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Visual-motor integration, visual perception, and fine motor coordination in a population of children with high levels of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum DisorderAboriginal children living in remote Western Australia have poor visual-motor integration skills regardless of prenatal alcohol exposure or FASD
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Exclusive breastfeeding increased by an internet interventionExclusive breastfeeding for 6 months is acknowledged universally as the optimal feeding method for infants in order to provide the greatest health and...
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Prenatal alcohol exposure and educational achievement in children aged 8-9 yearsThis study examines the relationships between the dose, pattern, and timing of prenatal alcohol exposure and achievement in reading, writing, spelling,...
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Midwives' knowledge, attitudes and practice about alcohol exposure and the risk of fetal alcohol spectrum disorderThere is a need for further professional development for midwives on screening and brief intervention regarding alcohol consumption during pregnancy and FASD
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Contact with the juvenile justice system in children treated with stimulant medication for attention deficit hyperactivity disorderWe aimed to investigate juvenile justice encounters in children with and without ADHD.
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Ethnic and gender differences in rates of congenital adrenal hyperplasia in Western Australia over a 21 year periodThe aim was to evaluate the incidence, sex distribution, ethnicity, age at diagnosis, clinical presentation and morbidity of all childhood-onset congenital...
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Intellectual disability and other neuropsychiatric outcomes in high-risk children of mothers with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and unipolar major depressionWe examined risk of intellectual disability and other neuropsychiatric outcomes in children of mothers with and without schizophrenia, bipolar or depression.
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Representativeness of child controls recruited by random digit diallingRecruiting control subjects who are representative of the population from which the cases are drawn is a challenge in case-control studies
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Unpacking the complex nature of the autism epidemicThe etiology of autism spectrum disorders is unknown but there are claims of increasing prevalence in many countries.
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Health professionals addressing alcohol use with pregnant women in Western AustraliaHealth professionals have an important role to play in preventing prenatal alcohol exposure