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Editorials

"Social injustice is killing people on a grand scale"

Tony Blakely

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How to spend a sixth of your entire economy on healthcare

Pauline Norris

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Original Articles

Have geographical inequalities in cause-specific mortality in New Zealand increased during the period 1980–2001?

Jamie Pearce, Catherine Tisch, Ross Barnett

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Ethnic differences in cardiovascular disease risk factors and diabetes status for Pacific ethnic groups and Europeans in the Diabetes Heart and Health Survey (DHAH) 2002–2003, Auckland New Zealand

Gerhard Sundborn, Patricia A Metcalf, Dudley Gentles, Robert Scragg, David Schaaf, Lorna Dyall, Peter Black, Rod Jackson

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The accuracy of ethnicity data in primary care and its impact on cardiovascular risk assessment and management—PREDICT CVD-8

Tania Riddell, Graeme Lindsay, Tim Kenealy, Rod Jackson, Sue Crengle, Dale Bramley, Susan Wells, Roger Marshall

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Comparison of three different methods of assessing cardiovascular disease risk in New Zealanders with Type 2 diabetes mellitus

Patricia A Metcalf, Susan Wells, Robert K R Scragg, Rod Jackson

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Ethnic counts on mortality and census data (mostly) agree for 2001–2004: New Zealand Census-Mortality Study update

Tony Blakely, June Atkinson, Jackie Fawcett

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Food frequency information—relationships to body composition and apparent growth in 4-year-old children in the Pacific Island Family Study

Elaine Rush, Janis Paterson, Vladimir Obolonkin

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Oral healthcare for older people: ‘I can’t afford not to go to the dentist, but can I afford it?’

Lynne Giddings, Barbara McKenzie-Green, Linda Buttle, Keita Tahana

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Clinical Correspondence

Percutaneous transcatheter obliteration of aortic paravalvular leak

Ali Khan, Peter N Ruygrok, Paisan Nakpathomkun, Ivor L Gerber

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A case of pneumococcal aortitis presenting with back pain

Daniel Garofalo, Matthew Dawes

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Medical image. Leri’s hand

Sujit Nair, Olliver Byass

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Medical image. Anton’s syndrome secondary to cerebral vasculitis

Rayid Abdulqawi, Khaled Ashawesh, Saqib Ahmad

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100 Years Ago in the NZMJ

Obituary: Dr WB Tripe

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Methuselah

Selected excerpts from Methuselah

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Letters

HIV transmission: the ongoing importance of antenatal screening

Lydia M Upjohn, Tony M Korman, Michelle L Giles

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The ethics of chiropractic

Edzard Ernst

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Colquhoun reply to chiropractic-defending letters from Kelly, Bale, and Roughan—and response from NZCA

David Colquhoun, Simon Roughan

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A rejoinder to Professor Kevin Dew’s letter “Who is confused by courtesy titles?”—and response

Andrew Gilbey, Kevin Dew

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Properties of “light” cigarettes sold in New Zealand

Kaila J Norton, Kimberly Wilkins, Richard O’Connor, Nick Wilson, Richard Edwards, Jo Peace

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Ciproxin HC eardrops application for funding—and response from PHARMAC

William J Baber, Michel Neeff, Peter Moodie

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Notice

High Court Appeal – Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal (Med05/15D)

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Book Reviews

Introducing mental health nursing: a consumer-oriented approach (B Happell, L Cowin, C Roper, K Foster, R McMaster)

Marie Crowe

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Occupational and physical therapy for children with rheumatic diseases: a clinical handbook (Gay Kutchta and Iris Davidson, eds)

Lisa Stamp

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