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This week's Letter

Breast cancer: a case for conservation.
R Murley
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:984-985, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.984
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Non-smoking wives of heavy smokers have a higher risk of lung cancer.
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:985, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.985-a
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Levodopa: long-term impact on Parkinson's disease.
D M Mann, P O Yates
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:985-986, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.985-c
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Prognosis of patients with "chest pain ?cause".
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:986-987, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.986
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Chest pain and cardiac arrest.
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:987, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.987
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The pacing industry.
D Shaw
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:987, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.987-c
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Legionella pneumophila and water systems.
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:988, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.988
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Drug prevention of malaria.
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:988-989, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.988-d
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Group R streptococcal infection.
M R Clements, D V Hamilton
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:989, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.989-a
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Recurrent renal calculi.
W Brumfitt, I Rosenstein, J M Hamilton-Miller
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:989, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.989-b
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Haemophilus influenzae endophthalmitis.
K Boomla, R P Quilliam
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:989-990, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.989-c
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Statistics and ethics in medical research.
J Dobbing
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:990, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.990
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Impaired glucose tolerance and diabetes--WHO criteria.
R J Jarrett
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:990, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.990-b
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Facial palsy.
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:990-991, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.990-c
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Secretory otitis media and grommets.
P Schutte
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:991, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.991
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Effect of a low pertussis vaccination uptake on a large community.
J Wilson
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:991, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.991-a
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Status epilepticus treated by barbiturate anaesthesia.
A W Logie, P S Christian
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:991, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.991-b
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Urban hypothermia.
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:991-992, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.991-c
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Left hand, right hand.
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:992-993, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.992-d
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Hunting rare adverse drug reactions.
C R Martys
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:993, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.993
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Do fetal movements reflect fetal wellbeing?
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:993, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.993-a
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Amniotic fluid phospholipid profile.
D James, A Harkes
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:994, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.994-e
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Female sterilisation--no more tubal coagulation.
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:994-995, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.994-f
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This week's Corrections

Correction: Asbestos fibres and the environment
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:978, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.978
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This week's Articles

OBITUARY
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:998-999, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.998
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NEWS AND NOTES
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:1000-1002, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.1000
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This week's Book Review

Medicine and Books
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:979-981, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.979
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This week's Correspondence

Cancer of the cervix and screening
D Fernando
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:985, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.985
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Non-smoking wives of heavy smokers have a higher risk of lung cancer
Martin Rutsch
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:985, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.985-b
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Prognosis of patients with "chest pain?cause"
J A C Thorpe
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:986, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.986-a
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Prognosis of patients with "chest pain?cause"
P Bechgaard
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:986, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.986-b
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Prognosis of patients with "chest pain?cause"
R T D FitzGerald
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:986-987, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.986-c
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Chest pain and cardiac arrest
J M Rawles, D W Gray, D E Fraser
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:987, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.987-a
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Chest pain and cardiac arrest
A D Redmond
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:987, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.987-b
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Legionella pneumophila and water systems
R J Fallon
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:988, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.988-a
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A question of life and death
Jane Riley
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:988, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.988-b
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A question of life and death
Robert McFadzean
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:988, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.988-c
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Drug prevention of malaria
G Y Caldwell
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:989, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.989
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Statistics and ethics in medical research
Douglas Altman
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:990, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.990-a
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Facial palsy
R S Trompeter
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:990-991, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.990-d
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Urban hypothermia
Reginald Bowesman
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:991-992, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.991-d
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Echoes from the gall bladder
J Jones
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:992, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.992
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A trial speech screening test for school entrants
E Flint
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:992, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.992-a
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A trial speech screening test for school entrants
M J Rigby, Irene Chesham
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:992, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.992-b
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Psoriasis and its treatment
R H Seville, G B Walker
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:992, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.992-c
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Left hand, right hand
Alan A Beaton
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:992-993, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.992-e
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Do fetal movements reflect fetal wellbeing?
Kathryn Rosenberg, F A Boddy
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:993, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.993-b
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Rocking the Cradle
Robert Newill
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:993-994, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.993-c
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Unquiet sleep
L M Franklin
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:994, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.994
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Five years in Bogalusa
Cicely D Williams
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:994, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.994-a
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They are still with us
A J Duggan
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:994, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.994-b
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British National Formulary
H K Ford
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:994, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.994-c
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British National Formulary
C M Miller
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:994, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.994-d
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Female sterilisation—no more tubal coagulation
Colin Atkins, H G Meredith
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:994-995, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.994-g
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Clouded agarics
C Allan Birch
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:995, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.995
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Patients in wheelchairs
Maureen A Tudor
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:995, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.995-a
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Medical responsibilities of airlines
Bryan Lask
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:995, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.995-b
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Protest against punishment by amputation
J P R McCulloch
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:995, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.995-c
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Reciprocal treatment for Britons in Greece
S Doxiadis
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:995, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.995-d
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Spectacle problems
Lorimer Fison
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:995-996, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.995-e
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Spectacle frame prices
S W V Davies
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:996, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.996
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Still no widowers' pensions
Anne Grüneberg
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:996, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.996-a
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Milage payments for hospital doctors
C K Connolly
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:996, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.996-b
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Finding a practice—a further caveat
P J Gorrod
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:996, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.996-c
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Acute hospital services in London
K A M Grant
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:996-997, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.996-d
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Preregistration posts and cuts
John Potter
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:997, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.997
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"Drugs and Therapeutics Bulletin" not free in Scotland
Michael G Bamber
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:997, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.997-a
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Oxfordshire AHA and making ends meet
Malcolm Gough
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:997, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.997-b
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This week's Medical Practice

Reading for Pleasure: Secondhand but not second-rate
Janet Thrush
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:977-978, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.977
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Medicine and the Media
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:982, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.982
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Personal View
V P Smith
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:983, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.983
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This week's Research Article

Withholding treatment in infancy.
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:925-926, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.925
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Epiphysitis in congenital dislocation of the hip.
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:926-927, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.926
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Insulinomas.
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:927-928, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.927
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Disability in the developing world.
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:928, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.928
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Pindolol acts as beta-adrenoceptor agonist in orthostatic hypotension: therapeutic implications.
A J Man in 't Veld, M A Schalekamp
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:929-931, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.929
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Calcium antagonists in exercise-induced asthma.
K R Patel
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:932-933, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.932
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Cyclosporin A in cadaveric organ transplantation.
R Y Calne, D J White, D B Evans, S Thiru, R G Henderson, D V Hamilton, K Rolles, P McMaster, T J Duffy, B R MacDougall, R Williams
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:934-936, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.934
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Relapse rate and long-term management of plaque psoriasis after treatment with photochemotherapy and dithranol.
D Vella Briffa, M W Greaves, A P Warin, S Rogers, J Marks, S Shuster
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:937-940, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.937
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Algorithmic method for assessing urinary incontinence in elderly women.
P Hilton, S L Stanton
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:940-942, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.940
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Renal imaging: a comparison of radionuclide, ultrasound, and computed tomographic scanning in investigation of renal space-occupying lesions.
P H O'Reilly, D E Osborn, H J Testa, D L Asbury, J J Best, R J Barnard
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:943-945, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.943
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Meningitis and septicaemia due to haemophilus influenzae type b in pregnancy.
T Sandberg, T Dahlberg
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:946, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.946
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Effect of dobutamine on insulin requirement in diabetic ketoacidosis.
S M Wood, J R Milne, S F Evans, P Rogers
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:946-947, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.946-a
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Iliopsoas bursitis in rheumatoid arthritis: an unusual cause of leg oedema.
M J Ford, A G Martynoga, G Nuki
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:947-948, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.947
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Scleroderma in the elderly.
P L Williams, J M Gumpel
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:948, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.948
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Combined phlebography and arthrography in patients with painful swollen calf.
J J Belch, N C McMillan, I Fogelman, H Capell, C D Forbes
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:949, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.949
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Urinary tract infection due to laboratory-acquired Escherichia coli: relation to virulence.
S H Parry, S N Abraham, I M Feavers, M Lee, M R Jones, A J Bint, M Sussman
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:949-950, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.949-a
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Crohn's disease in Turner's syndrome.
J A Kohler, D B Grant
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:950, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.950
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Acute nephrotic syndrome with reversible renal failure after phenylbutazone.
M Greenstone, B Hartley, R Gabriel, G Bevan
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:950-951, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.950-a
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Intravenous amiodarone in ventricular fibrillation.
J R Chapman, M J Boyd
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:951-952, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.951
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Paroxysmal atrial tachycardia provoked by swallowing.
R S Bexton, A W Nathan, K J Hellestrand, A J Camm
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:952, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.952
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Medical records. II: A4 folders--a step into the present.
J J Cormack
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:953-955, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.953
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Diagnosing sex problems in general practice.
C Gill
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:955-956, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.955
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General practitioner to the actors.
M Coigley
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:957-958, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.957
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Pitfalls in practice. Employment law. III: The contract.
N Ellis
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:958-960, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.958
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Psychiatric research in medical prespective.
M Shepherd
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:961-963, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.961
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A link with the past.
D McCracken
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:964-966, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.964
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ABC of ENT. Nose bleeds.
H Ludman
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:967-969, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.967
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Pollution and people. Perspectives and priorities.
D Gloag
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:970-972, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.970
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Dealing with the disadvantaged. Amputees.
N Croucher
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:972-973, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.972
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Enteral feeds contaminated with Enterobacter cloacae as a cause of septicaemia.
M W Casewell, J E Cooper, M Webster
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:973, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.973
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Clinical pharmacology. Adverse reactions to drugs.
M D Rawlins
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:974-976, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.974
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Reviewing the distinction awards system in England and Wales, 1978 and 1979.
S Bourne, P Bruggen
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:1005-1007, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.1005
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Index-linked pensions are essential.
N Ellis
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:1008-1009, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.1008
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This week's Supplement

The Week
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:1003, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.1003
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Letter from Westminster
William Russell
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:1004, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.1004
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Local ethical committees
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1981;282:1010, doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.1010
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