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Environment and public health

Research

Epidemic syphilis among homosexually active men in Sydney

Fengyi Jin, Garrett P Prestage, John M Kaldor, Andrew E Grulich, Susan C Kippax, Catherine M Pell and Basil J Donovan

Med J Aust 2005; 183 (4): 179-183 Free

Research

Effects of asbestos and smoking on gas diffusion in people exposed to crocidolite

Helman S Alfonso, Lin Fritschi, Nicholas H de Klerk, Nola Olsen, Jan Sleith and Arthur (Bill) W Musk

Med J Aust 2005; 183 (4): 184-187 Free

Notable cases

Macrophagic myofasciitis associated with vaccine-derived aluminium

Meena Shingde, Roger Pamphlett, James Hughes, Ross Boadle and Edward J Wills

Med J Aust 2005; 183 (3): 145-146 Free

Lessons from practice

Gudair (OJD) vaccine self-inoculation: a case for early debridement

Graeme D Richardson, Ian I Links and Peter A Windsor

Med J Aust 2005; 183 (3): 151-152 Free

Research

Short-term impact of smoking cessation on myocardial infarction and stroke hospitalisations and costs in Australia

Susan F Hurley

Med J Aust 2005; 183 (1): 13-17 Free

Dr Ross Ingram Memorial Essay: the first of three finalists’ essays

A culture of ill health: public health or Aboriginality?

Chelsea J Bond

Med J Aust 2005; 183 (1): 39-41 Free

Letters

Detention for tuberculosis: public health and the law

Medical Registrar and Respiratory Physician

Med J Aust 2005; 183 (1): 55-56

Letters

Detention for tuberculosis: public health and the law

Ruth M Armstrong and Martin B Van Der Weyden

Med J Aust 2005; 183 (1): 55-56

Editorials

Clinicians prescribing exercise: is air pollution a hazard?

James E Sharman

Med J Aust 2005; 182 (12): 606-607

Research

Vision loss in Australia

Hugh R Taylor, Jill E Keeffe, Hien T V Vu, Jie Jin Wang, Elena Rochtchina, Paul Mitchell and M Lynne Pezzullo

Med J Aust 2005; 182 (11): 565-568 Free

Notable cases

Tremor syndrome associated with a fungal toxin: sequelae of food contamination

Peter R Lewis, Michael B Donoghue, Lucy Cook, Linda V Granger and Ailsa D Hocking

Med J Aust 2005; 182 (11): 582-584 Free

Letters

Low-carbohydrate diets in Australia: prevalence and public perceptions

Timothy C Crowe and David Cameron-Smith

Med J Aust 2005; 182 (11): 594-595

Comment

Vale — Postcard from the UK

Martin B Van Der Weyden

Med J Aust 2005; 182 (11): 551

Editorials

Should all Australian children be vaccinated against influenza?

David Isaacs

Med J Aust 2005; 182 (11): 553-554

Community care – Research

Impact of a collaborative shared antenatal care program for urban Indigenous women: a prospective cohort study

Kathryn S Panaretto, Heather M Lee, Melvina R Mitchell, Sarah L Larkins, Vivian Manessis, Petra G Buettner and David Watson

Med J Aust 2005; 182 (10): 514-519 Free

Editorials

A picture of Australia’s children

George C Patton, Sharon R Goldfeld, Indrani Pieris-Caldwell, Meredith Bryant and Graham V Vimpani

Med J Aust 2005; 182 (9): 437-438

For debate

Communicating prostate cancer risk: what should we be telling our patients?

Peter D Baade, Suzanne K Steginga, Joanne F Aitken and Carole B Pinnock

Med J Aust 2005; 182 (9): 472-475 Free

Letters

Prevalence of colonisation with vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) among haemodialysis outpatients in Victoria: implications for screening

Laurelle J Burrell, Elizabeth A Grabsch, Alexander A Padiglione and M Lindsay Grayson

Med J Aust 2005; 182 (9): 492

Book reviews

Quit Facts

Ron Borland

Med J Aust 2005; 182 (12):

Public health

Bound for Sydney town: health surveillance on international cruise vessels visiting the Port of Sydney

Mark J Ferson and Kelly-Anne Ressler

Med J Aust 2005; 182 (8): 391-394 Free

Editorials

Child pedestrian safety: the role of behavioural science

Donna S Cross and Margaret R Hall

Med J Aust 2005; 182 (7): 318-319

Letters

Advances in childhood leukaemia

Bruce Hocking

Med J Aust 2005; 182 (7): 364-365

Letters

Advances in childhood leukaemia

David S Ziegler, Luciano Dalla Pozza, Keith D Waters and Glenn M Marshall

Med J Aust 2005; 182 (7): 364-365

Research

Stage at diagnosis and cancer survival for Indigenous Australians in the Northern Territory

John R Condon, Tony Barnes, Bruce K Armstrong, Sid Selva-Nayagam and J Mark Elwood

Med J Aust 2005; 182 (6): 277-280 Free

Editorials

The tsunami of tuberculosis

Ivan Bastian

Med J Aust 2005; 182 (6): 263-264