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Reports and Findings

The all-age spirometry reference ranges reflect contemporary Australasian spirometry

Advances in statistical modelling have allowed the creation of smoothly changing spirometry reference ranges that apply across a wide age range and better...

Working Together

This exciting new edition includes several new chapters that deliver an even more robust and high quality resource. It examines issues across the life course,..

Risk factors for bronchial hyperresponsiveness in teenagers differ with sex and atopic status

Sex-related differences in bronchial hyperresponsiveness (BHR) have been reported in adolescents, but the mechanisms remain obscure.

Infection, inflammation,and lung function decline in infants with cystic fibrosis

Better understanding of evolution of lung function in infants with cystic fibrosis...

Air Trapping on Chest CT Is Associated with Worse Ventilation Distribution in Infants with Cystic Fibrosis

In school-aged children with cystic fibrosis (CF) structural lung damage assessed using chest CT is associated with abnormal ventilation distribution.

The science of prevention for children and youth

The high prevalence of social, emotional and behavioural health problems in children and young people in Australia

Changes in health professionals' knowledge, attitudes and practice following provision of educational resources

We provided health professionals in Western Australia (WA) with educational resources about prevention of prenatal alcohol exposure and fetal alcohol...

Reactogenicity of two 2010 trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine formulations in adults

The objective of this tudy was to assess the reactogenicity of two 2010 trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine (TIV) formulations among adults, including...

Breastfeeding and early child development: A prospective cohort study

Breastfeeding has been associated with multiple developmental advantages for the infant; however, there have also been a number of studies that find...

Restricted aeroallergen access to airway mucosal dendritic cells in vivo limits allergen-specific

Chronic innocuous aeroallergen exposure attenuates CD4+ T cell-mediated airways hyperresponsiveness in mice; however, the mechanism(s) remain unclear

Pandemic influenza H1N1 2009 infection in Victoria, Australia

Conflicting findings regarding the level of protection offered by seasonal influenza vaccination against pandemic influenza H1N1 have been reported.

FBXO11, a regulator of the TGFΒ pathway, is associated with severe otitis media in Western Australian children

Otitis media (OM) is a common childhood disease characterised by middle ear inflammation following infection

Lower cardiorespiratory fitness in children with Type 1 diabetes

The present study aimed to compare cardiorespiratory fitness levels in children with and without Type 1 diabetes.

Just what the doctor ordered: moving forward with electronic health records

To provide dietitians with information on the proposed introduction of electronic medical records in Australia and New Zealand and discuss potential benefits...

Late-talking and risk for behavioural and emotional problems during childhood and adolescence

Although many toddlers with expressive vocabulary delay ("late talkers") present with age-appropriate language skills by the time they are of school age...

Predicting survival in malignant mesothelioma

Malignant mesothelioma (MM) of the pleura or peritoneum is a universally fatal disease attracting an increasing range of medical interventions and escalating...

Method of bacterial killing differentially affects the human innate immune response to Staphylococcus epidermidis

In vitro investigations of human innate immune responses to extracellular bacteria commonly utilise killed preparations in preference to live...