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Environment and public health

Public health

Recommendations for lightning protection in sport

Michael Makdissi and Peter Brukner

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (1): 35-37

Editorials

The control of meningococcal disease

Robert G Hall

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (12): 573-574

MJA Practice Essentials — Infectious Diseases

6: Sexually transmitted infections: new diagnostic approaches and treatments

Francis J Bowden, Sepehr N Tabrizi, Suzanne M Garland and Christopher K Fairley

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (11): 551-557 Free

Editorials

Bushfires, air pollution and asthma

Peter R Lewis and Stephen J Corbett

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (11): 517 Free

Editorials

Fire ants in Australia: a new medical and ecological hazard

Keith I McCubbin and John M Weiner

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (11): 518-519

Research

Exposure to bushfire smoke and asthma: an ecological study

Fay H Johnston, Anne M Kavanagh, David M J S Bowman and Randall K Scott

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (11): 535-538 Free

Clinical update

Biological agents as weapons 1: smallpox and botulism

Michael Whitby, Alan C Street, Tilman A Ruff and Frank Fenner

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (9): 431-433

Systematic review

Benefits, harms and costs of screening mammography in women 70 years and over: a systematic review

Alexandra L Barratt, Les M Irwig, Glenn P Salkeld, Paul P Glasziou and Nehmat Houssami

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (6): 266-271 Free

Editorials

Is it worth screening women over 70 for breast cancer — or indeed any women?

Alan Rodger

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (6): 247-248

Editorials

Bioterrorism in Australia

Richard A Smallwood, Angela Merianos and John D Mathews

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (6): 251-252

Editorials

Measles transmission in healthcare settings in Australia

Heath A Kelly, Michaela A Riddell and Ross M Andrews

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (2): 45-51

Updates in medicine

Public health

Fran E Baum and Helen Keleher

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (1): 36

Bites and stings

Outbreak of caterpillar dermatitis caused by airborne hairs of the mistletoe browntail moth (Euproctis edwardsi)

Corrine R Balit, Helen C Ptolemy, Merilyn J Geary, Richard C Russell and Geoffrey K Isbister

Med J Aust 2001; 175 (11): 641-643

Childhood injuries

Preventing children drowning in Australia

Danny T Cass

Med J Aust 2001; 175 (11): 603-604

Hazards and Help in Communications

Books as carriers of disease

Mark J Ferson

Med J Aust 2001; 175 (11): 663-664

Childhood injuries

Horse-related injuries in children

Gerard T Roy, Valapha Goh, Frank I Ross, John P Keneally and Daniel T Cass

Med J Aust 2001; 175 (11): 609-612

The Research Enterprise

The Menzies Centre for Population Health Research

Terence Dwyer

Med J Aust 2001; 175 (11): 617-620 Free

Fitness and fads

The epidemiology of dog walking: an unmet need for human and canine health

Adrian E Bauman, Schroeder J Russell, Susan E Furber and Annette J Dobson

Med J Aust 2001; 175 (11): 632-634

Editorials

Environment, sustainability and health: the learning curve steepens

Anthony J McMichael

Med J Aust 2001; 175 (11): 569-570

Fitness and fads

Estimating historical changes in physical activity levels

Garry J Egger, Neeltje Vogels and Klaas R Westerterp

Med J Aust 2001; 175 (11): 635-636

Asylum seekers and healthcare

Screening for conditions of public health importance in people arriving in Australia by boat without authority

Kathleen King and Peter Vodicka

Med J Aust 2001; 175 (11): 600-602

Indigenous health

Household infrastructure in Aboriginal communities and the implications for health improvement

Ross S Bailie and Myfanwy J Runcie

Med J Aust 2001; 175 (7): 363-366 Free

Viewpoint

Losing the battle of the bulge: causes and consequences of increasing obesity

Richard M Eckersley

Med J Aust 2001; 174 (11): 590-592

Public health

Has the ban on smoking in New South Wales restaurants worked? A comparison of restaurants in Sydney and Melbourne

Simon Chapman, Ron Borland and Anita Lal

Med J Aust 2001; 174 (10): 512-515

Research

Iron deficiency in Australian-born children of Arabic background in central Sydney

Margaret A Karr, Michael Mira, Garth Alperstein, Samia Labib, Boyd H Webster, Ahti T Lammi and Patricia Beal

Med J Aust 2001; 174 (4): 165-168 Free