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Environment and public health

Research

Impact of coronial investigations on manner and cause of death determinations in Australia, 2000–2007

David M Studdert and Stephen M Cordner

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (8): 444-447 Free

Letters

Risks associated with low functional health literacy in an Australian population

Robert A Bush, Frances M Boyle and Remo Ostini

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (8): 478-479

Public health

Achieving standardised reporting of suicide in Australia: rationale and program for change

Diego De Leo, Michael J Dudley, Caroline J Aebersold, John A Mendoza, Michael A Barnes, James E Harrison and David L Ranson

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (8): 452-456 Free

Viewpoint

Iodine deficiency in Australia: is iodine supplementation for pregnant and lactating women warranted?

Gisselle Gallego, Stephen Goodall and Creswell J Eastman

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (8): 461-463 Free

For debate

How can we reduce alcohol-related road crash deaths among young Australians?

Wayne D Hall, Angela L Wallace, Linda J Cobiac, Christopher M Doran and Theo Vos

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (8): 464-466 Free

Letters

Expecting the unexpected: intravenous insulin at Sydney’s medically supervised injecting centre

Marianne E Jauncey, Anita P Trevan and Richard P Sulovsky

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (8): 477

Editorials

Appearances may deceive: what’s going on with Australian suicide statistics?

Clare E Bradley, James E Harrison and Amr Abou Elnour

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (8): 428-429

Editorials

Swine flu — lessons learnt in Australia

Peter J Collignon

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (7): 364-365

Viewpoint

Wanted: politicians to champion health (not obesity)

Bebe Loff and Brad R Crammond

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (7): 397-399 Free

Diagnostic dilemma

Late-stage human African trypanosomiasis in a Sudanese refugee

Paul Cherian, Ralph K Junckerstorff, David Rosen, Prasad Kumarasinghe, Alan Morling, Philip Tuch, Sonja Raven, Ronan J Murray and Christopher H Heath

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (7): 417-419

Letters

As mass media evolves into “masses of media”, what are the implications for our health?

Stephen B Lambert

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (7): 423-424

Letters

As mass media evolves into “masses of media”, what are the implications for our health?

Melissa A Sweet

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (7): 423-424

Research

A cluster randomised controlled trial to prevent injury due to falls in a residential aged care population

John A Ward, Mandy Harden, Richard E Gibson and Julie E Byles

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (6): 319-322 Free

Letters

An open letter to politicians on climate change and obesity

Garry J Egger, Boyd Swinburn, Fiona Stanley and Kerryn Phelps

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (6): 359-360

Health care

The cost of overweight and obesity in Australia

Stephen Colagiuri, Crystal M Y Lee, Ruth Colagiuri, Dianna Magliano, Jonathan E Shaw, Paul Z Zimmet and Ian D Caterson

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (5): 260-264 Free

Research enterprise

Ethics review of multisite studies: the difficult case of community-based Indigenous health research

David M Studdert, Tamara M Vu, Sarah S Fox, Ian P Anderson, Jill E Keeffe and Hugh R Taylor

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (5): 275-280 Free

Correction

AUSDRISK: an Australian Type 2 Diabetes Risk Assessment Tool based on demographic, lifestyle and simple anthropometric measures

Lei Chen, Dianna J Magliano, Beverley Balkau, Stephen Colagiuri, Paul Z Zimmet, Andrew M Tonkin, Paul Mitchell, Patrick J Phillips and Jonathan E Shaw

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (5): 274

Editorials

Clinical-quality registries: their role in quality improvement

John J McNeil, Sue M Evans, Niall P Johnson and Peter A Cameron

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (5): 244-245

Research

AUSDRISK: an Australian Type 2 Diabetes Risk Assessment Tool based on demographic, lifestyle and simple anthropometric measures

Lei Chen, Dianna J Magliano, Beverley Balkau, Stephen Colagiuri, Paul Z Zimmet, Andrew M Tonkin, Paul Mitchell, Patrick J Phillips and Jonathan E Shaw

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (4): 197-202 Free

Research

Reducing drowning deaths: the continued challenge of immersion fatalities in Australia

Richard C Franklin, Justin P Scarr and John H Pearn

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (3): 123-126 Free

Research

Urban–rural comparison of weight status among women and children living in socioeconomically disadvantaged neighbourhoods

Verity Cleland, Clare Hume, David Crawford, Anna Timperio, Kylie Hesketh, Louise Baur, Nicky Welch, Jo Salmon and Kylie Ball

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (3): 137-140 Free

Clinical update

How do we manage patients who become unemployed?

Mark F Harris, Elizabeth Harris and Timothy D Shortus

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (2): 98-101 Free

Pandemic (H1N1) 2009

A pandemic response to a disease of predominantly seasonal intensity

Heath A Kelly

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (2): 81-83 Free

Pandemic (H1N1) 2009

Hospitalised adult patients with pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza in Melbourne, Australia

Justin T Denholm, Claire L Gordon, Paul D Johnson, Saliya S Hewagama, Rhonda L Stuart, Craig Aboltins, Cameron Jeremiah, James Knox, Garry P Lane, Adrian R Tramontana, Monica A Slavin, Thomas R Schulz, Michael Richards, Chris J Birch and Allen C Cheng

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (2): 84-86 Free

Pandemic (H1N1) 2009

The rational clinician in a pandemic setting

David A Bradt and Joseph Epstein

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (2): 87-89 Free