MJA
MJA

Statistics, epidemiology and research design

Enduring sport

Epidemiology of basketball and netball injuries that resulted in hospital admission in Australia, 2000–2004

Louise Flood and James E Harrison

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (2): 87-90 Free

Research

Data-mining of medication records to improve asthma management

Bonnie J Bereznicki, Gregory M Peterson, Shane L Jackson, E Haydn Walters, Kimbra D Fitzmaurice and Peter R Gee

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (1): 21-25 Free

Research

Lower than expected morbidity and mortality for an Australian Aboriginal population: 10-year follow-up in a decentralised community

Kevin G Rowley, Kerin O’Dea, Ian Anderson, Robyn McDermott, Karmananda Saraswati, Ricky Tilmouth, Iris Roberts, Joseph Fitz, Zaimin Wang, Alicia Jenkins, James D Best, Zhiqiang Wang and Alex Brown

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (5): 283-287 Free

Consensus statement

Evidence-based recommendations for the diagnosis of ankylosing spondylitis: results from the Australian 3E initiative in rheumatology

Tracey Kain, Jane Zochling, Andrew Taylor, Nicholas Manolios, Malcolm D Smith, Mark D Reed, Matthew A Brown and Lionel Schachna

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (4): 235-237 Free

The World Today

Morbidity and mortality during heatwaves in metropolitan Adelaide

Monika Nitschke, Graeme R Tucker and Peng Bi

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (11): 662-665 Free

Health care

A protocol-driven model for the rapid initiation of stroke thrombolysis in the emergency department

Julia J Batmanian, Meeyin Lam, Caitlin Matthews, Andrew Finckh, Martin Duffy, Robert Wright, Bruce J Brew and Romesh Markus

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (10): 567-570 Free

Medicine and the Media — Research

Choice and voice: obesity debates in television news

Catriona M F Bonfiglioli, Ben J Smith, Lesley A King, Simon F Chapman and Simon J Holding

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (8): 442-445 Free

Health care

Health technology assessment in England: assessment and appraisal

Tom Walley

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (5): 283-285 Free

Health care

An evaluation of methods used in health technology assessments produced for the Medical Services Advisory Committee

Emily S Petherick, Elmer V Villanueva, Jo Dumville, Emma J Bryan and Shyamali Dharmage

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (5): 289-292 Free

Research

Discordance between level of risk and intensity of evidence-based treatment in patients with acute coronary syndromes

Ian A Scott, Patrick H Derhy, Di O’Kane, Kylie A Lindsay, John J Atherton and Mark A Jones, for the CPIC Cardiac Collaborative

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (3): 153-159 Free

Maternal and Child Health

The urban–remote divide for Indigenous perinatal outcomes

Simon Graham, Lisa R Jackson Pulver, Yueping Alex Wang, Paul M Kelly, Paula J Laws, Narelle Grayson and Elizabeth A Sullivan

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (10): 509-512 Free

Letters

Mistakes and misconduct in the research literature: retractions just the tip of the iceberg

Alison Poulton

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (6): 323-324

Trials on trial

Interpreting the results of a clinical trial

Anthony C Keech, Rhana Pike, Renee E Granger and Val J Gebski

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (6): 318-319

Public health

An outbreak of pulmonary tuberculosis in young Australians

Tony D Merritt, Vitali Sintchenko, Peter Jelfs, Margaret Worthing, Brian Robinson, David N Durrheim and Gwendolyn L Gilbert

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (5): 240-242 Free

Systematic review

Folic acid and risk of twinning: a systematic review of the recent literature, July 1994 to July 2006

Evelyne E Muggli and Jane L Halliday

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (5): 243-248 Free

Letters

Suicide mortality data need revision

Diego De Leo

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (3): 157-158

For debate

Waiver of individual patient consent in research: when do potential benefits to the community outweigh private rights?

Nikolajs Zeps, Barry J Iacopetta, Lyn Schofield, Jillian M George and Jack Goldblatt

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (2): 88-90 Free

Systematic review

Does the CONSORT checklist improve the quality of reports of randomised controlled trials? A systematic review

Amy C Plint, David Moher, Andra Morrison, Kenneth Schulz, Douglas G Altman, Catherine Hill and Isabelle Gaboury

Med J Aust 2006; 185 (5): 263-267 Free

Editorials

Nutrition surveys or surveillance: one-night stands or a long-term commitment?

Karen L Webb, Ingrid H Rutishauser, Geoffrey C Marks, Gregory Masters and Stephen R Leeder

Med J Aust 2006; 185 (5): 248-249

Research enterprise

Increased expenditure on Australian health and medical research and changes in numbers of publications determined using PubMed

Kumara Mendis and Rick McLean

Med J Aust 2006; 185 (3): 155-158 Free

Health inequalities

Causes of inequality in life expectancy between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in the Northern Territory, 1981–2000: a decomposition analysis

Yuejen Zhao and Karen Dempsey

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (10): 490-494 Free

Editorials

Preventing and processing research misconduct: a new Australian code for responsible research

Martin B Van Der Weyden

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (9): 430-431

Editorials

What do we know about perioperative ischaemic cardiac events in patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery?

Harry C Lowe and Saul B Freedman

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (8): 376-377

Letters

Research administration and privacy legislation: dealing with the HIC (Medicare Australia)

Simon R Brice and Marie V Pirotta

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (6): 308-309

Editorials

A new EPOC in Australian health research

Russell L Gruen, Heather Buchan, Jan Davies, Alain Mayhew and Jeremy M Grimshaw

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (1): 4-5