Volume 174 Issue 4

Editorials

• The emerging European epidemic of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and bovine spongiform encephalopathy: lessons for Australia Colin L Masters (MJA 2001; 174: 160-161)
• Iron deficiency in children: food for thought Richard T L Couper, Karen N Simmer (MJA 2001; 174: 162-163)
• Measuring myocardial damage Samuel D Vasikaran, Thomas Hitchcock, John R Burnett, Richard A Clugston (MJA 2001; 174: 163-164)

Research

• Iron deficiency in Australian-born children of Arabic background in central Sydney Margaret A Karr, Michael Mira, Garth Alperstein, Samia Labib, Boyd H Webster, Ahti T Lammi, Patricia Beal (MJA 2001; 174: 165-168)
• Measurement of cardiac troponin I levels in the emergency department: predictive value for cardiac and all-cause mortality Gisela Wilcox, Peter D Archer, Michael Bailey, Linus Dziukas, Chen Fee Lim, Hans-Gerhard Schneider (MJA 2001; 174: 170-173)

Healthcare

• Diagnostic cervical zygapophyseal joint blocks for chronic cervical pain Geoffrey C Speldewinde, Guy M Bashford, Ian R Davidson (MJA 2001; 174: 174-176)

Public health

• An epidemic of dengue 3 in far north Queensland, 1997-1999 Jeffrey N Hanna, Scott A Ritchie, Debra A Phillips, Ina L Serafin, Susan L Hills, Andrew F van den Hurk, Alyssa T Pyke, W John H McBride, Miranda G Amadio, Ross L Spark (MJA 2001; 174: 178-182)

Notable cases

• Acute hepatitis C virus infection in an Australian prison inmate: tattooing as a possible transmission route Jeffrey J Post, Kate A Dolan, L Ross Whybin, Ian W J Carter, Paul S Haber, Andrew R Lloyd (MJA 2001; 174: 183-184)

Clinical update

• Fibroadenoma of the breast Nehmat Houssami, Maria N K Cheung, J Michael Dixon (MJA 2001; 174: 185-188)

Viewpoint

• Understanding wellness in old age Frederick Ehrlich (MJA 2001; 174: 190-191)

Lessons from practice

• Diagnosing inhaled foreign bodies in children Ka F Lau, Ravi Jayaram, Dominic A Fitzgerald (MJA 2001; 174: 194-196)

EBM in action

• Does drinking carrot juice affect cancer of the prostate? Christopher B Del Mar, Paul P Glasziou, Anneliese B Spinks, Sharon L Sanders (MJA 2001; 174: 197)