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Cohort profile: The WAACHS Linked Data StudyDespite the volume of accumulating knowledge from prospective Aboriginal cohort studies, longitudinal data describing developmental trajectories in health and well-being is limited.
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Psychomotor Vigilance Testing on Neonatal Transport: A Western Australian ExperienceThis study aimed to assess whether undertaking retrieval was associated with fatigue independent of sleep and circadian disruption. It also aimed to assess the feasibility of routinely measuring the psychomotor vigilance test on neonatal transport. Fatigue is associated with impaired clinician performance and safety.
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Gross Motor Profile in Rett Syndrome as Determined by Video AnalysisThis study used video supplemented by parent report data to describe the gross motor profile in females with Rett syndrome (n=99) and to investigate...
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ART, birth defects and subfertility-what should prospective patients be told?Clinicians who counsel prospective ART patients about birth defect risk should provide information about the overall risk of having a child with a birth defect
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Parental occupational exposure to engine exhausts and childhood brain tumorsParental occupational exposure to engine exhausts and childhood brain tumors.
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Association between early bacterial carriage and otitis media in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal childrenStreptococcus pneumoniae (Pnc), nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi) and Moraxella catarrhalis (Mcat) are the most important bacterial pathogens...
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Functioning and post-school transition outcomes for young people with Down syndromeOur analysis shows that functioning in activities of daily living was related to post-school day occupation. Current health status and behaviour were found...
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Reducing Rates of Severe Hypoglycemia in a Population-Based Cohort of Children and Adolescents With Type 1 Diabetes Over the Decade 2000–2009The objective of this study was to examine rates of severe hypoglycemia (SH) in a large population-based cohort of children with type 1 diabetes and...
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Lifecourse childhood adiposity trajectories associated with adolescent insulin resistanceIn light of the obesity epidemic, we aimed to characterize novel childhood adiposity trajectories from birth to age 14 years and to determine their relation...
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Maternal life stress events in pregnancy link to children's school achievement at age 10 yearsMaternal antenatal exposure to life stress events has differing effects on the school performance of male and female offspring.