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Safety surveillance of influenza vaccine in pregnant women

Vaccination is the most effective strategy for preventing influenza infection in pregnancy.

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Parent–child book reading across early childhood and child vocabulary in the early school years

The current study investigated the extent to which low levels of joint attention in infancy and parent-child book reading across early childhood increase the...

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Factors relating to pregnancy and birth and the risk of childhood brain tumors: Results from an Australian case-control study

Childhood brain tumors (CBT) are the leading cause of cancer death in children, yet their causes are largely known. This study investigated the association...

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In utero exposure to arsenic alters lung development and genes related to immune and mucociliary function in mice

In utero exposure to arsenic via drinking water increases the risk of lower respiratory tract infections during infancy and mortality from bronchiectasis in...

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Environmental Risk Factors by Gender Associated With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

Our study investigates the maternal, pregnancy, and newborn risk factors by gender for children prescribed stimulant medication for treatment of ADHD in WA.

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Sex-stratified Genome-wide Association Studies Including 270,000 Individuals Show Sexual Dimorphism in Genetic Loci for Anthropometric Traits

Our results demonstrate the value of sex-specific GWAS to unravel the sexually dimorphic genetic underpinning of complex traits.

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Young Children in Indonesia's Low-income Rural Communities: How are they doing and what do they need?

This chapter describes the development of young children in a sample of poor rural communities across Indonesia.

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Genome-wide association analyses identify multiple loci associated with central corneal thickness and keratoconus

Central corneal thickness (CCT) is associated with eye conditions including keratoconus and glaucoma.

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Using genome-wide complex trait analysis to quantify 'missing heritability' in Parkinson's disease

Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have been successful at identifying single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) highly associated with common traits...

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Jurisdictional, socioeconomic and gender inequalities in child health and development:

Early child development may have important consequences for inequalities in health and well-being. This paper explores population level patterns of child...