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Parental occupational exposure to engine exhausts and childhood brain tumors

Childhood brain tumors (CBT) are the leading cause of cancer death in children; their risk factors are still largely unknown.

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Increased mortality among Indigenous persons during and after release from prison in New South Wales

The objective of this study was to estimate the overall and cause specific mortality of Aboriginal offenders in New South Wales (NSW), Australia.

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Progression of early structural lung disease in young children with cystic fibrosis assessed using CT

Cross-sectional studies implicate neutrophilic inflammation and pulmonary infection as risk factors for early structural lung disease in infants and young...

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Small macrophages are present in early childhood respiratory disease

Recently, an established "small macrophage" phenotype has been observed in the sputum of patients with CF and COPD. However, little is known about the...

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Sex-specific associations between umbilical cord blood testosterone levels and language delay in early childhood

Preliminary evidence suggests that prenatal testosterone exposure may be associated with language delay. However, no study has examined a large sample of...

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Early mental health morbidity and later smoking at 17 years of age

We examined the relationship between the onset and pattern of childhood mental health disorders and subsequent current smoking status at age 17 years.

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Genetic and functional evaluation of the role of DLL1 in susceptibility to visceral leishmaniasis in India

Chromosome 6q26-27 is linked to susceptibility to visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in Brazil and Sudan.

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Differences in control by UV radiation of inflammatory airways disease in naïve and allergen pre-sensitised mice

Exposure of skin to UV radiation (UVR) prior to allergen exposure can inhibit inflammatory airways disease in mice by reducing effector CD4+ T cells in both...

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Early vocabulary development: The importance of joint attention and parent-child book reading

The current study brought a bioecological approach to children’s early vocabulary development using data from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children...

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Leisure participation for school-aged children with Down syndrome

Leisure participation for school-aged children with Down syndrome.