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BMJ 2003; 327 :511 (Published 04 September 2003) PDF Permission Responses Death in heat waves BMJ 2003; 327 :512 (Published 04 September 2003) PDF Permission Responses Polypharmacy and comorbidity in heart failure BMJ 2003; 327 :513 (Published 04 September 2003) PDF Permission Responses Voice pathology in the United Kingdom BMJ 2003; 327 :514 (Published 04 September 2003) PDF Permission Responses Social anxiety disorder BMJ 2003; 327 :515 (Published 04 September 2003) PDF Permission Responses LettersDownload PDF Medical ethics, the Israeli Medical Association, and the state of the World Medical Association BMJ 2003; 327 :561 (Published 04 September 2003) PDF Permission Responses Medical ethics, the Israeli Medical Association, and the state of the World Medical Association BMJ 2003; 327 :561 (Published 04 September 2003) Permission Responses Images of war: patients' best interests are paramount BMJ 2003; 327 :562 (Published 04 September 2003) Permission Responses Tackling India's HIV epidemic: HIV drugs support HIV prevention work BMJ 2003; 327 :562 (Published 04 September 2003) Permission Responses Tackling India's HIV epidemic:India should disregard advice BMJ 2003; 327 :563 (Published 04 September 2003) Permission Responses Is testing everyone for HIV logical? 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327 :522 (Published 04 September 2003) Permission Childhood cancer survivors experience long term side effects BMJ 2003; 327 :522 (Published 04 September 2003) Permission Papers Randomised, double blind, placebo controlled crossover trial of sustained release morphine for the management of refractory dyspnoea BMJ 2003; 327 :523 (Published 04 September 2003) PDF Permission Responses Prognosis for South Asian and white patients newly admitted to hospital with heart failure in the United Kingdom: historical cohort study BMJ 2003; 327 :526 (Published 04 September 2003) PDF Permission Responses Cohort study on effects of parathyroid surgery on multiple outcomes in primary hyperparathyroidism BMJ 2003; 327 :530 (Published 04 September 2003) PDF Permission Prehospital tracheal intubation in severely injured patients: a Danish observational study BMJ 2003; 327 :533 (Published 04 September 2003) PDF Permission Responses Risk of adenocarcinoma in Barrett's oesophagus: population based study BMJ 2003; 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