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Investigating the relationship between environmental factors and respiratory health outcomes in school children using the forced oscillation techniqueThe significance of both indoor and outdoor sources of air pollution and effect modifiers such as green space and heating require further investigation
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Severe winter asthma exacerbations can be prevented by omalizumab, but there is no carryover effect.Recurrent severe asthma exacerbations are associated with decreased lung growth or accelerated loss of long function and add substantially to cost and morbidity
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Worries, 'weirdos', neighborhoods and knowing people: a qualitative study with children and parents regarding children's independent mobilityThis study involved focus groups with 132 children and 12 parents in primary and secondary school in Victoria to explore children's independent mobility.
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Identification and characterization of a dendritic cell precursor in parenchymal lung tissueThis is the first study to describe a pulmonary precursor cell for dendritic cells in lung tissue
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Outcomes of an international workshop on preconception expanded carrier screening: Some considerations for governmentsConsideration of expanded carrier screening has become an emerging issue for governments.
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Validity and Reliability of the Early Development Instrument in IndonesiaThis study finds that the EDI shows moderate validity and reliability in poor communities in Indonesia and highlights some of the difficulties associated with adapting western instruments for non-western cultures and contexts.
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Cannabis-induced attenuated psychotic symptoms: implications for prognosis in young people at ultra-high risk for psychosisThis study examined UHR transition risk as a function of cannabis use characteristics which vary largely between people, due to a variety of factors.
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Transiently increased IgE responses in infants and pre-schoolers receiving only (DTaP) vaccines compared to those initially receiving at least one dose of DTwP vaccineConfirm the generalised IgE-trophic activity of the DTaP vaccine in pre-schoolers and demonstrate similar (albeit transient) effects in infants
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A prospective investigation of dietary patterns and internalizing and externalizing mental health problems in adolescentsOur findings only lend partial support to a link between diet and mental health, specific to females consuming a Western diet and to externalizing behaviours
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Early life events and motor development in childhood and adolescence: A longitudinal studyAntenatal, perinatal and neonatal factors affecting motor development from late childhood to adolescence were explored.