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Diesel particulate matter and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in fire stations by Bott, Raymond C, Kirk, Katherine M, Logan, Michael B, Reid, Damien A

“…Firefighters are known to be exposed to a wide variety of combustion products during operational and training firefighting activities. However, the potential…”
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Cohort profile: the Australian genetics of depression study by Byrne, Enda M, Kirk, Katherine M, Medland, Sarah E, McGrath, John J, Colodro-Conde, Lucia, Parker, Richard, Cross, Simone, Sullivan, Lenore, Statham, Dixie J, Levinson, Douglas F, Licinio, Julio, Wray, Naomi R, Hickie, Ian B, Martin, Nicholas G

“…PurposeDepression is the most common psychiatric disorder and the largest contributor to global disability. The Australian Genetics of Depression study was…”
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Genetic and Environmental Influences on the Frequency of Orgasm in Women by Dawood, Khytam, Kirk, Katherine M., Bailey, J. Michael, Andrews, Paul W., Martin, Nicholas G.

“…This study reports on genetic and environmental influences on the frequency of orgasm in women during sexual intercourse, during other sexual contact with a…”
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Firefighting Instructors' Exposures to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons During Live Fire Training Scenarios by Kirk, Katherine M., Logan, Michael B.

“…Cumulative exposures of firefighting instructors to toxic contaminants generated from live-fire training potentially far exceed firefighter exposures arising…”
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Combustion products generated in simulated industrial fires by Kirk, Katherine M., Splawinski, Zenon, Bott, Raymond C., Logan, Michael B.

“…Studies of firefighter exposure to combustion products have focused predominantly on real or simulated residential structure fires, with few investigations…”
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Exposures to air contaminants in compartment fire behavior training (CFBT) using particleboard fuel by Kirk, Katherine M, Logan, Michael B

“…Firefighters are exposed to a variety of combustion products during operational fires but also during live-fire training. As part of an on-going project…”
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Structural Fire Fighting Ensembles: Accumulation and Off-gassing of Combustion Products by Kirk, Katherine M., Logan, Michael B.

“…Firefighters may be exposed to toxic combustion products not only during fire fighting operations and training, but also afterwards as a result of contact with…”
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16Up: Outline of a Study Investigating Wellbeing and Information and Communication Technology Use in Adolescent Twins by Mitchell, Brittany L., Kirk, Katherine M., McAloney, Kerrie, Wright, Margaret J., Davenport, Tracey A., Hermens, Daniel F., Scott, James G., McGrath, John J., Gillespie, Nathan A., Carpenter, Joanne S., O’Callaghan, Victoria S., Medland, Sarah, Christensen, Helen, Martin, Nicholas G., Burns, Jane M., Hickie, Ian B.

“…The ‘16Up’ study conducted at the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute from January 2014 to December 2018 aimed to examine the physical and mental health…”
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Genetics of Serum Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulfate and Its Relationship to Insulin in a Population-Based Cohort of Twin Subjects by Nestler, John E., Whitfield, John B., Williams, Terre Y., Zhu, Gu, Condon, Juliann, Kirk, Katherine M., Heath, Andrew C., Montgomery, Grant W., Martin, Nicholas G.

“…Previous studies have shown a significant effect of insulin administration on serum dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEA-S) concentration and its metabolic…”
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Nineteen and Up study (19Up): understanding pathways to mental health disorders in young Australian twins by Couvy-Duchesne, Baptiste, O’Callaghan, Victoria, Parker, Richard, Mills, Natalie, Kirk, Katherine M, Scott, Jan, Vinkhuyzen, Anna, Hermens, Daniel F, Lind, Penelope A, Davenport, Tracey A, Burns, Jane M, Connell, Melissa, Zietsch, Brendan P, Scott, James, Wright, Margaret J, Medland, Sarah E, McGrath, John, Martin, Nicholas G, Hickie, Ian B, Gillespie, Nathan A

“…PurposeThe Nineteen and Up study (19Up) assessed a range of mental health and behavioural problems and associated risk factors in a genetically informative…”
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The Anorexia Nervosa Genetics Initiative: Study description and sample characteristics of the Australian and New Zealand arm by Kirk, Katherine M, Martin, Felicity C, Mao, Amy, Parker, Richard, Maguire, Sarah, Thornton, Laura M, Zhu, Gu, McAloney, Kerrie, Freeman, Jeremy L, Hay, Phillipa, Madden, Sloane, Morgan, Christine, Russell, Janice, Sawyer, Susan M, Hughes, Elizabeth K, Fairweather-Schmidt, A Kate, Fursland, Anthea, McCormack, Julie, Wagg, Fiona, Jordan, Jennifer, Kennedy, Martin A, Ward, Warren, Wade, Tracey D, Bulik, Cynthia M, Martin, Nicholas G

“…Objectives: Anorexia nervosa is a severe psychiatric disorder with high mortality rates. While its aetiology is poorly understood, there is evidence of a…”
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Comparison of self-reported and audiometrically-measured hearing loss in the Australian Defence Force by Kirk, Katherine M., McGuire, Annabel, Nasveld, Peter E., Treloar, Susan A.

“…Abstract Objective: To investigate the relationship between self-reported and audiometrically-measured hearing loss in a sample of Australian Defence Force…”
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No thanks, it keeps me awake : The genetics of coffee-attributed sleep disturbance by LUCIANO, Michelle, GHU ZHU, KIRK, Katherine M, GORDON, Scott D, HEATH, Andrew C, MONTGOMERY, Grant W, MARTIN, Nicholas G

“…Previous genetic investigations of sleep disturbance have shown various measures of sleep quality and sleep pattern to be heritable. But none of these studies…”
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The impact of genotyping error on haplotype reconstruction and frequency estimation by Kirk, Katherine M, Cardon, Lon R

“…The choice of genotyping families vs unrelated individuals is a critical factor in any large-scale linkage disequilibrium (LD) study. The use of unrelated…”
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Self-reported tinnitus and ototoxic exposures among deployed Australian Defence Force personnel by Kirk, Katherine M, McGuire, Annabel, Nielsen, Lisa, Cosgrove, Tegan, McClintock, Christine, Nasveld, Peter E, Treloar, Susan A

“…The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of chemical and environmental exposures during deployment on tinnitus among Australian Defence Force…”
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NATURAL SELECTION AND QUANTITATIVE GENETICS OF LIFE-HISTORY TRAITS IN WESTERN WOMEN: A TWIN STUDY by Kirk, Katherine M, Blomberg, Simon P, Duffy, David L, Heath, Andrew C, Owens, Ian P. F, Martin, Nick G

“…Whether contemporary human populations are still evolving as a result of natural selection has been hotly debated. For natural selection to cause evolutionary…”
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The genetics of tea and coffee drinking and preference for source of caffeine in a large community sample of Australian twins by Luciano, Michelle, Kirk, Katherine M., Heath, Andrew C., Martin, Nicholas G.

“…ABSTRACT Aims  To investigate the genetic and environmental influences on tea consumption and their commonalities with coffee consumption; and to further…”
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Do Individual Differences in Sociosexuality Represent Genetic or Environmentally Contingent Strategies? Evidence From the Australian Twin Registry by Bailey, J. Michael, Kirk, Katherine M, Zhu, Gu, Dunne, Michael P, Martin, Nicholas G

“…Although men are substantially more interested than women in casual sex, there is ample variation in this trait ( sociosexuality ) within both sexes. One…”
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Shared and unique environmental factors determine the ecology of methanogens in humans and rats by Florin, Timothy H.J, Zhu, Gu, Kirk, Katherine M, Martin, Nicholas G

“…OBJECTIVE: This study ascertains the relative contributions of genetics and environment in determining methane emission in humans and rats. There is…”
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The subtlety of sex-atypicality by Dunne, M P, Bailey, J M, Kirk, K M, Martin, N G

“…Memories of sex-atypical behavior and interests in childhood usually differ between homosexual and heterosexual people. However, variation within these broad…”
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