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Maternal ethnicity, stillbirth and neonatal death risk in Western Australia 1998–2010Difference in stillbirth and neonatal death rates in Western Australia (1998-2010) by maternal ethnicity
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High expression of connective tissue growth factor accelerates dissemination of leukaemiaFunctional role of CTGF in altering disease progression in a lymphoid malignancy
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Addressing the challenges of cross-jurisdictional data linkage between a national clinical quality registry and government-held health dataDescribing the challenges of obtaining state and nationally held data for linkage to a non-government national clinical registry
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Declining rates of sterilization procedures in Western Australian women from 1990 to 2008: The relationship with age, hospital type, and government policy changesRates of female sterilization procedures in Western Australia have declined substantially across all age groups in the last two decades
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Gender Gaps in Cognitive and Non Cognitive Skills in Early Primary Grades: Evidence from Rural IndonesiaThis paper examines gender gaps in cognitive and non-cognitive skills among a sample of more than 10,000 children between the ages of 6 and 9 in rural Indonesia
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Late talkers and later language outcomes: Predicting the different language trajectoriesThe aim of the current study was to investigate the risk factors present at 2 years for children who showed language difficulties that persisted
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Infective respiratory syncytial virus is present in human cord blood samples and most prevalent during winter monthsHuman respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) remains the most common cause of severe lower respiratory tract disease amongst infants, and continues to cause annual epidemics of respiratory disease every winter worldwide.
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The collective impact of rare diseases in Western Australia: An estimate using a population-based cohortThis cohort study provides new evidence of a disparity between the proportion of the population with rare diseases and their combined health-system costs
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Does alcohol outlet density differ by area-level disadvantage in metropolitan Perth?This ecological study examines the distribution of liquor licences in Perth, Australia, and whether discrepancies in the distribution of retail land-uses could account for a socio-economic gradient.
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Prevalence of microcephaly in an Australian population-based birth defects register, 1980-2015We identified a high proportion of cases without known cause, highlighting the need for clinicians to carefully investigate all possibilities, including emerging infections.