This Issue in the Journal

A summary of the original articles featured in this issue of the NZMJ

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Editorials

Balancing research for new risk factors and action for the prevention of chronic diseases

Robert Beaglehole, Rod Jackson

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Fortification of food with folic acid and the prevention of neural tube defects

Carol Bower

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Continuous reassessment, and hopefully improvement

Frank Frizelle

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Angioplasty for intermittent claudication: has the balloon finally burst?

Tim Buckenham

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Original Articles

Ischaemic heart disease, Type 1 diabetes, and cow milk A1 beta-casein

Murray Laugesen, Robert Elliott

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Estimated folic acid intakes from simulated fortification of the New Zealand food supply

Tim Green, Rebecca Newton, Diane Bourn

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The use of complementary/alternative medicine by cancer patients in a New Zealand regional cancer treatment centre

Kathryn Chrystal, Simon Allan, Garry Forgeson, Richard Isaacs

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Understanding of pulse oximetry among hospital staff

Gwyneth Davies, Anne-Marie Gibson, Maureen Swanney, Deborah Murray, Lutz Beckert

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Alcohol and injury among attendees at a New Zealand emergency department

Gayl Humphrey, Sally Casswell, Dug Yeo Han

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Review Article

An adult asthma assessment and management protocol for use in the emergency department

Matthew Masoli, Shaun Holt, Geoffrey Hughes, Richard Beasley

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Case Report

Diaphragmatic herniation of laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication wrap due to forceful post-operative retching: three case reports

Christopher Wakeman, Philip Bagshaw, Grant Coulter, Kiki Maoate

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Viewpoints

Provide the citizens of New Zealand the miracle of folic acid fortification

Godfrey Oakley, Nicholas Wald, Gilbert Omenn

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Mandatory fortification of flour? Science, not miracles, should inform the decision

Murray Skeaff, Tim Green, Jim Mann

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Case Notes

The hazards of liquid nitrogen

David McBride

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Cytomegalovirus and inflammatory bowel disease

Peter Carne, Frank Frizelle

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100 Years Ago in the NZMJ

Mouth deformity in early childhood

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Proceedings

Proceedings of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons New Zealand Annual Scientific Meeting, Tuesday 27 to Friday 30 August, 2002

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Medical Image

Time for gastroscopy

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Methuselah

Selected excerpts from Methuselah

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Letters

General practitioners’ views on cancer treatment, home care and oncologists: an Italian survey

Serena Di Cosimo, Gianluigi Ferretti, Nicola Silvestris, Benito Battigaglia, Giuseppe Di Chio, Salvatore Cirignotta, Modesto D’Aprile

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Dissemination of guidelines on medical practice

Isobel Martin, James Reid

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Respiratory illness, deprivation and smoking: a small area study in Te Tairawhiti

Frank Houghton, Bruce Duncan

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Beyond Ashburton: junior hospital doctor employment in New Zealand

Mike Ardagh

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Inequities in referred services expenditure

Tom Love

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Medicolegal

Inappropriate examination

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Failure to provide the necessaries of life

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Obituary

Mutyala Satyanand

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Erratum

C Bruce Cornish, obituary

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Book Review

Management of perinatal infections, Pamela Palasanthiran, Mike Starr and Cheryl Jones (eds)

Barry Taylor

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