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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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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.
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Promoter polymorphisms in two overlapping 6p25 genes implicate mitochondrial proteins in cognitive deficit in schizophreniaIn a previous study, we detected a 6p25-p24 region linked to schizophrenia in families with high composite cognitive deficit (CD) scores, a quantitative trait..
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The use of cross-jurisdictional population data to investigate health indicators of child maltreatmentTo investigate the prevalence, trends, and characteristics of maltreatment and assault related hospital admissions and deaths among children
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Complexity of Influenza Outbreaks during the World Youth Day 2008 Mass Gathering and its Impact on Community Seasonal Influenza ActivityHow Influenza outbreaks during mass gatherings have been rarely described, and detailed virologic assessment is lacking.
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Maternal folate and other vitamin supplementation during pregnancy and risk of acute lymphoblastic leukemia in the offspringThe Australian Study of Causes of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in Children (Aus-ALL) was designed to test the hypothesis, raised by a previous Western Australia
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Expression of bronchodilator response using forced oscillation technique measurements: absolute versus relativeExpression of bronchodilator response using forced oscillation technique measurements: absolute versus relative
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How valid are the rates of Down syndrome internationally?Rates of Down syndrome (DS) show considerable international variation, but a systematic assessment of this variation is lacking.
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Study protocol for the evaluation of an Infant Simulator based program delivered in schools:This paper presents the study protocol for a pragmatic randomised controlled trial to evaluate the impact of a school based program developed to prevent teenage