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Environment and public health

2019

Research letter

Concomitant prescribing of opioids and benzodiazepines in Australia, 2012–2017

Gillian E Caughey, Svetla Gadzhanova, Sepehr Shakib and Elizabeth E Roughead

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (1): 39-40 Free

Guideline summary

The Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy infant feeding for allergy prevention guidelines

Preeti A Joshi, Jill Smith, Sandra Vale and Dianne E Campbell

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (2): 1

Research Letter

Nicotine and other potentially harmful compounds in “nicotine‐free” e‐cigarette liquids in Australia

Emily Chivers, Maxine Janka, Peter Franklin, Benjamin Mullins and Alexander Larcombe

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (3): 1 Free

Guideline Summary

Methods of melanoma detection and of skin monitoring for individuals at high risk of melanoma: new Australian clinical practice guidelines

Nikki R Adler, John W Kelly, Pascale Guitera, Scott W Menzies, Alex J Chamberlain, Paul Fishburn, Alison E Button‐Sloan, Clinton Heal, H Peter Soyer and John F Thompson

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (1): 41-47

Perspective

Ensuring safety in public playgrounds is everybody’s business

Ruth A Barker, David Eager and Lisa N Sharwood

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (1): 9-11

2018

Perspective

The MJA–Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: Australian policy inaction threatens lives(Summary)

Paul J Beggs and Ying Zhang

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (11): 474-475 Free

Reflections / Medical history

Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis (1818–1865): herald of hygienic medicine

Edward A Carson and Nadeem Toodayan

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (11): 480-482

Christmas competition / Joint winner

Licence to swill: James Bond’s drinking over six decades

Nick Wilson, Anne Tucker, Deborah Heath and Peter Scarborough

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (11): 495-500 Free

Christmas competition

Carols by glow sticks: a retrospective analysis of Poisons Information Centre data

Rose Cairns, Jared A Brown, Andrew H Dawson, Wendy Davis and Nicholas A Buckley

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (11): 505-508

Christmas competition

The Christmas e-list (an ode to big data)

Stephanie A Prince

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (11): 510

Perspective

The MJA–Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: Australian policy inaction threatens lives

Ying Zhang, Paul J Beggs, Hilary Bambrick, Helen L Berry, Martina K Linnenluecke, Stefan Trueck, Robyn Alders, Peng Bi, Sinead M Boylan, Donna Green, Yuming Guo, Ivan C Hanigan, Elizabeth G Hanna, Arunima Malik, Geoffrey G Morgan, Mark Stevenson, Shilu Tong, Nick Watts and Anthony G Capon

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (11): 474 Free

Research

Pregabalin misuse‐related ambulance attendances in Victoria, 2012–2017: characteristics of patients and attendances

Rose Crossin, Debbie Scott, Shalini Arunogiri, Karen Smith, Paul M Dietze and Dan I Lubman

Med J Aust 2018; 210 (2): 1 Free

Perspectives

The value of participating in clinical trials: the whole is greater than the sum of its parts

John R Zalcberg and Michael Friedlander

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (10): 424-425

Letters

Planetary health: the Australian chapter

Selina N Lo, Kaiya Ferguson, Eugenie Kayak and Kingsley Faulkner

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (10): 460

Letters

The three A’s of colonoscopy referral

Peter Bampton, Tarik Sammour, Gregor JE Brown, David G Hewett and Daniel L Worthley

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (10): 461-462

Research letter

Gluten in “gluten-free” manufactured foods in Australia: a cross-sectional study

Emma P Halmos, Dean Clarke, Catherine Pizzey and Jason A Tye-Din

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (10): 448-449 Free

Editorials

Pre-conception care: an important yet underutilised preventive care strategy

Deborah J Bateson and Kirsten I Black

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (9): 389-391

Perspectives

A perfect storm: towards reducing the risk of suicide in the medical profession

Ann I McCormack

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (9): 378-379

Guideline summary

Revised Australian national guidelines for colorectal cancer screening: family history

Mark A Jenkins, Driss Ait Ouakrim, Alex Boussioutas, John L Hopper, Hooi C Ee, Jon D Emery, Finlay A Macrae, Albert Chetcuti, Laura Wuellner and D James B St John

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (10): 455-460

Research letter

The right kind of viral: boosted Facebook advertisements for health protection messages

Keira M Glasgow, Catherine R Bateman-Steel, Bradley Pope and Mark J Ferson

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (10): 447 Free

Narrative review

Community-acquired acute meningitis and encephalitis: a narrative review

Miles H Beaman

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (10): 449-454

Research

Surveillance improves survival of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma: a prospective population-based study

Thai P Hong, Paul J Gow, Michael Fink, Anouk Dev, Stuart K Roberts, Amanda Nicoll, John S Lubel, Ian Kronborg, Niranjan Arachchi, Marno Ryan, William W Kemp, Virginia Knight, Vijaya Sundararajan, Paul Desmond, Alexander JV Thompson and Sally J Bell

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (8): 348-354 Free

Editorials

Protecting our children from obesity: challenges and opportunities

Michael J Moore, Martin McKee and Aimee L Brownbill

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (6): 253-254

Narrative review

Contemporary approaches to the prevention and management of paediatric obesity: an Australian focus

Seema Mihrshahi, Megan L Gow and Louise A Baur

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (6): 267-274

Editorials

Inequity amplified: climate change, the Australian farmer, and mental health

Molly Shorthouse and Louise Stone

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (4): 156-157 Free