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Measuring use and cost of health sector and related care in a population of girls and young women with Rett syndromeThis study measured use and cost of health sector and related services in Rett syndrome and effects of socio-demographic, clinical severity and genetic factors
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Autism and intellectual disability are differentially related to sociodemographic background at birthWe used population data on Western Australian singletons born from 1984 to 1999 (n = 398,353) to examine the sociodemographic characteristics of children...
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Age at diagnosis of birth defectsMany birth defects surveillance programs ascertain cases of birth defects diagnosed beyond 1 year of age.
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Fortification of flour with folic acidAfter randomized, controlled trials established that consumption of folic acid before pregnancy and during the early weeks of gestation reduces the risk...
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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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Perinatal risk factors for childhood Type 1 diabetes in Western Australia - a population-based study (1980-2002)To investigate perinatal risk factors for childhood Type 1 diabetes in Western Australia, using a complete population-based cohort.
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Risk of cancer among children with birth defects: A novel approachThis novel approach aimed to prevent inflated hazard ratios arising from reverse causation, and allow identification of associations beyond those already...
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Prevalence of fetal alcohol syndrome in a population-based sample of children living in remote Australia: The Lililwan Project.Aboriginal leaders concerned about high rates of alcohol use in pregnancy invited researchers to determine the prevalence of fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) and...
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Development of a scale to evaluate midwives' beliefs about assessing alcohol use during pregnancyPrenatal alcohol exposure is an important modifiable cause of adverse fetal outcomes during and following pregnancy.