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Correction

Bone and joint disorders: prevention and control

Peter M Brooks, Michael J Hooper and Richard A Smallwood AO
MJA 2004; 180 (8): 418

Re: Bone and Joint Disorders: Prevention and Control”, the Supplement to the 1 March 2004 issue of the Journal (Med J Aust 2004; 180 (5 Suppl): S1-S40). Three errors have been noted.

Firstly, on page S2, the funding for the Supplement was incorrectly attributed to the Department of Health and Ageing alone, and the text should have read: “The Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing sponsored the summit — Bone and Joint Decade Approach, Canberra November 15, 2002. Merck Sharp & Dohme, the Department of Health and Ageing and the Australian Rheumatology Association funded the publication of this Supplement. The views expressed in this Supplement are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the funding organisations.”

Secondly, there is incorrect reference numbering in the article “Can we reduce disease burden from osteoarthritis? An evidence-based priority-setting model”, by Segal L, Day SE, Chapman AB and Osborne RH. In the section on primary prevention, on page S14, the reference numbers should have read 1,8-10,12, and not 1,12-9.

Finally, in the article “The Australian Orthopaedic Association National Joint Replacement Registry”, by Graves SE, Davidson D, Ingerson L, et al, the details for one author were omitted from the authors’ address box on page S31. These details are as follows: Heather J McElroy, BSc(Hons), GradDipApplStat, Statistician, Data Management and Analysis Centre, Department of Public Health and General Practice, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA.

These errors appeared in the printed edition of the supplement but were corrected before the html and pdf versions appeared in the eMJA.

The University of Queensland, Royal Brisbane Hospital, Herston, QLD.

Peter M Brooks, MD, FRACP, FAFRM, Executive Dean of Health Sciences.

Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Concord Hospital, Concord, NSW.

Michael J Hooper, MB BS, FRACP, Clinical Associate Professor, and Area Head, Bone and Mineral Stream, Central Sydney Area Health Service.

Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing, Canberra, ACT.

Richard A Smallwood, AO, MD, FRACP, FRCP, Former Chief Medical Officer,and Emeritus Professor of Medicine, University of Melbourne.

Correspondence: Professor Peter M Brooks, The University of Queensland, Royal Brisbane Hospital, Edith Cavell Building, Herston, QLD 4006. p.brooksATmailbox.uq.edu.au; c.tarlington2ATuq.edu.au

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