Today's BMJ includes four papers where a short version is published in the paper journal and a longer version in the electronic journal.

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Delamothe T, Müllner M, Smith R
 

Twins and maternal smoking: ordeals for the fetal origins hypothesis
Williams S, Poulton R.
[Abstract] [Abridged version] [longer version]

Multicentre randomised controlled trial of nursing intervention for breathlessness in patients with lung cancer
Bredin M, Corner J, Krishnasamy M, Plant H, Bailey C, A’Hern R.
[Abstract] [Abridged version] [longer version]

Effect of screening on incidence of and mortality from cancer of the cervix in England: evaluation based on routinely collected statistics
Quinn M, Babb P, Jones J, Allen E on behalf of the United Kingdom Association of Cancer Registries.
[Abstract] [Abridged version] [longer version]

Narrowing social inequalities in health? Analysis of trends in mortality among babies of lone mothers.
Whitehead M, Drever F.
[Abstract] [Abridged version 1] [Abridged version 2] [longer version]
 

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An excellent idea

Jonathan Pitts
bmj.com, 3 Apr 1999 [Full text]

Yes of course

Adrian Midgley
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An innovative idea, but ...

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Best of both worlds

Sarah Gee
bmj.com, 6 Apr 1999 [Full text]

Brilliant, but the long version should remain the golden standard

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Biomedical scientific credibility will benefit

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bmj.com, 7 Apr 1999 [Full text]

A Brave Leap into Cyberspace, eBMJ

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bmj.com, 7 Apr 1999 [Full text]

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bmj.com, 7 Apr 1999 [Full text]

Excellent way of reaching varying audiences but it needs working on

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bmj.com, 9 Apr 1999 [Full text]

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bmj.com, 9 Apr 1999 [Full text]

A fine new advance

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bmj.com, 9 Apr 1999 [Full text]

Take a short-cut through the long text

Arne Linder
bmj.com, 10 Apr 1999 [Full text]

ELPS

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bmj.com, 12 Apr 1999 [Full text]

Problem of difference between BMJ and eBMJ articles

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bmj.com, 19 Apr 1999 [Full text]

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bmj.com, 22 Apr 1999 [Full text]

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bmj.com, 7 Jun 1999 [Full text]