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Environment and public health

Research letters

When a system breaks: queueing theory model of intensive care bed needs during the COVID‐19 pandemic

Hamish DD Meares and Michael P Jones

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (10): 470-471 Free

Perspectives

COVID‐19: implementing sustainable low cost physical distancing and enhanced hygiene

Craig B Dalton, Stephen J Corbett and Anthea L Katelaris

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (10): 443-446.e1 Free

Perspectives

Acting on climate change and health in Victoria

Brett Sutton, Vanora Mulvenna, Daniel Voronoff and Tiernan Humphrys

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (8): 345-346.e1 Free

Letters

Hospital food environments: a human and planetary health opportunity

Genevieve Moseley, Luke Spajic and Georgia Behrens

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (8): 384-384.e1

Perspectives

Climate health inquiry: where sustainability, public health law and climate action intersect

Tarun S Weeramanthri, Sarah Joyce and Revle Bangor‐Jones

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (8): 347-349.e1

Medical education / Lessons from practice

A case of toxigenic, pharyngeal diphtheria in Australia

Sarah Grigg, David Hogan, F Shaun Hosein, Dean Johns, Amy Jennison and Shradha Subedi

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (2): 64-65.e1

Reflection

What ngidhi yinaaru nhal yayi (this woman told me) about smoking during pregnancy

Michelle Bovill

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (8): 358-359.e1 Free

Editorials

Environmentally sustainable health care: now is the time for action

Diana L Madden, Anthony Capon and Philip G Truskett

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (8): 361-362

Research

The carbon footprint of pathology testing

Scott McAlister, Alexandra L Barratt, Katy JL Bell and Forbes McGain

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (8): 377-382 Free

Editorial

A sustainable future in health: ensuring as health professionals our own house is in order and leading by example

Nicholas J Talley

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (8): 344-344 Free

Research letters

The value of data linkage depends on the quality of the data: incorporating Medicare data alters cervical screening analysis findings

Alison C Budd, Andrew Powierski, Theresa Chau, Marion Saville and Julia ML Brotherton

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (8): 383-383 Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Necrotising enterocolitis caused by Clostridium perfringens: a life‐threatening manifestation of a common foodborne infection

Harry N Walker, Kwee‐Chin Liew, Vicki Adams, Sarah Larcombe, Sonal S Nagra, Glenn Guest and Eugene Athan

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (3): 114-115.e1

Research letters

Exceedances of national air quality standards for particulate matter in Western Australia: sources and health‐related impacts

Nicolas Borchers Arriagada, Andrew J Palmer, David MJS Bowman and Fay H Johnston

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (6): 280-281 Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice

A case of drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) without a typical precipitant

David WJ Griffin, Genevieve E Martin, Catriona McLean, Allen C Cheng and Michelle L Giles

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (7): 300-301.e1

Perspectives

One disease, two vaccines: challenges in prevention of meningococcal disease

Cyra Patel, Clayton K Chiu, Frank H Beard, Nigel W Crawford and Kristine Macartney

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (10): 453-456.e1

Research

Isolation and rapid sharing of the 2019 novel coronavirus (SARS‐CoV‐2) from the first patient diagnosed with COVID‐19 in Australia

Leon Caly, Julian Druce, Jason Roberts, Katherine Bond, Thomas Tran, Renata Kostecki, Yano Yoga, William Naughton, George Taiaroa, Torsten Seemann, Mark B Schultz, Benjamin P Howden, Tony M Korman, Sharon R Lewin, Deborah A Williamson and Mike G Catton

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (10): 459-462 Free

Editorials

Testing the effect of discharge destination on outcomes for people with isolated lower limb fractures

Ian D Cameron

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (6): 255-256

Research

Changes in sales of analgesics to pharmacies after codeine was rescheduled as a prescription only medicine

Andrea L Schaffer, Rose Cairns, Jared A Brown, Natasa Gisev, Nicholas A Buckley and Sallie‐Anne Pearson

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (7): 321-327 Free

Perspectives

Queensland's new Human Rights Act and the right to access health services

Claire E Brolan

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (4): 158-160.e1

Research letters

Unprecedented smoke‐related health burden associated with the 2019–20 bushfires in eastern Australia

Nicolas Borchers Arriagada, Andrew J Palmer, David MJS Bowman, Geoffrey G Morgan, Bin B Jalaludin and Fay H Johnston

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (6): 282-283 Free

Reflection

The other side

Bruce Powell

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (8): 356-357

Editorials

Time to develop guidelines for screening and management of atrial fibrillation in Indigenous Australians

Nicole Lowres and Ben Freedman

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (5): 212-213 Free

Editorials

Ending cheap alcohol gets promising results

Mike Daube and Julia Stafford

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (5): 214-215

Research letter

Antiplatelet therapy within 30 days of percutaneous coronary intervention with stent implantation

Benjumin Hsu, Michael O Falster, Andrea L Schaffer, Sallie Pearson, Louisa Jorm and David B Brieger

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (3): 124-125 Free

Perspectives

An outbreak of COVID‐19 caused by a new coronavirus: what we know so far

Allen C Cheng and Deborah A Williamson

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (9): 393-394.e1 Free