
Overview
Background
Professor Peter Sly is the Director, Children's Health and Environment Program. Professor Sly is a NHMRC Leadership Fellow (L3) and an emeritus paediatric respiratory physician with extensive research experience in respiratory physiology, developmental immunology and children's environmental health. Professor Sly’s research aims to understand the mechanisms underlying chronic childhood lung diseases in order to improve clinical management and to delay or prevent their onset, with consequent reductions in adult lung diseases. A combination of basic science, longitudinal cohort studies and translation of research findings into clinical practice, including clinical trials, are included in three main areas: asthma, cystic fibrosis and children’s environmental health
Professor Sly is an advisor to the World Health Organisation Department of Public Health, Environmental and Social Determinants of Disease and currently serves on International Advisory Boards and committees, including: WHO network of Collaborating Centres in Children’s Environmental Health; Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development (CHILD) Study, Canada; the Infant Lung Health Study, Paarl, South Africa; and A SHARED Future: Achieving Strength, Health, and Autonomy, through Renewable Energy Development for the Future.
Availability
- Professor Peter Sly is:
- Not available for supervision
- Media expert
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery and Medical Science, University of Melbourne
- Doctoral Diploma of Medicine, University of Melbourne
- Doctoral Diploma of Science (Advanced), University of Western Australia
Research interests
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Asthma
Understanding mechanisms that underlie risks for developing asthma in susceptible children
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Cystic Fibrosis
Understanding the mechanisms underlying the development of lung disease early in life and why and how this progresses
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Impact of environmental exposures in early life
Improving methods of assessing environmental exposures during fetal development and in early postnatal life. Improving methods for assessing the effects of early life environmental exposures and understanding how these increase long-tern risk of chronic disease.
Works
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2021
Journal Article
Family, neighbourhood and psychosocial environmental factors and their associations with asthma in Australia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Shahunja, K M, Sly, Peter D., Begum, Tahmina, Biswas, Tuhin and Mamun, Abdullah (2021). Family, neighbourhood and psychosocial environmental factors and their associations with asthma in Australia: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Asthma, 59 (12), 1-14. doi: 10.1080/02770903.2021.2018707
2021
Conference Publication
Role of live poultry movement on environmental contamination patterns of avian influenza A viruses circulating in live bird markets, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Chakma, Shovon, Mshelbwala, Philip P., Samad, Mohammed Abdus, Karim, Md Rezaul, Giasuddin, Mohammad, Akwar, Holy, Hasan, Zakiul, Nasrin, Tanzinah, Brum, Eric, Osmani, Muzaffar G., Islam, S.K. Shaheenur, Ibrahim, Nelima, McKenzie, Joanna, Clark, Nicholas J., Islam, Zahir, Sly, Peter and Soares Magalhães, Ricardo J. (2021). Role of live poultry movement on environmental contamination patterns of avian influenza A viruses circulating in live bird markets, Dhaka, Bangladesh. 7th One Health Aotearoa Symposium, Wellington, New Zealand, 7-8 December 2021.
2021
Journal Article
Higher exhaled nitric oxide at 6 weeks of age is associated with less bronchiolitis and wheeze in the first 12 months of age
Da Silva Sena, Carla Rebeca, de Queiroz Andrade, Ediane, de Gouveia Belinelo, Patricia, Percival, Elizabeth, Prangemeier, Benjamin, O'Donoghue, Christopher, Terry, Sandrine, Burke, Tanya, Gunning, William, Murphy, Vanessa E., Robinson, Paul D., Sly, Peter D., Gibson, Peter G., Collison, Adam M. and Mattes, Joerg (2021). Higher exhaled nitric oxide at 6 weeks of age is associated with less bronchiolitis and wheeze in the first 12 months of age. Thorax, 77 (11), thoraxjnl-2021. doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2021-217299
2021
Other Outputs
Early life infection and proinflammatory, atherogenic metabolomic and lipidomic profiles at 12 months of age: a population-based cohort study
Mansell, Toby, Saffery, Richard, Burugupalli, Satvika, Ponsonby, Anne-Louise, Tang, Mimi LK, O’Hely, Martin, Bekkering, Siroon, Smith, Adam AT, Rowland, Rebecca, Ranganathan, Sarath, Sly, Peter D, Vuillermin, Peter, Collier, Fiona, Meikle, Peter J and Burgner, David P (2021). Early life infection and proinflammatory, atherogenic metabolomic and lipidomic profiles at 12 months of age: a population-based cohort study. doi: 10.1101/2021.12.02.21267173
2021
Journal Article
Health consequences of exposure to e-waste: an updated systematic review
Parvez, Sarker M., Jahan, Farjana, Brune, Marie-Noel, Gorman, Julia F., Rahman, Musarrat J., Carpenter, David, Islam, Zahir, Rahman, Mahbubur, Aich, Nirupam, Knibbs, Luke D. and Sly, Peter D. (2021). Health consequences of exposure to e-waste: an updated systematic review. The Lancet Planetary Health, 5 (12), e905-e920. doi: 10.1016/S2542-5196(21)00263-1
2021
Journal Article
The interplay between environmental exposures and COVID-19 risks in the health of children
Sly, Peter D., Trottier, Brittany A., Bulka, Catherine M., Cormier, Stephania A., Fobil, Julius, Fry, Rebecca C., Kim, Kyoung-Woong, Kleeberger, Steven, Kumar, Pushpam, Landrigan, Philip J., Lodrop Carlsen, Karin C., Pascale, Antonio, Polack, Fernando, Ruchirawat, Mathuros, Zar, Heather J. and Suk, William A. (2021). The interplay between environmental exposures and COVID-19 risks in the health of children. Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source, 20 (1) 34, 34. doi: 10.1186/s12940-021-00716-z
2021
Journal Article
Climate impacts on air quality and child health and wellbeing: implications for Oceania
Sly, Peter D. and Vilcins, Dwan (2021). Climate impacts on air quality and child health and wellbeing: implications for Oceania. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 57 (11), 1805-1810. doi: 10.1111/jpc.15650
2021
Journal Article
Monitoring climate change and child health: The case for putting children in all policies
Romanello, Marina, McGushin, Alice, MacGuire, Frances A. S., Sly, Peter D., Jennings, Bethany, Requejo, Jennifer and Costello, Anthony (2021). Monitoring climate change and child health: The case for putting children in all policies. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 57 (11), 1736-1740. doi: 10.1111/jpc.15757
2021
Journal Article
A screening tool to identify risk for bronchiectasis progression in children with cystic fibrosis
Caudri, Daan, Turkovic, Lidija, Klerk, Nicholas H de, Rosenow, Tim, Murray, Conor P., Steyerberg, Ewout W., Ranganathan, Sarath C, Sly, Peter, Stick, Stephen M, Breuer, Oded and the AREST CF study group (2021). A screening tool to identify risk for bronchiectasis progression in children with cystic fibrosis. Pediatric Pulmonology, 57 (1), 122-131. doi: 10.1002/ppul.25712
2021
Journal Article
Cord‐blood respiratory syncytial virus antibodies and respiratory health in first 5‐years of life
Takashima, Mari D., Grimwood, Keith, Sly, Peter D., Lambert, Stephen B., Chappell, Keith J., Watterson, Daniel, Young, Paul, Kusel, Merci, Holt, Barbara, Holt, Patrick and Ware, Robert S. (2021). Cord‐blood respiratory syncytial virus antibodies and respiratory health in first 5‐years of life. Pediatric Pulmonology, 56 (12), 3942-3951. doi: 10.1002/ppul.25688
2021
Journal Article
Increased maternal mental health burden in a representative longitudinal community cohort coinciding with COVID-19 lockdown
Loughman, Amy, Hedley, James, Olsson, Craig A., Berk, Michael, Moylan, Steven, Saffery, Richard, Sly, Peter D., Tang, Mimi L.K., Ponsonby, Anne-Louise and Vuillermin, Peter (2021). Increased maternal mental health burden in a representative longitudinal community cohort coinciding with COVID-19 lockdown. Australian Journal of Psychology, 73 (4), 578-585. doi: 10.1080/00049530.2021.1956286
2021
Conference Publication
Higher exhaled nitric oxide levels in infancy is associated with less bronchiolitis and fewer adverse respiratory outcomes in the first year of life
Sena, Carla Rebeca Da Silva, Andrade, Ediane De Queiroz, Belinelo, Patricia De Gouveia, Percival, Elizabeth, Prangemeier, Ben, O'Donoghue, Chris, Terry, Sandrine, Burke, Tanya, Gunning, William, Murphy, Vanessa E., Robinson, Paul D., Sly, Peter D., Gibson, Peter G., Collison, Adam and Mattes, Joerg (2021). Higher exhaled nitric oxide levels in infancy is associated with less bronchiolitis and fewer adverse respiratory outcomes in the first year of life. ERS International Congress, Virtual, 5-8 September 2021. Sheffield, United Kingdom: European Respiratory Society. doi: 10.1183/13993003.congress-2021.PA3069
2021
Conference Publication
Rhinovirus bronchiolitis during infancy and later pre-school lung inhomogeneity
Sena, Carla Rebeca Da Silva, Shaar, Aida, Morten, Matthew, Meredith, Joseph, Kepreotes, Elizabeth, Murphy, Vanessa, Gibson, Peter, Sly, Peter, Whitehead, Bruce, Karmaus, Wilfried, Collison, Adam, Robinson, Paul D. and Mattes, Joerg (2021). Rhinovirus bronchiolitis during infancy and later pre-school lung inhomogeneity. ERS International Congress, Virtual, 5-8 September 2021. Sheffield, United Kingdom: European Respiratory Society. doi: 10.1183/13993003.congress-2021.OA2571
2021
Journal Article
Correction: The newborn metabolome: associations with gestational diabetes, sex, gestation, birth mode, and birth weight (Pediatric Research, (2021), 10.1038/s41390-021-01672-7)
Mansell, Toby, Vlahos, Amanda, Collier, Fiona, Ponsonby, Anne-Louise, Vuillermin, Peter, Ellul, Susan, Tang, Mimi L. K., Burgner, David, Saffery, Richard, Vuillermin, Peter, Ponsonby, Anne-Louise, Carlin, John, Allen, Katie, Tang, Mimi L. K., Saffery, Richard, Ranganathan, Sarath, Burgner, David, Dwyer, Terry and Sly, Peter (2021). Correction: The newborn metabolome: associations with gestational diabetes, sex, gestation, birth mode, and birth weight (Pediatric Research, (2021), 10.1038/s41390-021-01672-7). Pediatric Research, 91 (7), 1915-1916. doi: 10.1038/s41390-021-01789-9
2021
Journal Article
Risk areas for infl uenza A(H5) environmental contamination in live bird markets, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Chakma, Shovon, Osmani, Muzaffar G., Akwar, Holy, Hasan, Zakiul, Nasrin, Tanzinah, Karim, Md Rezaul, Samad, Mohammed Abdus, Giasuddin, Mohammad, Sly, Peter, Islam, Zahir, Debnath, Nitish Chandra, Brum, Eric and Magalhães, Ricardo Soares (2021). Risk areas for infl uenza A(H5) environmental contamination in live bird markets, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 27 (9), 2399-2408. doi: 10.3201/eid2709.204447
2021
Journal Article
The maternal gut microbiome during pregnancy and offspring allergy and asthma
Gao, Yuan, Nanan, Ralph, Macia, Laurence, Tan, Jian, Sominsky, Luba, Quinn, Thomas P., O'Hely, Martin, Ponsonby, Anne-Louise, Tang, Mimi L.K., Collier, Fiona, Strickland, Deborah H., Dhar, Poshmaal, Brix, Susanne, Phipps, Simon, Sly, Peter D., Ranganathan, Sarath, Stokholm, Jakob, Kristiansen, Karsten, Gray, Lawrence E.K. and Vuillermin, Peter (2021). The maternal gut microbiome during pregnancy and offspring allergy and asthma. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 148 (3), 669-678. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2021.07.011
2021
Journal Article
The association of ambient temperature with extremely preterm births
Vilcins, Dwan, Baker, Peter, Jagals, Paul and Sly, Peter D. (2021). The association of ambient temperature with extremely preterm births. Maternal and Child Health Journal, 25 (10), 1638-1645. doi: 10.1007/s10995-021-03203-6
2021
Journal Article
E-waste in Africa: a serious threat to the health of children
Lebbie, Tamba S., Moyebi, Omosehin D., Asante, Kwadwo Ansong, Fobil, Julius, Brune-Drisse, Marie Noel, Suk, William A., Sly, Peter D., Gorman, Julia and Carpenter, David O. (2021). E-waste in Africa: a serious threat to the health of children. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18 (16) 8488, 1-25. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18168488
2021
Other Outputs
Cord-blood respiratory syncytial virus antibodies and respiratory health in first 5-years of life.
Takashima, Mari, Grimwood, Keith, Sly, Peter, Lambert, Stephen, Chappell, Keith, Watterson, Daniel, Young, Paul, Kusel, Merci, Holt, Barbara, Holt, Patrick and Ware, Robert (2021). Cord-blood respiratory syncytial virus antibodies and respiratory health in first 5-years of life.. doi: 10.22541/au.162611544.45590392/v1
2021
Journal Article
Using the health beliefs model to explore children's attitudes and beliefs on air pollution
Le, H.T.C.H., Dang, T.N., Ware, R., Phung, D., Thai, P.K., Sly, P.D. and Le An, P. (2021). Using the health beliefs model to explore children's attitudes and beliefs on air pollution. Public Health, 196, 4-9. doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2021.04.026
Funding
Current funding
Past funding
Supervision
Availability
- Professor Peter Sly is:
- Not available for supervision
Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Characterising the Environmental Burden of E-waste and its Impacts on Children¿s and Women's Health
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Role of airway obstruction in the development of asthma
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Tamara Blake
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Doctor Philosophy
Maternal exposure to phthalates and allergic disease in children
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Dwan Vilcins
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Doctor Philosophy
Respiratory Guidelines for the Management of Paediatric Neuromuscular Disease
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Zephanie Tyack
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Doctor Philosophy
Characterizing the Environmental Burden and Health Impact of Electronic Waste (e-waste) in Bangladesh
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Air pollution, oxidative stress and dietary antioxidants
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Dwan Vilcins
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Doctor Philosophy
Epidemiological investigations into avian influenza virus environmental contamination in live bird markets of Dhaka¿s metropolitan area, Bangladesh
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Nicholas Clark, Professor Ricardo Soares Magalhaes
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Doctor Philosophy
Mitigating the health impacts of air pollution in Australia: From research to policy.
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Brian Head, Associate Professor Nina Lansbury
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Doctor Philosophy
Mitigating the health impacts of air pollution in Australia. From research to policy
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Brian Head, Associate Professor Nina Lansbury
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Doctor Philosophy
Epidemiological investigations into avian influenza virus environmental contamination in live bird markets of Dhaka's metropolitan area, Bangladesh
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Nicholas Clark, Professor Ricardo Soares Magalhaes
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Doctor Philosophy
Investigations into the importance of antimicrobial residues in the surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in peri-urban dairy farms of Nepal
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Deirdre Mikkelsen, Dr Nicholas Clark, Professor Ricardo Soares Magalhaes
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Doctor Philosophy
Providing evidence to guide public health messages during bushfire smoke events
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Dwan Vilcins
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Doctor Philosophy
Evaluation of Integrated Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance in South and South East Asian Countries
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Deirdre Mikkelsen, Dr Nicholas Clark, Professor Ricardo Soares Magalhaes
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Doctor Philosophy
Epidemiological investigations into avian influenza virus environmental contamination in live bird markets of Dhaka's metropolitan area, Bangladesh
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Nicholas Clark, Professor Ricardo Soares Magalhaes
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Doctor Philosophy
Improving detection of pulmonary graft-vs-host disease (pGVHD) post haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT)
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Tamara Blake
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Doctor Philosophy
Epidemiological investigations into avian influenza virus environmental contamination in live bird markets of Dhaka¿s metropolitan area, Bangladesh
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Nicholas Clark, Professor Ricardo Soares Magalhaes
Completed supervision
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Traffic-related air pollution: impact on respiratory health and attitudes to self-protective behaviours amongst urban Vietnamese children
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Phong Thai, Associate Professor Dung Phung
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Enteropathogen infection and Household Factors Associated with Linear Child Growth in Bangladesh
Principal Advisor
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Novel green space measures and birthweight in Queensland, Australia
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Paul Jagals, Dr Peter Baker
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
Incorporating Epidemiological Studies into Integrated Environmental Health Impact Assessment of Coal Mining
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Paul Jagals
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
Evaluating the Effects of Atmospheric Environment on Children's Health in Hanoi, Vietnam
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Jochen Mueller, Associate Professor Phong Thai, Associate Professor Dung Phung
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2018
Doctor Philosophy
Improving the clinical utility of the Forced Oscillation Technique in preschool-aged children
Principal Advisor
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2018
Doctor Philosophy
Assessing Exposure of Young Australian Children to Toxicants in the Home Environment using a Web-Based Questionnaire
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Paul Jagals
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2025
Doctor Philosophy
Epidemiological investigations into avian influenza virus environmental contamination in live bird markets of Dhaka's metropolitan area, Bangladesh
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Nicholas Clark, Professor Ricardo Soares Magalhaes
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Children's Environmental Health in Least Developed Countries: a modelling approach to support policy decisions
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Paul Jagals
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Trajectories of asthma symptom and their associations with family, neighbourhood, and psychosocial environmental factors among children in Australia
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Abdullah Mamun
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2022
Master Philosophy
Investigating the molecular mechanisms of macrophage polarisation
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Abdullah Tarique
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2021
Doctor Philosophy
Assessing Early-life Human Exposure to Selected Pesticides Using Urinary Biomarkers
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Jochen Mueller
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Statistical methods for analysing the health effects of prenatal exposure to mixtures of correlated endocrine-disrupting chemicals
Associate Advisor
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Early Life Predictors of Peak Lung function at 21 years Findings from a Longitudinal Cohort Study
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Abdullah Mamun
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
Establishing a wound healing model in well differentiated cultures of primary human nasal epithelial cells
Associate Advisor
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2017
Doctor Philosophy
Assessing body burden of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in infants/toddlers through analysis of faeces
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Jochen Mueller
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2016
Doctor Philosophy
Understanding the cellular and molecular processes that link RAGE gene-deletion with the development of pneumovirus-induced bronchiolitis and paucigranulocytic asthma
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Honorary Professor John Upham
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2016
Doctor Philosophy
The antiviral defects of the airway epithelium associated with wheeze and atopy in children and asthma in adults
Associate Advisor
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2015
Doctor Philosophy
Immunomodulation of allergic airway inflammation by mesenchymal stem cells
Associate Advisor
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2014
Doctor Philosophy
Acute lower respiratory infections in infants in the tropics: Environmental drivers of seasonal epidemics
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Gail Williams
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2014
Doctor Philosophy
Assessing environmental exposures in Australian children. A case study of bisphenol A
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Jochen Mueller
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- Cystic fibrosis
- Paediatric asthma
- Respiratory physiology
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