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The prevalence and causes of vision loss in Indigenous Australians: the National Indigenous Eye Health Survey

Hugh R Taylor, Jing Xie, Sarah Fox, Ross A Dunn, Anna-Lena Arnold and Jill E Keeffe

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (6): 312-318 Free

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

Use of chemotherapy and radiotherapy in patients with pancreatic cancer in Victoria (2002–2003): a retrospective cohort study

Michael Jefford, Vicky Thursfield, Yvonne Torn-Broers, Trevor Leong, Mario Guerrieri and Tony Speer

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (6): 323-327 Free

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

The prevalence of trachoma in Australia: the National Indigenous Eye Health Survey

Hugh R Taylor, Sarah S Fox, Jing Xie, Ross A Dunn, Anna-Lena M R Arnold and Jill E Keeffe

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (5): 248-253 Free

Cardiovascular risk perception and evidence–practice gaps in Australian general practice (the AusHEART study)

Emma L Heeley, David P Peiris, Anushka A Patel, Alan Cass, Andrew Weekes, Claire Morgan, Craig S Anderson and John P Chalmers

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (5): 254-259 Free

Suicide and fatal drug overdose in child sexual abuse victims: a historical cohort study

Margaret C Cutajar, Paul E Mullen, James R P Ogloff, Stuart D Thomas, David L Wells and Josie Spataro

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (4): 184-187 Free

Painting the picture: Australasian medical student views on wellbeing teaching and support services

James M Hillis, William R G Perry, Emily Y Carroll, Belinda A Hibble, Marion J Davies and Justin Yousef

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (4): 188-190 Free

Computerised prescribing: assessing the impact on prescription repeats and on generic substitution of some commonly used antibiotics

David A Newby and Jane Robertson

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (4): 192-195 Free

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

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

Dyslipidaemia in rural Australia: prevalence, awareness, and adherence to treatment guidelines in the Greater Green Triangle Risk Factor Study

Edward D Janus, Philip A Tideman, James A Dunbar, Annamari Kilkkinen, Stephen J Bunker, Benjamin Philpot, Rosy Tirimacco, Kevin Mc Namara, Sami Heistaro and Tiina Laatikainen

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (3): 127-132 Free

Pneumonia risk stratification in tropical Australia: does the SMART-COP score apply?

Joshua S Davis, Gail B Cross, Patrick G P Charles, Bart J Currie, Nicholas M Anstey and Allen C Cheng

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (3): 133-136 Free

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

The health of people in Australian immigration detention centres

Janette P Green and Kathy Eagar

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (2): 65-70 Free

Symptoms and suffering at the end of life in children with cancer: an Australian perspective

John A Heath, Naomi E Clarke, Susan M Donath, Maria McCarthy, Vicki A Anderson and Joanne Wolfe

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (2): 71-75 Free

Planned home and hospital births in South Australia, 1991–2006: differences in outcomes

Robyn M Kennare, Marc J N C Keirse, Graeme R Tucker and Annabelle C Chan

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (2): 76-80 Free

Caveat anicula! Beware of quiet little old ladies

Dennis T Wong, Robyn A Clark, Benjamin K Dundon, Andrew Philpott, Payman Molaee and Sepehr Shakib

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (1): 9-13 Free

Birthweight and natural deaths in a remote Australian Aboriginal community

Wendy E Hoy and Jennifer L Nicol

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (1): 14-19 Free

Role of general practitioners in managing age-related hearing loss

Julie M Schneider, Bamini Gopinath, Catherine M McMahon, Helena C Britt, Christopher M Harrison, Tim Usherwood, Stephen R Leeder and Paul Mitchell

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (1): 20-23 Free

Single-dose azithromycin versus seven days of amoxycillin in the treatment of acute otitis media in Aboriginal children (AATAAC): a double blind, randomised controlled trial

Peter S Morris, Gaudencio Gadil, Gabrielle B McCallum, Cate A Wilson, Heidi C Smith-Vaughan, Paul Torzillo and Amanda J Leach

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (1): 24-29 Free

Research to improve health practice and policy

Warwick P Anderson and Elim M Papadakis

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (11): 646-647 Free

Rational allocation of Australia’s research dollars: does the distribution of NHMRC funding by National Health Priority Area reflect actual disease burden?

Rebecca J Mitchell, Rod J McClure, Jake Olivier and Wendy L Watson

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (11): 648-652 Free

Risks associated with low functional health literacy in an Australian population

Robert J Adams, Sarah L Appleton, Catherine L Hill, Mark Dodd, Christopher Findlay and David H Wilson

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (10): 530-534 Free

Screening for hepatitis C virus infection in methadone-maintained mothers and their infants

Anthony J W Liu,*, Ethan I An,* , Henry G Murray, Emma Tetstall, Marcel J Leroi and Ralph K H Nanan

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (10): 535-538 Free