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Environment and public health

Research

A case-crossover analysis of traffic-related air pollution and emergency department presentations for asthma in Perth, Western Australia

Gavin Pereira, Angus Cook, Annemarie J B M De Vos and C D’Arcy J Holman

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (9): 511-514 Free

Viewpoint

Taxing junk food: applying the logic of the Henry tax review to food

Molly E Bond, Michael J Williams, Brad Crammond and Bebe Loff

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (8): 472-473 Free

Letters

Caregivers’ intentions regarding pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza vaccination for their children

Julie Leask, Maria Yui Kwan Chow, Catherine King and Robert Booy

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (8): 485-486

Letters

Has PSA testing truly been a "public health disaster"?

Simon Chapman and Alexandra Barratt

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (7): 431

Pandemic (H1N1) 2009

Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza vaccination coverage in Western Australia

Donna B Mak, Alison M Daly, Paul K Armstrong and Paul V Effler

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (7): 401-404 Free

Letters

Has PSA testing truly been a "public health disaster"?

Anthony J Costello and Declan Murphy

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (7): 431

Pandemic (H1N1) 2009

Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza vaccine uptake in pregnant women entering the 2010 influenza season in Western Australia

Scott W White, Rodney W Petersen and Julie A Quinlivan

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (7): 405-407 Free

Notable cases

Iodine toxicity from soy milk and seaweed ingestion is associated with serious thyroid dysfunction

Bronwyn A Crawford, Christopher T Cowell, Phillip J Emder, Diana L Learoyd, Elizabeth L Chua, John Sinn and Michelle M Jack

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (7): 413-415 Free

Letters

World cup fever

Bridget E Barber, Krispin M Hajkowicz, Vicki L Krause, Kevin G Freeman and Bart J Currie

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (7): 425

Letters

Congenital anomalies — why bother?

R Brian Lowry

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (7): 428

For debate

Iatrogenic Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease in Australia: time to amend infection control measures for pituitary hormone recipients?

Alison Boyd, Genevieve M J A Klug, Lawrence B Schonberger, Amelia McGlade, Jean-Philippe Brandel, Colin L Masters and Steven J Collins

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (6): 366-369 Free

Letters

Closing the gap — better health intelligence is required

Anthony D Merritt, April R Roberts-Witteveen and David N Durrheim

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (5): 309 Free

Editorials

Asbestos still poses a threat to global health: now is the time for action

Peter D Sly, Robin Chase, John Kolbe, Philip Thompson, Leena Gupta, Mike Daube, Ian Olver and Deborah Vallance

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (4): 198-199

Public health

Trends in the incidence of hospitalisation for injuries resulting from non-traffic crashes in New South Wales, July 1998 to June 2007

Shanley Chong, Wei Du and Julie Hatfield

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (4): 223-226 Free

Letters

Alarm about computed tomography scans is unjustified

Richard M Mendelson, Richard A Fox and Nicholas H de Klerk

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (4): 246

Correction

MMR, Wakefield and The Lancet: what can we learn?

Julie Leask, Robert Booy and Peter B McIntyre

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (3): 192

Editorials

Recognising and responding to the obvious: the source of lead pollution at Mount Isa and the likely health impacts

Niels C Munksgaard, Mark P Taylor and Alana Mackay

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (3): 131-132

Research

The use of cross-jurisdictional population data to investigate health indicators of child maltreatment

Melissa O’Donnell, Natasha Nassar, Helen M Leonard, Richard P Mathews, Yvonne G Patterson and Fiona J Stanley

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (3): 142-145 Free

Letters

Junk food packaging — a challenge to the Prime Minister

Bebe Loff and Brad R Crammond

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (3): 192

For debate

Fifteen years of bowel cancer screening policy in Australia: putting evidence into practice?

Kathy L Flitcroft, Glenn P Salkeld, James A Gillespie, Lyndal J Trevena and Les M Irwig

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (1): 37-42 Free

Letters

A rare granulomatous reaction to Q fever vaccination following influenza vaccination

Deborah Burnett and Leslie Burnett

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (1): 60

Editorials

MMR, Wakefield and The Lancet: what can we learn?

Julie Leask, Robert Booy and Peter B McIntyre

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (1): 5-7

Research

Assessing pregnant women’s compliance with different alcohol guidelines: an 11-year prospective study

Jennifer R Powers, Deborah J Loxton, Lucy A Burns, Anthony Shakeshaft, Elizabeth J Elliott and Adrian J Dunlop

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (12): 690-693 Free

Letters

Managing outbreaks of viral respiratory infection in aged care facilities — challenges and difficulties during the first pandemic wave

Gulam Khandaker, Bridget Doyle, Dominic E Dwyer and Robert Booy

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (12): 722

Society, Culture and Health

Early impressions of paediatric health in Alice Springs: trying to see beyond the gaps

Marcel D Zimmet

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (10): 606-607 Free