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Lifestyle and demographic correlates of poor mental health in early adolescence

To determine the constellation of lifestyle and demographic factors that are associated with poor mental health in an adolescent population.

Asbestos-related disease

Inhalation of airborne asbestos fibres causes several diseases. These include asbestosis, lung cancer, malignant mesothelioma as well as pleural effusion...

Exposure to diagnostic radiological procedures and the risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Diagnostic irradiation of the mother during pregnancy increases the risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Prenatal alcohol exposure and risk of birth defects

The goal was to examine the associations between dose, pattern, and timing of prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) and birth defects.

Survival with Rett syndrome: comparing Rett's original sample with data from the Australian Rett syndrome Database

Rett syndrome is a severe neurodevelopmental disorder that typically affects females. Little is known about the natural history and survival time of these femal

Association of an allele on chromosome 9 and abdominal aortic aneurysm

Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) has been recognized as a multi-factorial disease with both genetic and environmental risk factors.

Serum levels of folate, lycopene, beta-carotene, retinol and vitamin E and prostate cancer risk

Previous studies relating increased serum levels of folate and fat-soluble vitamins to prostate cancer risk have variously shown null associations or to either

Th2-associated immunity to bacteria in asthma in teenagers and susceptibility to asthma

Bacterial colonisation of the airways is associated with increased risk of childhood asthma

Alarm about computed tomography scans

Alarm about computed tomography scans is unjustified

Lessons from the first year of the WAIVE study investigating the protective effect of influenza vaccine

Influenza is major cause of paediatric hospitalisation. Influenza vaccine was offered to all children aged 6-59 months resident in Western Australia in 2008