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    Urine drug screening for early detection of unwitting use of fentanyl and its analogues among people who inject heroin in Sydney, Australia by Barratt, Monica, Latimer, J., Jauncey, M., Tay, E., Nielsen, S.

    Published 2018
    “…Discussion and Conclusions: These negative findings contrast sharply with similar Canadian studies. While no cases of fentanyl-laced heroin use have been detected so far, we have demonstrated that this surveillance design is low-cost, feasible and scalable approach to monitoring the considerable public-health threat of undetected fentanyl and its analogues in Australia. …”
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    Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder and youth justice: a prevalence study among young people sentenced to detention in Western Australia by Bower, C., Watkins, R., Mutch, R., Marriott, R., Freeman, J., Kippin, N., Safe, B., Pestell, C., Cheung, C., Shield, H., Tarratt, L., Springall, A., Taylor, J., Walker, N., Argiro, E., Leitao, Suze, Hamilton, S., Condon, C., Passmore, H., Giglia, R.

    Published 2018
    “…Neurodevelopmental impairments due to FASD can predispose young people to engagement with the law. Canadian studies identified FASD in 11%–23% of young people in corrective services, but there are no data for Australia. …”
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    Sedentary work and the risk of breast cancer in premenopausal and postmenopausal women: A pooled analysis of two case-control studies by Boyle, Terry, Fritschi, Lin, Kobayashi, L., Heyworth, J., Lee, D., Si, Si, Aronson, K., Spinelli, J.

    Published 2016
    “…Conclusions While a suggestion of increased risk was seen for premenopausal women in the Canadian study when using the self-reported measure, overall this pooled study does not provide evidence that sedentary work is associated with breast cancer risk.…”
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