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Early Nutrition as a Major Determinant of 'Immune Health': Implications for Allergy, Obesity and Other Noncommunicable DiseasesA better understanding of nutritional programming of immune health may lead to dietary strategies that reduce the burden of many inflammatory diseases
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An Official ATS/ERS Workshop Report: Evaluation of Respiratory Mechanics and Function in the Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care UnitsThis report summarizes techniques available for ventilated and spontaneously breathing infants and children in the ICU
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Neonatal drug withdrawal syndrome: Cross-country comparison using hospital administrative data in England, the USA, Western Australia and Ontario, Canada.We determined trends over time in the prevalence of neonatal drug withdrawal syndrome (NWS) in England compared with that reported in the USA, Western (W)...
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The diagnosis of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in Australian children: Current paediatric practice and parent perspectiveAustralian paediatric practice in relation to ADHD assessment is generally consistent with best practice guidelines
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Tightrope walking: Using predictors of 25 (OH)D concentration based on multivariable linear regression to infer associations with health risksThe approach of predicted 25 (OH)D concentration derived from multivariable linear regression may be valid..
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Interobserver reliability of the Australian Spasticity Assessment Scale (ASAS)The Australian Spasticity Assessment Scale complies with the definition of spasticity and is clinically feasible in paediatric settings
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Comparing the effects of sun exposure and vitamin D supplementation on vitamin D insufficiency, and immune and cardio-metabolic functionAdults living in the sunny Australian climate are at high risk of skin cancer, but vitamin D deficiency (defined here as a serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D...
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Grow up with your countryThis commentary discusses the keys to empowering individuals & families to navigate the health, education, employment & social systems & to access relevant...
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Defining the appropriate waiting time between multiple-breath nitrogen washout measurementsThis letter addresses the recommendations by the American Thoracic Society & European Respiratory Society in 2005, that patients must wait 15-60mins between...
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Pterygium and conjunctival ultraviolet autofluorescence in young Australian adults: The Raine studySun exposure is associated with several ophthalmic diseases, including pterygium which may develop in adolescence.