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Cross-country comparison of victimisation-related injury admission in children and adolescents in England and Western AustraliaThe similarities in risk factors and in the adjusted rates of victimisation-related injury admission in both countries suggest that the VR cluster of ICD-10...
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Protective anti-outer membrane protein immunity against Pasteurella pneumotropica infection of miceThe proteins examined were the homologues of the P4, P6, P26, and D15 proteins of Haemophilus influenzae.
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The influence of moving walls on respiratory aerosol deposition modellingThis work initially examines particle deposition in a Weibull-type geometry, comparing traditional computational fluid dynamics approaches with a novel...
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Prospective associations between sugar-sweetened beverage intakes and cardiometabolic risk factors in adolescentsWe tested the hypothesis that higher SSB intakes are associated with increases in cardiometabolic risk factors between 14 and 17 y of age.
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Delivery at 37 weeks' gestation is associated with a higher risk for child behavioural problemsWe suggest that 37 weeks' gestation may not be the optimal cutoff for defining perinatal risk as it applies to behavioural development.
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Short report: Care for children and adolescents with diabetes in Australia and New Zealand: Have we achieved the defined goals?In 2010, the Australasian Paediatric Endocrinology Group formed a national Children's Diabetes Network that represented clinical teams managing over 95% of...
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Childhood cancers not on the rise in SA and NT, but disparity remains for Indigenous children in the NTDespite national and global reports of rising incidences of cancer affecting children and young people, a new analysis has found rates of childhood cancer have remained unchanged over the last 30 years in South Australia and the Northern Territory.
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The Kids researchers granted $5 million to prevent RHD across PacificA team led by Dr Joseph Kado from the Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines and Infectious Diseases, based at The Kids Research Institute Australia, and The University of Western Australia (UWA) has been awarded $5 million by the Federal Government in a major push to prevent rheumatic heart disease across the Pacific.
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Precision medicine offering new hope for kids with aggressive cancersA world-first study involving more than 100 cancer researchers and clinicians across Australia – including from The Kids Research Institute Australia and Perth Children’s Hospital – has shown that precision medicine can significantly improve outcomes for children with high-risk cancer.
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Researchers receive crucial Near Miss fundingCongratulations to four outstanding The Kids Research Institute Australia researchers who have received funding designed to support researchers who have narrowly missed out on highly competitive national funding.