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Environment and public health

Book/media/app reviews

Striving for more socially just global health

Mieke L van Driel

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (7): 294

Letters

Extreme heat threatens the health of Australians

Marion G Carey and Mark P Monaghan

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (7): 322

Editorials

Planetary health: what is it and what should doctors do?

Anthony G Capon, Nicholas J Talley AC and Richard C Horton

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (7): 296-297 Free

Perspectives

The Lancet Countdown down under: tracking progress on health and climate change in Australia

Ying Zhang and Paul J Beggs

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (7): 285-286

Editorials

Pollution, climate change, and childhood asthma in Australia

Peter D Sly and Patrick G Holt

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (7): 297-298

Perspectives

Tackling the worsening epidemic of Buruli ulcer in Australia in an information void: time for an urgent scientific response

Daniel P O'Brien, Eugene Athan, Kim Blasdell and Paul De Barro

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (7): 287-289

Narrative review

Climate change: a brief overview of the science and health impacts for Australia

Elizabeth G Hanna and Lachlan J McIver

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (7): 311-315

Letters

Eradicating hepatitis C from the New South Wales prison system

James Blogg, James Wood, Colette McGrath and Camilla Lobo

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (6): 276

Letters

Tackling antimicrobial resistance globally

Rosalie Schultz

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (6): 277

Editorials

Preventing recreational sports injuries: practicalities and governance

Nicholas S Peirce and Craig Ranson

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (6): 253-254

Research letter

Drowning deaths in Australia caused by hypoxic blackout, 2002–2015

Richard C Franklin, Amy E Peden and John H Pearn

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (6): 271 Free

Research

Traumatic cricket-related fatalities in Australia: a historical review of media reports

Peter Brukner, Thomas J Gara and Lauren V Fortington

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (6): 261-264 Free

Research

Obstructive airway disease in 46–65-year-old people in Busselton, Western Australia, 1966–2015

Arthur (Bill) Musk, Michael Hunter, Jennie Hui, Matthew W Knuiman, Mark Divitini, John P Beilby and Alan James

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (5): 209-213 Free

Research

The retail availability of tobacco in Tasmania: evidence for a socio-economic and geographical gradient

Shannon M Melody, Veronica Martin-Gall, Ben Harding and Mark GK Veitch

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (5): 205-208 Free

Editorial

Tobacco retail density: still the new frontier in tobacco control

Becky Freeman and Suzan Burton

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (5): 203-204

Editorials

Don’t lose sight: last drinks laws reduce violent assaults

Diana Egerton-Warburton

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (4): 166-167

Research letter

Fewer orbital fractures treated at St Vincent’s Hospital after lockout laws introduced in Sydney

Ryan F Holmes, Thomas Lung, Gordian WO Fulde and Clare L Fraser

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (4): 174 Free

Book/media/app review

Understanding epidemiology and its contribution to public health

Lisa Hall

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (3): 109

Editorials

The value of food fortification as a public health intervention

Kenneth J Harvey and Basia O Diug

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (3): 111-112

Research letter

Iodine adequacy in Tasmania sustained after 7 years of mandatory bread fortification

Kristen L Hynes, Judy A Seal, Petr Otahal, Monique A Reardon and John R Burgess

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (3): 126 Free

Editorials

Self-management support for patients with chronic disease: potential and questions

Nicholas A Zwar and Sarah M Dennis

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (2): 66-67

Systematic review

Salt consumption by Australian adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Mary-Anne Land, Bruce C Neal, Claire Johnson, Caryl A Nowson, Claire Margerison and Kristina S Petersen

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (2): 75-81

Research

Diagnosing COPD and supporting smoking cessation in general practice: evidence–practice gaps

Jenifer Liang, Michael J Abramson, Nicholas A Zwar, Grant M Russell, Anne E Holland, Billie Bonevski, Ajay Mahal, Kirsten Phillips, Paula Eustace, Eldho Paul, Sally Wilson and Johnson George

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (1): 29-34 Free

Letters

No smoker left behind: it’s time to tackle tobacco in Australian priority populations

Cheneal Puljević and Stuart A Kinner

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (1): 52

Letters

No smoker left behind: it’s time to tackle tobacco in Australian priority populations

Billie Bonevski, David P Thomas and Robyn L Richmond

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (1): 52