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From the Editor's Desk: Pinpointing health   Med J Aust 2009; 191 (3): 129.

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In This Issue . . .   Med J Aust 2009; 191 (3): 130.

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MJA Impact Factor
Martin B Van Der Weyden — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (3): 129

Editorials

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Rapid impact of rotavirus vaccination in the United States: implications for Australia
Kristine K Macartney and Margaret A Burgess — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (3): 131-132.

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The new age of pharmacovigilance
Kathlyn J Ronaldson — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (3): 132-134.

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Testosterone for low libido in postmenopausal women not using systemic oestrogen therapy
Susan R Davis — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (3): 134-135.

Pandemic (H1N1) 2009

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Understanding Australia’s influenza pandemic policy on the strategic use of the antiviral drug stockpile
James M McCaw, James G Wood, Emma S McBryde, Terry M Nolan, Joseph T Wu, Marc Lipsitch and Jodie McVernon — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (3): 136-137.

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Swine flu update: bringing home the bacon
Sanjaya N Senanayake — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (3): 138-140.

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Summary of the Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases and the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand guidelines: treatment and prevention of H1N1 influenza 09 (human swine influenza) with antiviral agents
Allen C Cheng, Dominic E Dwyer, A Thomas C Kotsimbos, Mike Starr, Tony M Korman, Jim P Buttery, Christine R Jenkins, Vicki L Krause and Paul D R Johnson — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (3): 142-145.

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Epidemiological characteristics of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009 and seasonal influenza infection
Heath A Kelly, Kristina A Grant, Simon Williams, James Fielding and David Smith — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (3): 146-149.

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Australia’s influenza containment plan and the swine flu epidemic in Victoria
M Lindsay Grayson and Paul D R Johnson — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (3): 150.

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The general practice experience of the swine flu epidemic in Victoria — lessons from the front line
Peter Eizenberg — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (3): 151-153.

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Life-threatening respiratory failure from H1N1 influenza 09 (human swine influenza)
Melissa A Kaufman, Graeme J Duke, Forbes McGain, Craig French, Craig Aboltins, Gary Lane and Geoff A Gutteridge — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (3): 154-156.

Research

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Early evidence for direct and indirect effects of the infant rotavirus vaccine program in Queensland
Stephen B Lambert, Cassandra E Faux, Lisa Hall, Frances A Birrell, Karen V Peterson, Christine E Selvey, Theo P Sloots, Michael D Nissen and Keith Grimwood — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (3): 157-160.

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Injection of medications used in opioid substitution treatment in Australia after the introduction of a mixed partial agonist–antagonist formulation
Louisa Degenhardt, Briony K Larance, James R Bell, Adam R Winstock, Nicholas Lintzeris, Robert L Ali, Nicolas Scheuer and Richard P Mattick — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (3): 161-165.

For Debate

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Smoking questions on the Australian death notification form: adopting international best practice?
Freddy Sitas, Dianne L O’Connell, Konrad Jamrozik and Alan D Lopez — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (3): 166-168.

Viewpoint

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The widening gap between clinical, teaching and research work
Catherine M Joyce, Leon Piterman and Steven L Wesselingh — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (3): 169-172.

Lessons from Practice

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Two cases of anticholinergic syndrome associated with consumption of bitter lupin flour
Nevada M Pingault, Robyn A Gibbs, Alexander M Barclay and Mark Monaghan — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (3): 173-174.

Dr Ross Ingram Memorial Essay Competition

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Starting at strengths . . . an Indigenous early years intervention
Chelsea Bond — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (3): 175-177.

Clinical Update

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Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
Steven J Lindstrom, Vincent A Pellegrino and W Warwick Butt — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (3): 178-182.

Notable Cases

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Envenoming by the rough-scaled snake (Tropidechis carinatus): a series of confirmed cases
Melissa Gan, Margaret A O’Leary, Simon G A Brown, Tamara Jacoby, David Spain, Alan Tankel, Chris Gavaghan, Peter Garrett and Geoffrey K Isbister — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (3): 183-186.

Letters

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Estimating coverage of the National HPV Vaccination Program: where are we at?
Julia M L Brotherton and Robyn M Mullins — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (3): 188.

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Reasons for termination of pregnancy in women aged 35 and over
Wendy Lee and Danielle Mazza — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (3): 188-189.

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The quality of medication information in Australia: the need for more clinical expertise and accountability
Caroline E Bulsara and Anne McKenzie — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (3): 189.

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Doctors and the pharmaceutical industry: time for a national policy?
Jennifer H Martin, Christopher Beer, Raymond G Morris and Matthew P Doogue — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (3): 189-190.

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What changes are needed to the current direction and interpretation of clinical cancer research to meet the needs of the 21st century?
Matthew P Doogue and Kathleen M Knights — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (3): 190.

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The Australian Medical Council draft code of professional conduct: good practice or creeping authoritarianism?
John B Myers || Paul A Komesaroff and Ian H Kerridge — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (3): 190-191.

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Australian doctors need to catch up with population policy
Robin I W Collin — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (3): 191-192.

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Evolution of a house: Darwin’s link to Pambula
George D Repin — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (3): 192.

Awards

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Clean hands, caring hands: MJA Awards Ceremony 2009
Ruth Armstrong — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (3): 177.

Book Review

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Tom Wills. His spectacular rise and tragic fall
reviewed by Michael C Kennedy — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (3): 160.

Correction

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Avoiding the tragedy of another balcony collapse
Shinichiro Sakata, Craig A McBride, James W Nixon and Roy M Kimble — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (3): 192.

Columns

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In Other Journals   Med J Aust 2009; 191 (3): 187.

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