MJA
MJA

Statistics, epidemiology and research design

Maternal and Child Health

The urban–remote divide for Indigenous perinatal outcomes

Simon Graham, Lisa R Jackson Pulver, Yueping Alex Wang, Paul M Kelly, Paula J Laws, Narelle Grayson and Elizabeth A Sullivan

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (10): 509-512 Free

Letters

Mistakes and misconduct in the research literature: retractions just the tip of the iceberg

Alison Poulton

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (6): 323-324

Trials on trial

Interpreting the results of a clinical trial

Anthony C Keech, Rhana Pike, Renee E Granger and Val J Gebski

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (6): 318-319

Public health

An outbreak of pulmonary tuberculosis in young Australians

Tony D Merritt, Vitali Sintchenko, Peter Jelfs, Margaret Worthing, Brian Robinson, David N Durrheim and Gwendolyn L Gilbert

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (5): 240-242 Free

Systematic review

Folic acid and risk of twinning: a systematic review of the recent literature, July 1994 to July 2006

Evelyne E Muggli and Jane L Halliday

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (5): 243-248 Free

Letters

Suicide mortality data need revision

Diego De Leo

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (3): 157-158

For debate

Waiver of individual patient consent in research: when do potential benefits to the community outweigh private rights?

Nikolajs Zeps, Barry J Iacopetta, Lyn Schofield, Jillian M George and Jack Goldblatt

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (2): 88-90 Free

Systematic review

Does the CONSORT checklist improve the quality of reports of randomised controlled trials? A systematic review

Amy C Plint, David Moher, Andra Morrison, Kenneth Schulz, Douglas G Altman, Catherine Hill and Isabelle Gaboury

Med J Aust 2006; 185 (5): 263-267 Free

Editorials

Nutrition surveys or surveillance: one-night stands or a long-term commitment?

Karen L Webb, Ingrid H Rutishauser, Geoffrey C Marks, Gregory Masters and Stephen R Leeder

Med J Aust 2006; 185 (5): 248-249

Research enterprise

Increased expenditure on Australian health and medical research and changes in numbers of publications determined using PubMed

Kumara Mendis and Rick McLean

Med J Aust 2006; 185 (3): 155-158 Free

Health inequalities

Causes of inequality in life expectancy between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in the Northern Territory, 1981–2000: a decomposition analysis

Yuejen Zhao and Karen Dempsey

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (10): 490-494 Free

Editorials

Preventing and processing research misconduct: a new Australian code for responsible research

Martin B Van Der Weyden

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (9): 430-431

Editorials

What do we know about perioperative ischaemic cardiac events in patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery?

Harry C Lowe and Saul B Freedman

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (8): 376-377

Letters

Research administration and privacy legislation: dealing with the HIC (Medicare Australia)

Simon R Brice and Marie V Pirotta

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (6): 308-309

Editorials

A new EPOC in Australian health research

Russell L Gruen, Heather Buchan, Jan Davies, Alain Mayhew and Jeremy M Grimshaw

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (1): 4-5

Complementary medicine

Complementary and alternative medicine in 2006: optimising the dose of the intervention

Jonathan Berman and Margaret A Chesney

Med J Aust 2005; 183 (11): 574-575

Editorials

Systemic adjuvant therapies for early breast cancer: 15-year results for recurrence and survival

John F Forbes and Jack Cuzick

Med J Aust 2005; 183 (9): 447-448

Viewpoint

Evidence in palliative care research: how should it be gathered?

Samar M Aoun and Linda J Kristjanson

Med J Aust 2005; 183 (5): 264-266

Viewpoint

Further support for the families of Australia’s war veterans requires a broad research strategy

Hedley G Peach

Med J Aust 2005; 183 (3): 147-150 Free

Letters

Allocation concealment and blinding: when ignorance is bliss

Vance W Berger

Med J Aust 2005; 183 (3): 165-166

Letters

Allocation concealment and blinding: when ignorance is bliss

Harri Hemilä

Med J Aust 2005; 183 (3): 165-166

Letters

Allocation concealment and blinding: when ignorance is bliss

Peta M Forder, Val J Gebski and Anthony C Keech

Med J Aust 2005; 183 (3): 165-166

Letters

Genetic risk estimation by health care professionals

Edwin P Kirk, Annette Hattam and Anne Turner

Med J Aust 2005; 182 (11): 596-597

Letters

Genetic risk estimation by health care professionals

Benno Bonke, Aad Tibben, Dick Lindhout, Angus J Clarke and Theo Stijnen

Med J Aust 2005; 182 (11): 596-597

Editorials

Research integrity and pharmaceutical industry sponsorship

Peter C Gøtzsche

Med J Aust 2005; 182 (11): 549-550