilities to assist in meeting the child's health and developmental needs, but also to support the parents in managing the often more complex parenting environment. ...

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• 2017
• April 2017

Prepregnancy body mass index (BMI) and early-pregnancy weight gain rate are associated with adverse adolescent cardio-metabolic profile. ...

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• 2015
• November 2015

The reported frequency and types of adverse events following initial vaccination and revaccination with Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) varies worldwide. Using active surveillance in a randomised controlled trial of BCG vaccination (the BRACE trial), we determined the incidence and risk factors for the development of BCG injection site abscess and regional lymphadenopathy. ...

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• 2022
• January 2022

Nonrecurrent risk of stillbirth, Preterm birth, and small for gestational age after exposure to one or more of these complications in a previous pregnancy ...

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• 2018
• January 2018

Liz Tim Davis Jones EA TW MBBS FRACP PhD MBBS DCH FRACP MD Head, Chronic & Severe Diseases Research Focus Area; Clinical Lead, Diabetes and Obesity ...

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• Diabetes, Metabolism and Clinical Sciences
• Diabetes and Obesity Research
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