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Environment and public health

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

Research

Overweight and obesity from childhood to adulthood: a follow-up of participants in the 1985 Australian Schools Health and Fitness Survey

Alison J Venn, Russell J Thomson, Michael D Schmidt, Verity J Cleland, Beverley A Curry, Hanni C Gennat and Terence Dwyer

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (9): 458-460 Free

Public health

A review of policies on alcohol use during pregnancy in Australia and other English-speaking countries, 2006

Colleen M O'Leary, Louise Heuzenroeder, Elizabeth J Elliott and Carol Bower

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (9): 466-471 Free

Viewpoint

The lion, the wardrobe and the witch hunt: an alternative take on obesity

Ruth Colagiuri

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (9): 476-477

Letters

Exposure to environmental tobacco smoke in cars increases the risk of persistent wheeze in adolescents

Peter D Sly, Marie Deverell, Merci M Kusel and Patrick G Holt

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (6): 322

Letters

Immunisation coverage in refugee children

Kylee J Parsons, Maggi Osbourn, David N Durrheim and Murray T Webber

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (6): 323

Letters

Folate and vitamin B12 in older Australians

Victoria Flood and Paul Mitchell

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (6): 321-322

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

Nanotechnology

Nanotechnology: a promising new technology — but how safe?

Brian G Priestly, Andrew J Harford and Malcolm R Sim

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (4): 187-188 Free

Research

Iodine status of Tasmanians following voluntary fortification of bread with iodine

Judy A Seal, Zelda Doyle, John R Burgess, Roscoe Taylor and Angus R Cameron

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (2): 69-71 Free

Editorials

Promoting community awareness of the link between illicit drugs and mental disorders

Anthony F Jorm and Dan I Lubman

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (1): 5-6

Nutrition and Obesity

New Year’s resolution: let’s get rid of excessive food prices in remote Australia

Karen L Webb and Stephen R Leeder

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (1): 7-8 Free

Nutrition and Obesity

Children's television sub-standards: a call for significant amendments

Bridget P Kelly and Josephine Y Chau

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (1): 18

Nutrition and Obesity

Traffic-light food labels

Trevor C Beard, Caryl A Nowson and Malcolm D Riley

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (1): 19

Nutrition and Obesity

Obesity, law and personal responsibility

Ruth M Armstrong

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (1): 20

Modern Lifestyle

Phone use and crashes while driving: a representative survey of drivers in two Australian states

Suzanne P McEvoy, Mark R Stevenson and Mark Woodward

Med J Aust 2006; 185 (11): 630-634 Free

Refugee Health

Refugees in Australia: changing faces, changing needs

Mitchell M Smith

Med J Aust 2006; 185 (11): 587-588

Modern Lifestyle

Preventing traffic accidents by mobile phone users

Michael Regan

Med J Aust 2006; 185 (11): 628-629

Supplement

Foreword

Tony Abbott

Med J Aust 2006; 185 (10): S29 Free

Research

Cervical cancer in Australia and the United Kingdom: comparison of screening policy and uptake, and cancer incidence and mortality

Karen Canfell, Freddy Sitas and Valerie Beral

Med J Aust 2006; 185 (9): 482-486 Free

Corrections

The repeating history of objections to the fortification of bread and alcohol: from iron filings to folic acid

Hasantha Gunasekera

Med J Aust 2006; 185 (9): 528

Editorials

Rotavirus vaccine — time to act

Graeme L Barnes and Ruth F Bishop

Med J Aust 2006; 185 (7): 352-353

Research

Rotavirus gastroenteritis in the Northern Territory, 1995–2004

Rosalie Schultz

Med J Aust 2006; 185 (7): 354-356 Free

Research

Suicide in the Northern Territory, 1981–2002

Mary-Anne L Measey, Shu Qin Li, Robert Parker and Zhiqiang Wang

Med J Aust 2006; 185 (6): 315-319 Free