The risk of intellectual disability was increased in children born after assisted reproductive technology in Western Australia from 1994 to 2002 ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2018
• December 2018

Myopia (near-sightedness) is an important public health issue. Spending more time outdoors can prevent myopia but the long-term association between this exposure and myopia has not been well characterised. We investigated the relationship between time spent outdoors in childhood, adolescence and young adulthood and risk of myopia in young adulthood. The Kidskin Young Adult Myopia Study (KYAMS) was a follow-up of the Kidskin Study, a sun exposure-intervention study of 1776 children aged 6-12 years. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2021
• March 2021

Undescended testes is associated with an increased risk of testicular cancer and male infertility, and decreased paternity ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2018
• October 2018

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

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2010
• November 2010

Building data linkage capabilities, and how linked databases can be used to identify persons with IDD and used for population-based research ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2019
• October 2019

There is little evidence that previous interventions aiming to reduce the risk of prenatal alcohol exposure or FASD in Indigenous populations have been effective ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2018
• November 2018