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The effect of maternal child marriage on morbidity and mortality of children under 5 in India: cross sectional study of a nationally representative sample
Anita Raj, Niranjan Saggurti, Michael Winter, Alan Labonte, Michele R Decker, Donta Balaiah, Jay G Silverman
BMJ  2010;340:b4258, doi: 10.1136/bmj.b4258 (Published 21 January 2010)
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Influence of smoking cessation after diagnosis of early stage lung cancer on prognosis: systematic review of observational studies with meta-analysis
A Parsons, A Daley, R Begh, P Aveyard
BMJ  2010;340:b5569, doi: 10.1136/bmj.b5569 (Published 21 January 2010)
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Association between pre-diagnostic circulating vitamin D concentration and risk of colorectal cancer in European populations:a nested case-control study
Mazda Jenab, H Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita, Pietro Ferrari, Franzel J B van Duijnhoven, Teresa Norat, Tobias Pischon, Eugène H J M Jansen, Nadia Slimani, Graham Byrnes, Sabina Rinaldi, Anne Tjønneland, Anja Olsen, Kim Overvad, Marie-Christine Boutron-Ruault, Françoise Clavel-Chapelon, Sophie Morois, Rudolf Kaaks, Jakob Linseisen, Heiner Boeing, Manuela M Bergmann, Antonia Trichopoulou, Gesthimani Misirli, Dimitrios Trichopoulos, Franco Berrino, Paolo Vineis, Salvatore Panico, Domenico Palli, Rosario Tumino, Martine M Ros, Carla H van Gils, Petra H Peeters, Magritt Brustad, Eiliv Lund, María-José Tormo, Eva Ardanaz, Laudina Rodríguez, Maria-José Sánchez, Miren Dorronsoro, Carlos A Gonzalez, Göran Hallmans, Richard Palmqvist, Andrew Roddam, Timothy J Key, Kay-Tee Khaw, Philippe Autier, Pierre Hainaut, Elio Riboli
BMJ  2010;340:b5500, doi: 10.1136/bmj.b5500 (Published 21 January 2010)
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Home based versus centre based cardiac rehabilitation: Cochrane systematic review and meta-analysis
Hasnain M Dalal, Anna Zawada, Kate Jolly, Tiffany Moxham, Rod S Taylor
BMJ  2010;340:b5631, doi: 10.1136/bmj.b5631 (Published 19 January 2010)
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Assessing the cost effectiveness of using prognostic biomarkers with decision models: case study in prioritising patients waiting for coronary artery surgery
Martin Henriksson, Stephen Palmer, Ruoling Chen, Jacqueline Damant, Natalie K Fitzpatrick, Keith Abrams, Aroon D Hingorani, Ulf Stenestrand, Magnus Janzon, Gene Feder, Bruce Keogh, Martin J Shipley, Juan-Carlos Kaski, Adam Timmis, Mark Sculpher, Harry Hemingway
BMJ  2010;340:b5606, doi: 10.1136/bmj.b5606 (Published 19 January 2010)
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Managing and preventing depression in adolescents
Anita Thapar, Stephan Collishaw, Robert Potter, Ajay K Thapar
BMJ  2010;340:c209, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c209 (Published 22 January 2010)
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All you need to read in the other general journals
BMJ  2010;340:c275, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c275 (Published 20 January 2010)
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NHS pay rise may be capped below 1% for next few years
Adrian O’Dowd
BMJ  2010;340:c459, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c459 (Published 22 January 2010)
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Election of Republican senator derails US healthcare reform
Janice Hopkins Tanne
BMJ  2010;340:c463, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c463 (Published 22 January 2010)
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BMJ Group Awards: Health Communicator of the Year: Journalists and digital storytellers vie for communicator award
Trevor Jackson
BMJ  2010;340:c443, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c443 (Published 22 January 2010)
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Drinks companies delayed publication of analysis of marketing practices
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2010;340:c453, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c453 (Published 22 January 2010)
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Quality measures need to be developed carefully to avoid being misinterpreted
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2010;340:c438, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c438 (Published 22 January 2010)
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Postcode lottery persists over weight loss surgery despite NICE guidance
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2010;340:c427, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c427 (Published 22 January 2010)
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Thyroid disease in women is linked to non-stick chemicals, study finds
Geoff Watts
BMJ  2010;340:c401, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c401 (Published 21 January 2010)
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Healthcare providers sometimes take part in torture and ill treatment, report alleges
Peter Moszynski
BMJ  2010;340:c329, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c329 (Published 21 January 2010)
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Government proposes fines for bars that have "all you can drink" offers
Jacqui Wise
BMJ  2010;340:c390, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c390 (Published 20 January 2010)
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Public health specialists challenge politicians to adopt 12 point plan
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2010;340:c342, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c342 (Published 20 January 2010)
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Ductal carcinoma in situ of breast needs to be stratified further according to risk of progressing
Susan Mayor
BMJ  2010;340:c278, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c278 (Published 20 January 2010)
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In brief
BMJ  2010;340:c348, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c348 (Published 20 January 2010)
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Indonesian doctors are told to prescribe generics to reduce health costs
Ben Bland
BMJ  2010;340:c349, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c349 (Published 20 January 2010)
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New EU health chief questions plan to let drug industry communicate directly with patients
Rory Watson
BMJ  2010;340:c353, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c353 (Published 20 January 2010)
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More improvements are needed at troubled trust that faces legal conditions
Adrian O’Dowd
BMJ  2010;340:c377, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c377 (Published 20 January 2010)
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Damage to Haiti’s infrastructure is "almost unbelievable," says WHO chief
Peter Moszynski
BMJ  2010;340:c378, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c378 (Published 20 January 2010)
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UK nations have "troubling differences" in efficiency of health service
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2010;340:c381, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c381 (Published 20 January 2010)
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London health service faces serious financial problems and cuts of £5bn by 2017
Adrian O’Dowd
BMJ  2010;340:c393, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c393 (Published 20 January 2010)
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BMJ Group Awards: Getting Research into Practice category: Making the evidence matter
Karen Pettersen
BMJ  2010;340:c305, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c305 (Published 19 January 2010)
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"Extraordinary" rises in US drug prices are investigated by government agency
Janice Hopkins Tanne
BMJ  2010;340:c333, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c333 (Published 19 January 2010)
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Drinking at the last chance saloon
Fiona Godlee
BMJ  2010;340:c394, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c394 (Published 20 January 2010)
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Smoking cessation
Tom Treasure, Janet Treasure
BMJ  2010;340:b5630, doi: 10.1136/bmj.b5630 (Published 21 January 2010)
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Preventing alcohol related harm to health
Trish Groves
BMJ  2010;340:c372, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c372 (Published 20 January 2010)
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Using biomarkers to prioritise patients with stable angina pectoris for bypass surgery
Christian Juhl Terkelsen, Werner Vach
BMJ  2010;340:b5414, doi: 10.1136/bmj.b5414 (Published 20 January 2010)
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Differences in UK health care after devolution
Peter Donnelly
BMJ  2010;340:c262, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c262 (Published 20 January 2010)
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Home based cardiac rehabilitation
Alexander M Clark
BMJ  2010;340:b5510, doi: 10.1136/bmj.b5510 (Published 19 January 2010)
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Editor's note: Raw data for study
BMJ  2010;340:c415, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c415 (Published 20 January 2010)
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Speed and road deaths: Message from the heart
Paul G Rainsbury, Karolina Z Jankowska
BMJ  2010;340:c282, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c282 (Published 20 January 2010)
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Postoperative thromboembolism: Prolonged prophylaxis for all?
Barrie D White
BMJ  2010;340:c284, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c284 (Published 20 January 2010)
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The NHS in the simulator: What the NHS can learn from Ford in the 1980s
Ken Charman
BMJ  2010;340:c297, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c297 (Published 19 January 2010)
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Selling patients: Medical rhetoric
Stephen F Loftus
BMJ  2010;340:c299, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c299 (Published 19 January 2010)
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Selling patients: Driving a hard bargain
Mohyudin Dingle
BMJ  2010;340:c304, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c304 (Published 19 January 2010)
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Doctors' hours, again: Still not enough doctors
Roger A Fisken
BMJ  2010;340:c307, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c307 (Published 19 January 2010)
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Physical examination: Coals to Newcastle?
Humphrey J F Hodgson, Sheila Sherlock
BMJ  2010;340:c287, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c287 (Published 19 January 2010)
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Physical examination: The limitations of the "Stanford 25"
Tony Nicholson
BMJ  2010;340:c288, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c288 (Published 19 January 2010)
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Physical examination: Include heart murmurs
Francis G Dunn
BMJ  2010;340:c290, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c290 (Published 19 January 2010)
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Philosophically Speaking: End libel law’s chilling effect on science
A C Grayling
BMJ  2010;340:c339, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c339 (Published 20 January 2010)
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Lobby Watch: The Portman Group
Claire Harkins
BMJ  2010;340:b5659, doi: 10.1136/bmj.b5659 (Published 20 January 2010)
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Border Crossing: EU reshuffle has health potential
Tessa Richards
BMJ  2010;340:c382, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c382 (Published 20 January 2010)
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Will financial incentives and penalties improve hospital care?
Alan Maynard, Karen Bloor
BMJ  2010;340:c88, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c88 (Published 21 January 2010)
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Failure of self regulation of UK alcohol advertising
Gerard Hastings, Oona Brooks, Martine Stead, Kathryn Angus, Thomas Anker, Tom Farrell
BMJ  2010;340:b5650, doi: 10.1136/bmj.b5650 (Published 20 January 2010)
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Between the Lines: The ailments of the Lambs
Theodore Dalrymple
BMJ  2010;340:c301, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c301 (Published 20 January 2010)
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The shame of obstetrics
James Owen Drife
BMJ  2010;340:c303, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c303 (Published 20 January 2010)
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Medical Classics: The Country Doctor
Jerry O’Sullivan
BMJ  2010;340:c313, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c313 (Published 20 January 2010)
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Review of the Week: Be magnificent
Birte Twisselmann
BMJ  2010;340:c352, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c352 (Published 20 January 2010)
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From the Frontline: School dinners and the nanny state
Des Spence
BMJ  2010;340:c354, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c354 (Published 20 January 2010)
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Personal View: Electronic cigarettes: miracle or menace?
Andreas D Flouris, Dimitris N Oikonomou
BMJ  2010;340:c311, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c311 (Published 19 January 2010)
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Donald Acheson
Sally Sheard
BMJ  2010;340:c419, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c419 (Published 22 January 2010)
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Yvonne Helen Carter
Michael Bannon
BMJ  2010;340:c367, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c367 (Published 19 January 2010)
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Statistical Question: Placebos
Philip Sedgwick
BMJ  2010;340:c247, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c247 (Published 20 January 2010)
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OnExamination quiz: Bowel obstruction
BMJ  2010;340:c261, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c261 (Published 20 January 2010)
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Case report: A woman with hypophosphataemia and raised alkaline phosphatase
Joanne K Y Lam, Karen S L Lam, Kathryn C B Tan, Wing-Sun Chow, Annette W K Tso, Annie W C Kung
BMJ  2010;340:b5564, doi: 10.1136/bmj.b5564 (Published 20 January 2010)
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Picture quiz: A 56 year old man with headache, fever, and neurological symptoms
Ruth Dobson, Clare Shannon
BMJ  2010;340:b5603, doi: 10.1136/bmj.b5603 (Published 20 January 2010)
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Germany launches drug evaluation system, which it considers to be better than NICE
BMJ  2010;340:c422, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c422 (Published 22 January 2010)
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Why don’t we have all the evidence on oseltamivir?
BMJ  2010;340:c405, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c405 (Published 21 January 2010)
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Complications: tracking down the data on oseltamivir
BMJ  2010;340:c406, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c406 (Published 21 January 2010)
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EU seeks to define its role in global health strategies
BMJ  2010;340:c408, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c408 (Published 21 January 2010)
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Duration and magnitude of the postoperative risk of venous thromboembolism in middle aged women: prospective cohort study
BMJ  2010;340:c417, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c417 (Published 21 January 2010)
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Medical Capacity Act 2005 should be invoked
BMJ  2010;340:c369, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c369 (Published 19 January 2010)
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Aspirin for primary prevention of cardiovascular events in people with diabetes: meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
BMJ  2010;340:c374, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c374 (Published 19 January 2010)
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