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Prenatal alcohol exposure and risk of birth defectsThe goal was to examine the associations between dose, pattern, and timing of prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) and birth defects.
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Pre-pregnancy maternal overweight and obesity increase the risk for affective disorders in offspringMaternal pre-pregnancy obesity has been linked with an increased risk for negative emotionality and inattentiveness in offspring in early childhood.
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Sex-specific associations between umbilical cord blood testosterone levels and language delay in early childhoodPreliminary evidence suggests that prenatal testosterone exposure may be associated with language delay. However, no study has examined a large sample of...
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Heavy prenatal alcohol exposure and increased risk of stillbirthThe objective was to investigate the association between heavy prenatal alcohol exposure and stillbirth.
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Parental occupational exposure to engine exhausts and childhood brain tumorsChildhood brain tumors (CBT) are the leading cause of cancer death in children; their risk factors are still largely unknown.
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Predominance of nontypeable haemophilus influenzae in children with otitis mediaIn Australia the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) is administered at 2, 4 and 6 months of age, with no booster dose.
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A comparison of autism prevalence trends in Denmark and Western AustraliaPrevalence statistics for autism spectrum disorders (ASD) vary widely across geographical boundaries. Some variation can be explained by diagnostic methods...
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Maternal consumption of coffee and tea during pregnancy and risk of childhood ALL: Results from an Australian case-control studyThe objective of this study was to investigate whether maternal coffee and/or tea consumption during the last 6 months of pregnancy was associated with risk...
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Maternal folate and other vitamin supplementation during pregnancy and risk of acute lymphoblastic leukemia in the offspringThe Australian Study of Causes of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in Children (Aus-ALL) was designed to test the hypothesis, raised by a previous Western Australia
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Statistical adjustment of genotyping error in a case-control study of childhood leukaemiaGenotyping has become more cost-effective and less invasive with the use of buccal cell...