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Assessment of on-time vaccination coverage in population subgroups: A record linkage cohort study

On-time coverage of the 2-4-6 month schedule is only 50-60% across specific population subgroups representing a significant avoidable public health risk

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Asbestos exposure and histological subtype of malignant mesothelioma

Pathological malignant mesothelioma subtype is associated with the type of asbestos or the attributes of asbestos exposure

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Risk of cancer among children with birth defects: A novel approach

This novel approach aimed to prevent inflated hazard ratios arising from reverse causation, and allow identification of associations beyond those already...

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New genetic loci link adipose and insulin biology to body fat distribution

Pathway analyses implicated adipogenesis, angiogenesis, transcriptional regulation and insulin resistance as processes affecting fat distribution, providing...

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Effectiveness of seasonal trivalent influenza vaccination against hospital-attended acute respiratory infections in pregnant women

Influenza vaccination during pregnancy was associated with significantly fewer hospital attendances for ARI in pregnant women

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Association between socioeconomic status and the development of asthma: analyses of income trajectories

Using data on 2868 children born in the Western Australian Pregnancy Cohort (Raine) Study, we examined the association between changes in family...

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Detecting genotyping error using measures of degree of Hardy-Weinberg disequilibrium - art. no. 5

Tests for Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium (HWE) have been used to detect genotyping error, but those tests have low power unless the sample size is very large.

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Physical and mental health in mothers of children with Down syndrome.

Physical and mental health in mothers of children with Down syndrome.

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Infection is the major component of the disease burden in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australian children: a population-based study

Infection accounts for the majority of pediatric mortality and morbidity in developing countries, but there are limited data on the infectious diseases...