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Early development of emerging and English-proficient bilingual children at school entry in an Australian population cohortChildren who enter school with limited proficiency in the language of instruction face a range of challenges in negotiating this new context, yet limited...
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Pre-pregnancy maternal overweight and obesity increase the risk for affective disorders in offspringMaternal pre-pregnancy obesity has been linked with an increased risk for negative emotionality and inattentiveness in offspring in early childhood.
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Use of equipment and respite services and caregiver health among Australian families living with Rett syndromeThis study assessed factors that could influence equipment and respite services use among Australian families caring for a girl/woman with Rett syndrome and...
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Early mental health morbidity and later smoking at 17 years of ageWe 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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Differences in control by UV radiation of inflammatory airways disease in naïve and allergen pre-sensitised miceExposure 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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T regulatory cells in childhood asthmaAsthma is a chronic disease of the airways, most commonly driven by immuno-inflammatory responses to ubiquitous airborne antigens.
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Early vocabulary development: The importance of joint attention and parent-child book readingThe 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 syndromeLeisure participation for school-aged children with Down syndrome.
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Through the kids ... we connected with our community: Children as catalysts of social capitalBoth children and adults benefit from living in communities and neighborhoods that are rich in social capital.
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Vitamin D and parathyroid hormone in insulin resistance of abdominal obesity: Cause or effect?The objective was to examine whether there were causal links between vitamin D status, parathyroid hormone, insulin resistance.