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    Medical Journal of Australia: Volume 145, Issue 8

    365-428
    October 1986
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Leading Articles

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Passive smoking and the public health — the winds of change are blowing

Anthony J. McMichael, 
  • Pages: 365-366
  • First Published: October 1986
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The widening spectrum of neurosurgical infections

Gordon Rich, 
  • Pages: 366-367
  • First Published: October 1986
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Magnetic resonance imaging — benefits for whom?

F. John Palmer, 
  • Page: 367
  • First Published: October 1986

Original Articles

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Body size of young Australians aged five to 16 years

Nancy E. Hitchcock MSc, DipDiet,  Ross A. Mailer PhD,  Annabel I. Gilmour BEd, DipTch, 
  • Pages: 368-372
  • First Published: October 1986
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The Busselton children's survey, 1983: Body size from five to 16 years of age

Nancy E. Hitchcock MSc, DipDiet,  Michael Gracey MD, PhD,  Ross A. Maller PhD,  Kim L. Wearne BSc, 
  • Pages: 373-376
  • First Published: October 1986
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Smokers' understandings of cigarette yield labels

Simon Chapman PhD,  David Wilson MPH,  Melanie Wakefield BA, DipAppPsych, 
  • Pages: 376-379
  • First Published: October 1986
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The case for scoliosis screening in Australian adolescents

Annabelle Chan MB BS, DPH, DCCH,  Jerry Moller BA, BSocAdmin,  Graham Vimpani MB, PhD, FRACP,  Dennis Paterson MD, FRCS, FRACS,  Andrew Sutherland MB BS, FRCS(C), FRACS,  Richard Southwood MB BS, FRCS(Lond.), FRACS, 
  • Pages: 379-383
  • First Published: October 1986

Books Received

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Books Received

  • Pages: 383-403
  • First Published: October 1986

Special Articles

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The introduction of clinical magnetic resonance imaging in Australia

William Sorby MB BS, FRACR,  Hiram Baddeley MB BS, FRCR, FRACR, 
  • Pages: 384-387
  • First Published: October 1986
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Magnetic resonance imaging — first human images in Australia

Hiram Baddeley MB BS, FRCR, FRACR,  David M. Doddrell DSc, PhD, FRACI,  William M. Brooks BSc, PhD,  James Field,  Michael Irving BSc, PhD,  James E. Williams MIR, 
  • Pages: 388-393
  • First Published: October 1986

Therapeutics

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The role of drugs in the treatment of opioid addicts

John E. Peachey MD, 
  • Pages: 395-399
  • First Published: October 1986
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The effect of maintenance Cimetidine therapy on the medical, social and economic aspects of patients with chronic gastric ulcers: A placebo-controlled prospective study

Douglas W. Piper MD, FRCP, FRACP,  Beryl M. Pym,  Suzanne Toy MB BS,  Rosland Gellatly MB BS,  Karen Byth PhD,  Peter Seville MB ChB, DRCOG, 
  • Pages: 400-403
  • First Published: October 1986

NHMRC Report

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Effects of passive smoking on health

  • Pages: 404-405
  • First Published: October 1986

Clinicopathological Conference

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Rapid mental deterioration in a young man

James Colebatch MB BS, BSc (Med),  J. David Gillies MD, FRACP,  Dan Milder MD, FRACP, 
  • Pages: 405-408
  • First Published: October 1986

Case Reports

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Propionibacterium acnes infection in neurosurgical patients: Experience with high-dose penicillin therapy

Peter J. Collignon MB BS, BSc(Med), FRACP,  Rosemary Munro MB BS, MRCP, MRCPath, Dp Bact,  Tania C. Sorrell MD, BS, FRACP, 
  • Pages: 408-410
  • First Published: October 1986
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Granulomatous angiitis of the central nervous system

Judith H. Frayne MB BS,  Bernard S. Gilligan MB BS, FRACP, FACRM,  William B. Essex BA, MB BS, FRCPA, 
  • Pages: 410-412
  • First Published: October 1986
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Acquired tracheo-oesophageal fistula after ingestion of a mercury button-battery

Peter P. Van Asperen MB, FRACP,  Ivan Seeto MB BS,  Daniel T. Cass FRCS, FRACS, 
  • Pages: 412-415
  • First Published: October 1986

Meetings

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MEETINGS

  • Page: 415
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On the Medicopolitical Beat

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Torture — the cancer of democracy

John Best, 
  • Pages: 416-417
  • First Published: October 1986

Book Reviews

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BOOK REVIEWS

  • Pages: 418-420
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Notice Board

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NOTICE BOARD

Suzanne Wood, 
  • Pages: 421-422
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Obituaries

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John Raymond Davis

John S. Newlinds, 
  • Page: 423
  • First Published: October 1986
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William Laurence Macdonald

Douglas Miller,  Eric Goulston, 
  • Page: 423
  • First Published: October 1986

Letters to the Editor

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Inapparent fractures in the elderly

C. Anthony Morgan MB BS,  Bradley M. Power MB BS, 
  • Pages: 424-426
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Alcohol withdrawal

B.M. Learoyd FRACP,  John Spencer FRANZCP,  Aidan Foy FRACP, 
  • Page: 426
  • First Published: October 1986
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Appropriate timing of ultrasound scans in early pregnancy

Margaret E. Furness FRACR, 
  • Pages: 426-427
  • First Published: October 1986
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Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme

Peter M. Feras B Pharm, 
  • Page: 427
  • First Published: October 1986
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Congenital rubella syndrome

Adrian K. Thomas FRACOG,  N.McK. Bennett FRACP,  S.B. Fish DPH,  G.J. Rouch DPH, 
  • Pages: 427-428
  • First Published: October 1986
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Papanicolaou smears and genital warts

Phillip J. Baird FRCPA, 
  • Page: 428
  • First Published: October 1986
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Chilean detainees

Graham McCleary FFARACS, 
  • Page: 428
  • First Published: October 1986