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Environment and public health

Perspectives

Misgendering and experiences of stigma in health care settings for transgender people

Irene J Dolan, Penelope Strauss, Sam Winter and Ashleigh Lin

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (4): 150-151.e1

Editorials

Overdiagnosis of cancer in Australia: the role of screening

David M Roder and Elizabeth Buckley

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (4): 159-160

Editorials

Blood lead levels in children have fallen, but vigilance is still needed

Mark P Taylor and Bruce P Lanphear

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (4): 161-162

Research letters

Comparison of colonic neoplasia detection rates in patients screened inside and outside the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program

Simon Whitcher, Monique Magnusson, Jon Gani, Christopher Oldmeadow and Peter G Pockney

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (6): 275-276 Free

Perspectives

Bushfire smoke: urgent need for a national health protection strategy

Sotiris Vardoulakis, Bin B Jalaludin, Geoffrey G Morgan, Ivan C Hanigan and Fay H Johnston

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (8): 349-353.e1 Free

Perspectives

Exploring the role of a recently licensed dengue vaccine in Australian travellers

Irani Thevarajan, Joseph Torresi and Cameron Simmons

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (3): 102-103.e1

Systematic review

Non‐clinical eye care support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians: a systematic review

Aryati Yashadhana, Ling Lee, Jessica Massie and Anthea Burnett

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (5): 222-228 Free

Perspectives

Understanding the proportion of cervical cancers attributable to HPV

Julia ML Brotherton, Alison C Budd and Marion Saville

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (2): 63-64.e1

Research

Estimating the magnitude of cancer overdiagnosis in Australia

Paul P Glasziou, Mark A Jones, Thanya Pathirana, Alexandra L Barratt and Katy JL Bell

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (4): 163-168 Free

Research

Pre‐school child blood lead levels in a population‐derived Australian birth cohort: the Barwon Infant Study

Christos Symeonides, Peter Vuillermin, Peter D Sly, Fiona Collier, Victoria Lynch, Sandra Falconer, Angela Pezic, Nicole Wardrop, Terence Dwyer, Sarath Ranganathan and Anne‐Louise B Ponsonby

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (4): 169-174 Free

Letters

Influenza and pertussis vaccination of women during pregnancy in Victoria, 2015–2017

Heidi Shukralla and Michael Coory

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (1): 45-45.e1

Perspectives

Addressing inequity in acute stroke care requires attention to each component of regional workflow

Tayler Watson, Jeigh Tiu and Ben Clissold

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (1): 8-10.e1

Editorials

Estimating the lifetime risks of cancer: the best measure depends on your purpose

Elizabeth Buckley and David M Roder

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (1): 14-15

Letter

A Christmas message: be careful of the confetti stars

Paul Heyworth and Ryan Shulman

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (11): 510-510

Christmas competition

What would happen if Santa Claus was sick? His impact on communicable disease transmission

Yuki Furuse

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (11): 523-524

Christmas competition

Repurposing medical equipment

R John Massie

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (11): 527-528

Perspectives

Australian Health Research Alliance: national priorities in data‐driven health care improvement

Helena J Teede, Alison Johnson, Jim Buttery, Cheryl A Jones, Douglas IR Boyle, Garry LR Jennings and Tim Shaw

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (11): 494-497.e1

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Diagnosis of West Nile virus encephalitis in a returned traveller

Naomi CA Whyler, Jasmine C Teng, David J Brewster, Ruth Chin, Ian Cox, Julian Druce, Henry M Prince, David A Sheffield, Eugene Teh and Vineet Sarode

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (11): 501-502.e1

Research

Mental disorders in children known to child protection services during early childhood

Melissa J. Green, Gabrielle Hindmarsh, Maina Kariuki, Kristin R. Laurens, Amanda L Neil, Ilan Katz, Marilyn Chilvers, Felicity Harris and Vaughan J Carr

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (1): 22-28 Free

Systematic review/Meta‐analysis

Faecal calprotectin testing for identifying patients with organic gastrointestinal disease: systematic review and meta‐analysis

Yoon‐Kyo An, David Prince, Fergus Gardiner, Teresa Neeman, Ecushla C Linedale, Jane M Andrews, Susan Connor and Jakob Begun

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (10): 461-467 Free

Letters

Influenza and pertussis vaccination of women during pregnancy in Victoria, 2015–2017

Khai Lin Kong, Michelle L Giles and Euan M Wallace

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (10): 474-474.e1

Letters

Influenza and pertussis vaccination of women during pregnancy in Victoria, 2015–2017

Stacey Rowe, Karin Leder and Allen C Cheng

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (10): 474-474.e1

Perspectives

The 2019 report of the MJA–Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: a turbulent year with mixed progress

Paul J Beggs, Ying Zhang, Hilary Bambrick, Helen L Berry, Martina K Linnenluecke, Stefan Trueck, Peng Bi, Sinead M Boylan, Donna Green, Yuming Guo, Ivan C Hanigan, Fay H Johnston, Diana L Madden, Arunima Malik, Geoffrey G Morgan, Sarah Perkins‐Kirkpatrick, Lucie Rychetnik, Mark Stevenson, Nick Watts and Anthony G Capon

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (11): 490-491.e21 Free

Research

Is the risk of cancer in Australia overstated? The importance of competing mortality for estimating lifetime risk

Anthea C Bach, Kelvin SE Lo, Thanya Pathirana, Paul P Glasziou, Alexandra L Barratt, Mark A Jones and Katy JL Bell

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (1): 17-22 Free

Editorials

The prevalence of sexually transmissible infections in transgender people

Joshua D Safer

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (9): 401-401