The etiology of autism spectrum disorders is unknown but there are claims of increasing prevalence in many countries. ...

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• 2010
• October 2010

To examine the prevalence, cumulative incidence, and survival in an Australian cohort with Rett syndrome (RTT). ...

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• 2006
• March 2006

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder is a neurodevelopmental disorder caused by exposure to alcohol in utero. It has pervasive, lifelong impacts and is recognised as a major public health concern in many countries where alcohol is used. The FASD Research Australia Centre of Research Excellence was funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council to generate and translate evidence to address prevention, diagnosis, and management of FASD in Australia. ...

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• 2022
• March 2022

Children of mothers with alcohol use disorders are at risk of not meeting minimum educational benchmarks in numeracy and literacy, with the risk highest among Indigenous children. ...

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• 2017
• May 2017

We investigated the prevalence of UDT and examined rates of surgery and age at surgery in an Australian population. ...

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• 2016
• January 2016

Interest in a possible protective effect of maternal vitamin use before or during pregnancy against childhood brain tumors (CBT) and other childhood cancers... ...

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• 2012
• November 2012

Data linkage of population administrative data is being investigated as a tool for pharmacovigilance in pregnancy in Australia. ...

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• 2010
• November 2010

The development of Milk Man followed a best practice approach, including the involvement of a multidisciplinary team and grounding in behavior change theory ...

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• 2016
• June 2016

This paper will present the first alcohol consumption data of pregnant and breastfeeding women living in rural Western Australia ...

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• 2017
• November 2017

Having a national policy guideline for safe alcohol consumption during lactation has not promoted awareness of this topic among maternal health practitioners ...

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• 2019
• July 2019

Multidisciplinary partnership models are important in the development of health promotion mobile applications ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2016
• May 2016

Carol Helen Bower Leonard C HM MBBS MSc PhD FAFPHM DLSHTM FPHA MBChB MPH Senior Principal Research Fellow, Alcohol and Pregnancy & FASD Research; Director, FASD Research Australia CRE Principal Research Fellow 08 6319 1813 +61 419 956 946 ...

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