During the phase of life from 0-2 years of age (infancy), growth and development is rapid and includes substantial changes in the foods and drinks consumed. Infants transition from consuming solely breast milk or formula ...

Mammographic density has conventionally been defined as the area of the mammographic image of the breast that is white or bright, and is presumed to reflect differing amounts of fibroglandular breast tissues and fatty ...

Outdoor fungal spores are among the most common aerobiological particles in the air we breathe. Although a limited number of outdoor fungal species are recognised as exacerbating agents of a number of allergic and respiratory ...

Chlamydia trachomatis is the most common bacterial sexually transmitted infection worldwide. In Australia, the community prevalence of urogenital chlamydia among women and men aged <30 years is 5.0% (95%CI: 3.1%,6.9%) and ...

This thesis presents a formal empirical anthropological analysis of the Indigenous population of the Central Murray Darling Basin (CMDB) region of South East Australia. The first part of the analysis comprises a review of ...

This thesis uses individual-level observational data to make new contributions to the literature. In total joint replacement, patient attributes associated with long-term gains from surgery are uncovered, while methodological ...

AIM: To inform counselling with African male refugees in Tasmania, Australia, through the elaboration of African-derived approaches to problems. A secondary aim was to critique and re-inform Western counselling approaches ...

This thesis is an in-depth study of disability in the Australian higher education sector, specifically the university component of that sector, from 1990 until 2009. In this period there has been a revolution in the fields ...

Interacting with patients is integral to the practice of physiotherapy. Notably, however, empirically derived knowledge about how physiotherapists interact with their patients is limited, particularly in the private practice ...

This thesis explores and investigates the challenges around measurement of Quality of Life (QoL) / Health State Utility Value (HSUV) in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), as a chronic disease and its major risk ...