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"Through the Kids... We Connected With Our Community": Children as Catalysts of Social CapitalThis article investigates whether having dependent children living at home play a role in forging adult connections, community involvement, and social...
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Descriptive epidemiology of cleft lip and cleft palate in Western AustraliaThese data provide a picture of the prevalence of OFCs in WA since 1980, and provide a useful reference for OFC data in Australia and internationally.
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Early Onset Binge Eating and Purging Eating Disorders: Course and Outcome in a Population-Based Study of AdolescentsPurging at age 17 and externalising behaviour problems at age 14 were the strongest predictors of eating disorder persistence to age 20.
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Pleurodesis outcome in malignant pleural mesotheliomaSurgical pleurodesis showed no advantages over bedside pleurodesis in efficacy, patient survival or total time spent in hospital from procedure till death.
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A national prospective surveillance study of acute rheumatic fever in Australian childrenAcute rheumatic fever (ARF) is an important cause of heart disease in Indigenous people of northern and central Australia.
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Assessment and management of nutrition and growth in rett syndromeWe developed recommendations for the clinical management of poor growth and weight gain in Rett syndrome through evidence review and the consensus of an...
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Off-label use of ondansetron in pregnancy in Western AustraliaThere is an increasing trend to prescribe ondansetron although its safety for use in pregnancy has not been established.
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Preventing urinary tract infections in early childhoodUrinary tract infection (UTI) is common in children, causes them considerable discomfort, as well as distress to parents and has a tendency to recur.
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Privacy protectionism and health information: Is there any redress for harms to health?Health information collected by governments can be a valuable resource for researchers seeking to improve diagnostics, treatments and public health outcomes.
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New findings in the pathogenesis of otitis mediaThis study was the first to concurrently identify middle ear pathogens in both bacterial biofilm and intracellularly in the middle ear mucosa of children and to identify extensive DNA stranding in the MEF from children with AOM