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Volume 179, Issue 3 — 4 August, 2003

From the editor’s desk

Taxing fatness

 Martin B Van Der Weyden
Med J Aust 2003; 179 (3): 121. 

In This Issue
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MJA/Wyeth Award 2002
Med J Aust 2003; 179 (3): 128.

Editorials

Screening for genital Chlamydia trachomatis infection: are men the forgotten reservoir?

 Marcus Y Chen and Basil Donovan
Med J Aust 2003; 179 (3): 124-125.

Helical computed tomography for lung cancer screening

 Mark Elwood, Donald A Campbell and Margaret P De Campo
Med J Aust 2003; 179 (3): 125-126.

The protection of human genetic information

 David Weisbrot and Kerry J Breen
Med J Aust 2003; 179 (3): 127-128.

Research

Disability in older Australians: projections for 2006–2031

 Lynne C Giles, Maria Crotty and Ian D Cameron
Med J Aust 2003; 179 (3): 130-133. 

Untreated hypertension among Australian adults: the 1999–2000 Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle Study (AusDiab)

 Esther M Briganti, John J McNeil, Jonathan E Shaw, Paul Z Zimmet, Steven J Chadban, Robert C Atkins and Timothy A Welborn
Med J Aust 2003; 179 (3): 135-139. 

Public health

Mobile telephone use among Melbourne drivers: a preventable exposure to injury risk

 David McD Taylor, Dianne M Bennett, Michael Carter and Devinder Garewal
Med J Aust 2003; 179 (3): 140-142. 

Indigenous health

Cardiovascular risk among urban Aboriginal people

 Peter L Thompson, Pamela J Bradshaw, Margherita Veroni and Edward T Wilkes
Med J Aust 2003; 179 (3): 143-146. 

Position statement

Aspirin for cardiovascular disease prevention

 Joseph Hung, for the Medical Issues Committee of the National Heart Foundation of Australia
Med J Aust 2003; 179 (3): 147-152. 

For debate

Management of healthcare workers after occupational exposure to hepatitis C virus

 Patrick GP Charles, M Lindsay Grayson, Peter W Angus and Joseph J Sasadeusz
Med J Aust 2003; 179 (3): 153-157. 

Viewpoint

Current priorities for adolescent sexual and reproductive health in Australia

 S Rachel Skinner and Martha Hickey
Med J Aust 2003; 179 (3): 158-161. 

Lessons from practice

Occupational exposure to HIV: response to a system failure

 Elizabeth E Cooper and Stephen L Blamey
Med J Aust 2003; 179 (3): 162-163. 

From bench to bedside

Stem cell therapies: a tale of caution

 Edward Byrne and David W Howells
Med J Aust 2003; 179 (3): 164-166. 

Snapshot

A rare local granulomatous complication of Q fever vaccination

 Alan E Mills, Vince Murdolo and Stephen P Webb
Med J Aust 2003; 179 (3): 166. 

The New Genetics

The specialist neurologist and the “new genetics”

 Elizabeth A McCusker
Med J Aust 2003; 179 (3): 167-169. 

Letters

Nocardia asteroides pneumonia with bacteraemia

 Patricia A Figgis, Allan R Glanville and John L Harkness
Med J Aust 2003; 179 (3): 171-172.

Rhabdomyolysis secondary to interaction of fusidic acid and simvastatin

 Sam L S Yuen and Bruce McGarity
Med J Aust 2003; 179 (3): 172.

Outbreak of influenza-like illness related to air travel

 Andrew G Marsden
Med J Aust 2003; 179 (3): 172-173.

Reducing inhaled corticosteroids in asthma is just the start

 John M Weiner
Med J Aust 2003; 179 (3): 173.

A simple intervention to improve hospital antibiotic prescribing

 Jill S Butty and Saji S Damodaran
Med J Aust 2003; 179 (3): 175-176.

A simple intervention to improve hospital antibiotic prescribing
Med J Aust 2003; 179 (3): 175-176.

www.medicalpioneers.com

 Stephen C Due
Med J Aust 2003; 179 (3): 175.

Debriefing: care and sympathy are not enough

 Mai Maddisson
Med J Aust 2003; 179 (3): 176.

Columns

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