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The long-term effects of breastfeeding on child and adolescent mental health: A Pregnancy Cohort Study followed for 14 years

To determine whether there was an independent effect of breastfeeding on child and adolescent mental health

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Adolescent dietary patterns are associated with lifestyle and family psychosocial factors

Few studies have examined the dietary patterns of adolescents and the social and environmental factors that may affect them during this life stage.

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The reliability of a food frequency questionnaire for use among adolescents

Accurate measurement of dietary intake is essential for understanding the long-term effects of adolescent diet on chronic disease risk.

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Stereotypical hand movements in 144 subjects with Rett syndrome from the population-based Australian database

Stereotypic hand movements are a feature of Rett Syndrome but few studies have observed their nature systematically.

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Linking MECP2 and pain sensitivity: the example of Rett syndrome

This study investigated the nature and prevalence of atypical pain responses in Rett syndrome and their relationships with specific MECP2 mutations.

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Crowding and other strong predictors of upper respiratory tract carriage of otitis media-related

We investigated predictors of nasopharyngeal carriage in Australian Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children.

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Representativeness of child controls recruited by random digit dialling

Recruiting control subjects who are representative of the population from which the cases are drawn is a challenge in case-control studies

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Dietary patterns and markers for the metabolic syndrome in Australian adolescents

Overweight and other risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) as well as their clustering, are increasingly prevalent among adolescents.

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Pandemic influenza H1N1 2009 infection in Victoria, Australia

Conflicting findings regarding the level of protection offered by seasonal influenza vaccination against pandemic influenza H1N1 have been reported.