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Attitudes and behaviour predict women's intention to drink alcohol during pregnancy:

To explore women's alcohol consumption in pregnancy, and potential predictors of alcohol consumption in pregnancy.

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Risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia following parental occupational exposure to pesticides

Risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia following parental occupational exposure to pesticides.

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Research performance evaluation: The experience of an independent medical research institute

Evaluation of the social and economic outcomes of health research funding is an area of intense interest and debate...

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Polyunsaturated fatty acid intake and blood pressure in adolescents

This study examined cross-sectional associations between BP and dietary intake of PUFAs in 814 adolescents from the RAINE cohort study.

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The association between neighborhood greenness and cardiovascular disease: An observational study

Previous studies have demonstrated links between cardiovascular disease and physical inactivity and poor air quality, which are both associated with...

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Autism and intellectual disability are differentially related to sociodemographic background at birth

We used population data on Western Australian singletons born from 1984 to 1999 (n = 398,353) to examine the sociodemographic characteristics of children...

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Prenatal stress and risk of behavioral morbidity from age 2 to 14 years:

The maternal experience of stressful events during pregnancy has been associated with a number of adverse consequences for behavioral development offspring...

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Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is a lifelong condition characterised by severe neurodevelopmental impairment due to prenatal exposure to alcohol.

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“Stop, pause and take a break”: a mixed methods study of the longer-term outcomes of digital emotional wellbeing training for perinatal women

Maternal psychological distress is related to poorer physical and mental health as well as child developmental problems. Interventions that optimise maternal mental health and wellbeing during the "first 1,000 days" of life should have wide-reaching benefits for the mother and her child.

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Glycemic and Psychosocial Outcomes of Advanced Hybrid Closed-Loop Therapy in Youth With High HbA1c: A Randomized Clinical Trial

To determine the efficacy of advanced hybrid closed-loop therapy in a high-risk cohort of youth on continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion with or without continuous glucose monitoring with suboptimal glycemia.