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Environment and public health

Research

The effects on mortality and the associated financial costs of wood heater pollution in a regional Australian city

Dorothy L Robinson, Joshua A Horsley, Fay H. Johnston and Geoffrey G Morgan

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (6): 269-272 Free

Letters

Superspreaders, asymptomatics and COVID‐19 elimination

David Kault

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (3): 140-140.e1 Free

Letters

Voluntary assisted dying in Victoria: a snapshot

Kate Furness, Donna Markham, Tamica Sturgess and Margaret O’Connor

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (3): 142-142.e1

Perspectives

Investigating the health impacts of the Ranger uranium mine on Aboriginal people

Rosalie Schultz

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (4): 157-159.e1 Free

Letters

Superspreaders, asymptomatics and COVID‐19 elimination

Camilla Mattiuzzi and Giuseppe Lippi

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (3): 140-140.e1 Free

Perspectives

Are COVID‐19‐safe Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics really possible?

Craig B Dalton and Joanne Taylor

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (2): 54-55.e1 Free

Perspectives

Australia needs a prioritised national research strategy for clinical trials in a pandemic: lessons learned from COVID‐19

Asha C Bowen, Steven YC Tong and Joshua S Davis

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (2): 56-58.e1 Free

Editorial

Non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease: raising awareness of a looming public health problem

Lucy Gracen and Elizabeth E Powell

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (2): 75-76

Letters

Time to address the neglected burden of group A Streptococcus

Jeffrey W Cannon, Julie Bennett, Michael G Baker and Jonathan R Carapetis

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (2): 94-94.e1

Perspectives

An Australian glossary to aid multisectoral research and collaborations to address health and climate change

Matilde Breth‐Petersen, Lucie Rychetnik, Alexandra L Barratt and Ying Zhang

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (4): 154-156.e1

Research letters

Re‐defining the dengue‐receptive area of Queensland after the 2019 dengue outbreak in Rockhampton

Jacina Walker, Alyssa Pyke, Paul Florian, Rachael M Rodney Harris and Gulam Khandaker

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (4): 182-182 Free

Perspectives

Increasing health assessments for people living with an intellectual disability: lessons from experience of Indigenous‐specific health assessments

Jodie Bailie, Alison Laycock, Veronica Matthews and Ross S Bailie

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (1): 16-18.e1 Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice

The first known case of vaccine‐induced thrombotic thrombocytopenia in Australia

Jay Hocking, Sanjeev D Chunilal, Vivien M Chen, Tim Brighton, James Nguyen, Jocelyn Tan, Stephen B Ting and Huyen Tran

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (1): 19-20.e1 Free

Research

Increasing incidence of invasive group A streptococcal disease in Western Australia, particularly among Indigenous people

Cameron M Wright, Rachael Moorin, Glenn Pearson, John R Dyer, Jonathan R Carapetis and Laurens Manning

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (1): 36-41 Free

Perspectives

Australia must act to prevent airborne transmission of SARS‐CoV‐2

Zoë Hyde, David Berger and Andrew Miller

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (1): 7-9.e1 Free

Perspectives

Communicating with patients and the public about COVID‐19 vaccine safety: recommendations from the Collaboration on Social Science and Immunisation

Julie Leask, Samantha J Carlson, Katie Attwell, Katrina K Clark, Jessica Kaufman, Catherine Hughes, Jane Frawley, Patrick Cashman, Holly Seal, Kerrie Wiley, Katarzyna Bolsewicz, Maryke Steffens and Margie H Danchin

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (1): 9-12.e1 Free

Research

Self‐collection cervical screening in the renewed National Cervical Screening Program: a qualitative study

Nicola S Creagh, Claire Zammit, Julia ML Brotherton, Marion Saville, Tracey McDermott, Claire Nightingale and Margaret Kelaher

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (8): 354-358 Free

Perspectives

The Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences: an authoritative, independent voice in the Australian landscape

Ingrid E Scheffer and Ian H Frazer

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (11): 502-504.e1

Consensus statement summaries

Utilisation, access and recommendations regarding technologies for people living with type 1 diabetes: consensus statement of the ADS/ADEA/APEG/ADIPS Working Group

Anthony J Pease, Sofianos Andrikopoulos, Mary B Abraham, Maria E Craig, Brett Fenton, Jane Overland, Sarah Price, David Simmons and Glynis P Ross

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (10): 473-478

Research

Prevalence of non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease in regional Victoria: a prospective population‐based study

Stuart K Roberts, Ammar Majeed, Kristen Glenister, Dianna Magliano, John S Lubel, Lisa Bourke, David Simmons and William W Kemp

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (2): 77-82 Free

Perspectives

Evaluating the safety and effectiveness of novel personal protective equipment during the COVID‐19 pandemic

Mathilde R Desselle, Marianne Kirrane, Ian T Chao, Jasamine Coles Black, Maria A Woodruff, Jason Chuen and Clair Sullivan

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (11): 496-499.e1 Free

Perspectives

Surveillance for SARS‐CoV‐2 variants of concern in the Australian context

Patiyan Andersson, Norelle L Sherry and Benjamin P Howden

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (11): 500-502.e1 Free

Research letter

Remote buddy monitoring of the donning and doffing of personal protective equipment

Reny Segal, William PL Bradley, Daryl Williams, Romulo Correa de Araujo Nunes and Irene Ng

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (11): 526-527 Free

Perspectives

Time for universal hepatitis B screening for Australian adults

Nicole L Allard, Jennifer H MacLachlan, Lien Tran, Nafisa Yussf and Benjamin C Cowie

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (3): 103-105.e1 Free

Research

Potentially preventable hospitalisations of people with intellectual disability in New South Wales

Janelle C Weise, Preeyaporn Srasuebkul and Julian N Trollor

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (1): 31-36 Free