Measurement of amylase activity--a useful indication of tissue damage after major radiation accidents?
	J Kohn
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1523-1524, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6534.1523-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Maternal mortality and the postpartum interval.
	G Walker
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1524, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6534.1524 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Sensitivity of neonates to tuberculin after BCG vaccination.
	A J Lyon
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1526-1527, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6534.1526-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Enprostil and ranitidine in duodenal ulcer healing.
	C W Howden, R H Hunt
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1527-1528, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6534.1527-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Medicine and Books. International heavyweight, by Bernard Freeman
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1518, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6534.1518 [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Articles

This week's Articles

	NEWS AND NOTES
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1530-1533, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6534.1530 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	OBITUARY
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1534-1535, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6534.1534 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book Review

This week's Book Review

	Medicine and Books
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1517-1519, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6534.1517 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Correspondence

This week's Correspondence

	Why it takes so long to build a hospital
	S J Surtees
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1523, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6534.1523 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Missed malignant melanomas
	L G Gordon, W S Lowry
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1524-1525, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6534.1524-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Missed malignant melanomas
	Rona M MacKie, Valerie R Doherty
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1525, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6534.1525 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	"Adverse Drug Reaction Bulletin"
	D M Davies
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1525, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6534.1525-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Screening for intrauterine growth retardation using ratio of mid-arm circumference to occipitofrontal circumference
	Stephen J Rose
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1525, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6534.1525-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Screening for intrauterine growth retardation using ratio of mid-arm circumference to occipitofrontal circumference: Author's Reply
	Nigel Meadows
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1525, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6534.1525-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Screening for intrauterine growth retardation using ratio of mid-arm circumference to occipitofrontal circumference
	S K Sinha, M I Levene
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1525-1526, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6534.1525-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Screening for intrauterine growth retardation using ratio of mid-arm circumference to occipitofrontal circumference
	D P Davies, S F Leung, L Lo, S Lui
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1526, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6534.1526 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Sexual abuse of children in Leeds
	P Turvill
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1527, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6534.1527 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Sexual abuse of children in Leeds
	Raine Roberts
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1527, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6534.1527-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	On the state of health in inner cities
	R Balarajan
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1527, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6534.1527-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The service provision model and inflexibility
	David Grimes
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1528, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6534.1528 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Manpower: compendium of deliberate mistakes
	G Batchelor
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1528, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6534.1528-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Management of pathology laboratories
	Monica Gregory, J R B Williams, A F M S Rahman
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1528-1529, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6534.1528-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Tricyclic induced jitteriness—a form of akathisia?
	V K Yeragani, M S Keshavan, R Pohl
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1529, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6534.1529 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: HTLV-III: echoes of the past?
	P D Woolley, Susan Bewley
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1529, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6534.1529-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Risk of AIDS to health care workers
	Margaret Hughes
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1529, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6534.1529-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Early mobilisation of acute whiplash injuries
	Graeme D Richardson
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1529, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6534.1529-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Treatment of type II diabetes
	E H McLaren
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1529, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6534.1529-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Terminal care at home: perspective from general practice
	Val Wass
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1529, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6534.1529-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Biosynthesis of thromboxane in patients with systemic sclerosis and Raynaud's phenomenon
	David F Horrobin
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1529, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6534.1529-f [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Confidentiality
	G M Jones
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1529, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6534.1529-g [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Medical Practice

This week's Medical Practice

	Medicine and the Media
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1520-1521, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6534.1520 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Personal View
	Christopher Paine
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1522, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6534.1522 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Research Article

This week's Research Article

	Bleeding oesophageal varices.
	I E Gillespie
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1479-1480, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6534.1479 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Staying cool with a hot test: gastroenterologists and 75SeHCAT.
	K W Heaton
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1480-1481, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6534.1480 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Clinical competence and curiosity.
	P Richards
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1481-1482, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6534.1481 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Bereaved children.
	A Bentovim
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1482, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6534.1482 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Response to inhaled histamine and 24 hour sodium excretion.
	P G Burney, J R Britton, S Chinn, A E Tattersfield, H S Platt, A O Papacosta, M C Kelson
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1483-1486, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6534.1483 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Recent trends in breast surgery in the United States and United Kingdom.
	E R Greenberg, M Stevens
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1487-1491, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6534.1487 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Quality of life after myocardial infarction: effect of long term metoprolol on mortality and morbidity.
	G Olsson, J Lubsen, G A van Es, N Rehnqvist
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1491-1493, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6534.1491 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Limited joint mobility and Dupuytren's contracture in diabetic, hypertensive, and normal populations.
	J G Larkin, B M Frier
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1494, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6534.1494 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Legionnaires' disease cluster and reduction in hospital hot water temperatures.
	S R Palmer, I Zamiri, C D Ribeiro, A Gajewska
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1494-1495, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6534.1494-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Out of depth, out of breath.
	A K Mier, C Brophy, M Green
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1495-1496, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6534.1495 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	New portable infusion pump for prolonged subcutaneous administration of opioid analgesics in patients with advanced cancer.
	V A Jones, G W Hanks
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1496, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6534.1496 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A depressing pursuit of quality.
	A Cartwright
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1497-1498, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6534.1497 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Complementary medicine and the general practitioner.
	R Wharton, G Lewith
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1498-1500, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6534.1498 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Measles, mumps, and rubella: the need for a change in immunisation policy.
	D Walker, H Carter, I G Jones
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1501-1502, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6534.1501 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Cancer self help groups: an inside view.
	T Brown, P Griffiths
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1503-1504, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6534.1503 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Molecular biology at the bedside.
	D J Weatherall
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1505-1508, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6534.1505 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of resuscitation. Training manikins.
	R S Simons
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1509-1513, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6534.1509 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Haemolytic-uraemic syndrome: clinical experience of an outbreak in the West Midlands.
	C M Taylor, R H White, M H Winterborn, B Rowe
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1513-1516, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6534.1513 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Public watchdog bites the NHS.
	N Ellis
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1537-1538, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6534.1537 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	General practitioners' practice expenses.
	J Ford
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1539, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6534.1539 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Supplement

This week's Supplement

	The Week
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1536, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6534.1536 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	CCHMS guidance on Griffiths
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1540, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6534.1540 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Survey shows junior doctors on duty over 80 hours on average
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1540-1541, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6534.1540-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	GMC to seek comments on advertising guidelines
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1541, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6534.1541 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Universities squeezed to "brink of financial disaster"
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1986;292:1542, doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6534.1542 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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