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Diverging trends for lower respiratory infections in non-Aboriginal and Aboriginal childrenTo investigate temporal trends in admission rates for acute lower respiratory infections (ALRI) in a total population birth cohort of non-Aboriginal and...
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Vaccinating young adults against HPV: the importance of understanding health decision-making and behaviourVaccination of young teenage females against human papillomavirus (HPV) with a newly licenced quadrivalent vaccine designed to prevent cervical cancer and...
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New meningococcal strains bring increased risk in WAA new study has confirmed the changing pattern of meningococcal disease in Western Australia.
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Dental admissions in children under two years - A total-population investigationThis paper describes dental and oral cavity admissions and associated factors in children under two years of age using total-population databases.
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A phase 2 open-label safety and immunogenicity study of a meningococcal B bivalent rLP2086 vaccine in healthy adultsNo currently licensed and available vaccine has been shown to provide broad protection against endemic MnB disease.
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Familial aggregation of malignant mesothelioma in former workers and residents of Wittenoom, Western AustraliaClustering of cases of malignant mesothelioma within families has often been observed, but disentangling genetic and exposure effects has not been done.
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Neonatal outcomes after preterm birth by mothers' health insurance status at birth: a retrospective cohort studyPublicly insured women usually have a different demographic background to privately insured women, which is related to poor neonatal outcomes after birth.
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In utero exposure to low dose arsenic via drinking water impairs early life lung mechanics in miceAll alterations to lung mechanics following in utero arsenic exposure were recovered by adulthood.
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Hospitalisation rates for children with intellectual disability or autism born in Western Australia 1983-1999: A population-based cohort studyID and/or ASD were found to be associated with an increased risk of hospitalisation compared with the remainder of the population.
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Prostaglandin E2 imprints a long-lasting effect on dendritic cell progenitors in the bone marrowInjection of BM-differentiated DCs from nonchimeric mice restored the reduced immune responses of PGE2-chimeric mice.