19 June 1999 (Vol 318, Issue 7199)

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This Week In the BMJ

Death rates for car occupants in East Germany increased greatly after reunification

BMJ 1999;318:0.3 (Published 19 June 1999)

Universal antenatal HIV screening is cost effective in areas of high prevalence

BMJ 1999;318:0.5 (Published 19 June 1999)

Persistent back pain can be predicted

BMJ 1999;318:0.7 (Published 19 June 1999)

Model shows that incidence of HIV infection in children can be reduced

BMJ 1999;318:0.4 (Published 19 June 1999)

Europe must manage the health effects of inevitable climate change

BMJ 1999;318:0.8 (Published 19 June 1999)

Routine HIV tests in pregnancy are acceptable to women

BMJ 1999;318:0.6 (Published 19 June 1999)

Editorials

Environment and health

BMJ 1999;318:1635 (Published 19 June 1999)

Research priorities in environmental health

BMJ 1999;318:1636 (Published 19 June 1999)

Moving beyond journals: the future arrives with a crash

BMJ 1999;318:1637 (Published 19 June 1999)

Junior doctors: waving or drowning?

BMJ 1999;318:1639 (Published 19 June 1999)

New antidepressants for old people?

BMJ 1999;318:1640 (Published 19 June 1999)

Parkinson's disease genetics comes of age

BMJ 1999;318:1641 (Published 19 June 1999)

Letters

This week's Letters section

World Bank must do more to develop safe and sustainable transportation systems

BMJ 1999;318:1694.1 (Published 19 June 1999)

The paradoxes of genetically modified foods

BMJ 1999;318:1694.2 (Published 19 June 1999)

Preventing osteoporosis, falls, and fractures among elderly people

BMJ 1999;318:1695 (Published 19 June 1999)

Current census categories are not a good match for identity

BMJ 1999;318:1696.1 (Published 19 June 1999)

Importance of health economics must be recognised when trials are designed

BMJ 1999;318:1696.2 (Published 19 June 1999)

Audit of use of ACE inhibitors and monitoring in general practice

BMJ 1999;318:1697 (Published 19 June 1999)

Advice given to patients with fractures

BMJ 1999;318:1698.1 (Published 19 June 1999)

Strategy to reformulate waiting lists

BMJ 1999;318:1698.2 (Published 19 June 1999)

Real-time priority scoring system must be used for prioritisation on waiting lists

BMJ 1999;318:1699.1 (Published 19 June 1999)

Eligibility criteria improve children's access to long term ventilation at home

BMJ 1999;318:1699.2 (Published 19 June 1999)

Maybe the time has come for the primacy of the patient in the NHS

BMJ 1999;318:1700.1 (Published 19 June 1999)

Edinburgh college's consensus statements are not purely for UK

BMJ 1999;318:1700.2 (Published 19 June 1999)

South Africa must admit that HIV/AIDS is its greatest enemy

BMJ 1999;318:1700.3 (Published 19 June 1999)

News

Doctors advised to take special care with human albumin

BMJ 1999;318:1643.1 (Published 19 June 1999)

New research demolishes link between MMR vaccine and autism

BMJ 1999;318:1643.2 (Published 19 June 1999)

News - continued

Dutch regulate sponsorship of hospitals

BMJ 1999;318:1644.1 (Published 19 June 1999)

Clinton proposes coverage of prescription drugs by Medicare

BMJ 1999;318:1644.2 (Published 19 June 1999)

In Brief

BMJ 1999;318:1644.3 (Published 19 June 1999)

AMA's scheme to protect JAMA's independence has drawbacks

BMJ 1999;318:1645.1 (Published 19 June 1999)

“Wrong” women taking HRT

BMJ 1999;318:1645.2 (Published 19 June 1999)

HRT raises risk of rare, treatable breast cancer

BMJ 1999;318:1645.3 (Published 19 June 1999)

England launches campaign on teenage pregnancies

BMJ 1999;318:1646.1 (Published 19 June 1999)

Restoring medical services in Kosovo will be a massive task

BMJ 1999;318:1646.2 (Published 19 June 1999)

Clinical Reviews

Paediatric surgery

BMJ 1999;318:1668 (Published 19 June 1999)

Importance of distinguishing between cellulitis and varicose eczema of the leg

BMJ 1999;318:1672 (Published 19 June 1999)

Respiratory support

BMJ 1999;318:1674 (Published 19 June 1999)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 1999;318:1708 (Published 19 June 1999)

Editor's Choice [GP]

The environment: everybody's business

BMJ 1999;318:0.2 (Published 19 June 1999)

Editor's Choice

The environment: everybody's business

BMJ 1999;318:0.1 (Published 19 June 1999)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

English health ombudsman upholds complaints

BMJ 1999;318:1646.3 (Published 19 June 1999)

Cambridge plans new medical course

BMJ 1999;318:1646.4 (Published 19 June 1999)

One diet fits all

BMJ 1999;318:1646.5 (Published 19 June 1999)

More coffee, fewer gallstones

BMJ 1999;318:1646.6 (Published 19 June 1999)

Papers

The carnage wrought by major economic change: ecological study of traffic related mortality and the reunification of GermanyCommentary: Road deaths in European countries

BMJ 1999;318:1647 (Published 19 June 1999)

Prevention of vertical transmission of HIV: analysis of cost effectiveness of options available in South Africa

BMJ 1999;318:1650 (Published 19 June 1999)

Universal HIV screening of pregnant women in England: cost effectiveness analysis

BMJ 1999;318:1656 (Published 19 June 1999)

Antenatal HIV testing: assessment of a routine voluntary approach

BMJ 1999;318:1660.1 (Published 19 June 1999)

General practice

Predicting who develops chronic low back pain in primary care: a prospective study

BMJ 1999;318:1662 (Published 19 June 1999)

Statistics notes Variables and parameters

BMJ 1999;318:1667 (Published 19 June 1999)

Education and debate

Water and health in Europe: an overview

BMJ 1999;318:1678 (Published 19 June 1999)

Climate change and human health in Europe

BMJ 1999;318:1682 (Published 19 June 1999)

Education and debate - continued

A different route to health: implications of transport policies

BMJ 1999;318:1686 (Published 19 June 1999)

Food production and food safety

BMJ 1999;318:1689 (Published 19 June 1999)

MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

Public health conferencePrimary care trusts present opportunity for public healthChairman welcomes broad brush policyNHS must take any charge of racism seriouslyClinical governance has opportunitiesCremation form should be abolishedThe conference …

BMJ 1999;318:1703 (Published 19 June 1999)

Books

The White Death: A History of Tuberculosis

BMJ 1999;318:1705.1 (Published 19 June 1999)

Essential Subtleties on the Silver Sea

BMJ 1999;318:1705.2 (Published 19 June 1999)

Evidence Based Practice in Primary Care

BMJ 1999;318:1706.1 (Published 19 June 1999)

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

http://www.cehn.org

BMJ 1999;318:1706.2 (Published 19 June 1999)

Review

Bookcase

BMJ 1999;318:1706.3 (Published 19 June 1999)

Personal View

These people are like you and me

BMJ 1999;318:1707.1 (Published 19 June 1999)

Soundings

Postcard from Sussex

BMJ 1999;318:1707.2 (Published 19 June 1999)

Career focus

Medical selection

BMJ 1999;318:S2-7199 (Published 19 June 1999)

Briefing

BMJ 1999;318:S3-7199 (Published 19 June 1999)

Briefing

BMJ 1999;318:S3a-7199 (Published 19 June 1999)

Fillers

Unimpressed

BMJ 1999;318:1660.2 (Published 19 June 1999)

Pride before a fall

BMJ 1999;318:1685 (Published 19 June 1999)

The virus and the hookworm

BMJ 1999;318:1693 (Published 19 June 1999)

Corrections

ABC of labour care: Physiology and management of normal labour

BMJ 1999;318:1673.1 (Published 19 June 1999)

Fertility patterns after appendicectomy: historical cohort study

BMJ 1999;318:1673.2 (Published 19 June 1999)

Recent advances in haematology

BMJ 1999;318:1673.3 (Published 19 June 1999)

More on the Bristol affair: What went wrong and how can we move forward?

BMJ 1999;318:1673.4 (Published 19 June 1999)

Evidence based case report: Use of prostaglandins to induce labour in women with a caesarean section scar

BMJ 1999;318:1673.5 (Published 19 June 1999)

Victorian medicine: Our grandfather's patient

BMJ 1999;318:1673.6 (Published 19 June 1999)

Influence of hospital and clinician workload on survival from colorectal cancer: cohort study

BMJ 1999;318:1673.7 (Published 19 June 1999)

Obituary

This week's Obituary section

Arthur LevinBrian Robert Blakemore LumbJohn Callender (“Jack”) NicholsonJohn Lawrence PearceAllan Thomas Marsh RobertsDavid Anthony SlessorGordon Cunningham TaylorArthur Leslie TulkDavid Wilson WallaceJohn Michael Wilson

BMJ 1999;318:1701 (Published 19 June 1999)