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Expiratory flow limitation and breathing strategies in overweight adolescents during submaximal exercise

Young people who are overweight/obese are more likely to display expFL during submaximal exercise compared with children of healthy weight.

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Virus detection and its association with symptoms during influenza-like illness in a sample of healthy adults

Our findings indicate that a greater number of symptoms are displayed by individuals presenting with influenza confirmed ILI compared with other agents that...

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Maternal and neonatal outcomes in pregnancies following colorectal cancer

The risks of adverse obstetric outcomes among young women survivors of colorectal cancer (CRC) are uncertain.

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An eleven-year evaluation of the effect of community treatment orders on changes in mental health service use

Many studies of compulsory community treatment have assessed their effect early on after the implementation of legislation.

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Gender difference in the relationship between passive smoking exposure and HDL-cholesterol levels in late adolescence

This study has shown a gender difference in the relationship between passive smoking exposure since birth and HDL-C in late adolescence.

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Vitamin D deficiency and the lung: Disease initiator or disease modifier?

Vitamin D deficiency is a global public health problem and has been associated with an increased incidence and severity of many diseases including diseases...

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Emerging Early Life Environmental Exposures and Lung Development

In this review article we systematically summarize the evidence for an impact on lung development of 1) maternal ingestion of arsenic contaminated drinking...

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Chemotherapy increases amenability of surgical resection in congenital glioblastoma

Brain tumors presenting in infancy, especially during the first 6 months of life.

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Family functioning in families with a child with Down syndrome: A mixed methods approach

This study aimed to explore the factors that predict functioning in families with a child with Down syndrome using a mixed methods design.

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Characterization of maximal respiratory pressures in healthy children

Measurements of maximal voluntary inspiratory (Pi max) and expiratory (Pe max) pressures are used in the management of respiratory muscle disease...