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Editorials

School is back in New Zealand—and so is the junk food

Jennifer Utter, Robert Scragg, Teuila Percival, Robert Beaglehole

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What proportion of cancer is due to obesity?

Tony Blakely, Diana Sarfati, Caroline Shaw

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Original Articles

Using bread as a vehicle to improve the iodine status of New Zealand children

Meredith Rose, Rosie Gordon, Sheila Skeaff

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Rates of common communicable illnesses in non-anaemic 12–24 month old South Island, New Zealand children

Andrea J Cross, Anne-Louise M Heath, Elaine L Ferguson, Andrew R Gray, Ewa A Szymlek-Gay

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Comparison of the content of the New Zealand influenza pandemic plan with European pandemic plans

Nick Wilson, Michael G Baker

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The epidemiology of cryptosporidiosis in New Zealand, 1997–2006

Saskia J Snel, Michael G Baker, Kamalesh Venugopal

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The epidemiology of giardiasis in New Zealand, 1997–2006

Saskia J Snel, Michael G Baker, Kamalesh Venugopal

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Has smoking prevalence markedly decreased despite more cigarettes released for sale?

Murray Laugesen

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Review Article

New Zealand’s venomous creatures

Robin J Slaughter, D Michael G Beasley, Bruce S Lambie, Leo J Schep

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Viewpoints

Putting population health into practice through primary health care

Pat Neuwelt, Don Matheson, Bruce Arroll, Anthony Dowell, Doone Winnard, Peter Crampton, Nicolette Fay Sheridan, Jacqueline Cumming

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Carbon pricing in New Zealand: implications for public health

Divya Dhar, Alexandra Macmillan, Graeme Lindsay, Alistair Woodward

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Clinical Correspondence

Cannabinoid hyperemesis presenting to a New Zealand hospital

Martin Watts

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Bilateral inferior visual field defects from a childhood near-drowning

Sohrabh Memon, Graham A Wilson

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Medical image. Palatal perforation

Savino Sciascia, Anna Kuzenko, Maria Tiziana Bertero

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Medical image. Severe headache when standing

Osman Temizoz, Hakan Genchellac

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100 Years Ago in the NZMJ

Editorial: meeting in Napier

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Methuselah

Selected excerpts from Methuselah

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Letters

Removal of the requirement for schools to only sell healthy food a giant leap backwards

Delvina Gorton, Helen Eyles, Cliona Ni Mhurchu, Chris Bullen

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Carbohydrate withdrawal: is recognition the first step to recovery?

Simon Thornley, Hayden McRobbie

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Barriers to a better management for acute coronary syndrome—insights from the Otago-Southland ACS Registry, 2000–2002

Cheuk-Kit Wong

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Discussing prostate cancer testing with patients

Jessica Berentson-Shaw

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Notice

Graham Aitken Nuffield Medical Postgraduate Travelling Scholarship

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Book Review

Drug Hypersensitivity (Werner J Pichler, editor)

Suran Fernando

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