Surgical training in the private sector.
	BMJ  1988;297:683, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6649.683 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Heart disease in Asians in Britain.
	J. K. Cruickshank
	BMJ  1988;297:683-684, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6649.683-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Fatal pulmonary aspiration of oral activated charcoal.
	BMJ  1988;297:684, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6649.684 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Treating the premenstrual syndrome.
	K. Callender, C. S. Thomas
	BMJ  1988;297:684, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6649.684-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Salt saga continued.
	BMJ  1988;297:684-685, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6649.684-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	White blood cells and venous ulceration.
	P. R. Thomas, G. B. Nash, J. A. Dormandy
	BMJ  1988;297:685, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6649.685 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lithotripsy versus percutaneous nephrolithotomy for renal calculi.
	BMJ  1988;297:685, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6649.685-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Domiciliary consultations.
	BMJ  1988;297:686, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6649.686 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The code for promoting drugs.
	F. O. Wells
	BMJ  1988;297:686-687, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6649.686-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The MD and MS degrees in Britain.
	M. J. Kelly
	BMJ  1988;297:687, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6649.687 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Skeletal effects of oestrogen and testosterone in postmenopausal women.
	BMJ  1988;297:687-688, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6649.687-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Defence subscriptions for general practitioners.
	P. Fenn, R. Dingwall, C. Ham
	BMJ  1988;297:688, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6649.688 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Achieving a balance.
	A. H. Henderson, M. D. Joy, D. A. Chamberlain, G. E. Sowton
	BMJ  1988;297:688, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6649.688-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Computer viruses.
	P. J. Harkin
	BMJ  1988;297:688, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6649.688-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Correction: Highly sensitive screening tests for hepatitis B surface antigen in transfusion centres of developing countries
	BMJ  1988;297:646, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6649.646 [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Correction: The eye and the nervous system
	BMJ  1988;297:676, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6649.676 [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Correction: General medical disorders and the eye
	BMJ  1988;297:676, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6649.676-a [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Articles

This week's Articles

	News
	BMJ  1988;297:639-642, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6649.639 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Obituary
	BMJ  1988;297:681-682, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6649.681 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medicine and the Media
	BMJ  1988;297:693, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6649.693 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Opinion
	BMJ  1988;297:694, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6649.694 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Personal View
	Kate Gingell
	BMJ  1988;297:695, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6649.695 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Minerva
	BMJ  1988;297:696, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6649.696 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book Review

This week's Book Review

	Medicine and Books
	BMJ  1988;297:689-692, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6649.689 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Correspondence

This week's Correspondence

	Surgical training in the private sector
	Brian Gibbons
	BMJ  1988;297:683, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6649.683-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Surgical training in the private sector
	D A Mosquera
	BMJ  1988;297:683, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6649.683-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Fatal pulmonary aspiration of oral activated charcoal
	David Vickers
	BMJ  1988;297:684, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6649.684-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Salt saga continued
	Ronald Finn
	BMJ  1988;297:684-685, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6649.684-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lithotripsy versus percutaneous nephrolithotomy for renal calculi
	A J Coleman, J E Saunders
	BMJ  1988;297:685, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6649.685-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Domiciliary consultations
	David Jolley
	BMJ  1988;297:686, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6649.686-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Domiciliary consultations
	A J Hadi Al-Barazanchi
	BMJ  1988;297:686, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6649.686-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Skeletal effects of oestrogen and testosterone in postmenopausal women
	C H Mortimer, W Perry
	BMJ  1988;297:687-688, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6649.687-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Crisis in the maternity services
	Jane E O'Hara
	BMJ  1988;297:688, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6649.688-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Children and apartheid
	T L Pilkington
	BMJ  1988;297:688, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6649.688-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Research Article

This week's Research Article

	Ectopic pregnancy.
	J. Newton
	BMJ  1988;297:633-635, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6649.633 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Genes on the X and Y chromosomes controlling sex.
	M. A. Ferguson-Smith
	BMJ  1988;297:635-636, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6649.635 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Sickness absence: the doctor's role.
	D. Coggon
	BMJ  1988;297:636-637, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6649.636 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Counsellors in general practice.
	E. Martin
	BMJ  1988;297:637-638, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6649.637 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Smoking and leukaemia.
	N. Wald
	BMJ  1988;297:638, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6649.638 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Langerhans' cells and subtypes of human papillomavirus in cervical intraepithelial neoplasia.
	R. J. Hawthorn, J. B. Murdoch, A. B. MacLean, R. M. MacKie
	BMJ  1988;297:643-646, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6649.643 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Fluorescent lights, ultraviolet lamps, and risk of cutaneous melanoma.
	A. J. Swerdlow, J. S. English, R. M. MacKie, C. J. O'Doherty, J. A. Hunter, J. Clark, D. J. Hole
	BMJ  1988;297:647-650, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6649.647 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Evaluation of a proposed breast cancer screening regimen.
	E. G. Knox
	BMJ  1988;297:650-654, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6649.650 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Outcome of untreated infection with Entamoeba histolytica in homosexual men with and without HIV antibody.
	E. Allason-Jones, A. Mindel, P. Sargeaunt, D. Katz
	BMJ  1988;297:654-657, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6649.654 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Leukaemia and smoking habits among United States veterans.
	L. J. Kinlen, E. Rogot
	BMJ  1988;297:657-659, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6649.657 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Exercise induced rhinorrhoea (athlete's nose).
	C. F. Stanford, R. L. Stanford
	BMJ  1988;297:660, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6649.660 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Acute laryngeal stridor with respiratory arrest in drug induced systemic lupus erythematosus.
	W. K. Chong, A. G. Dewhurst, J. R. Dathan
	BMJ  1988;297:660-661, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6649.660-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Reduction of size of thyroid with radioactive iodine in multinodular non-toxic goitre.
	L. Hegedüs, B. M. Hansen, N. Knudsen, J. M. Hansen
	BMJ  1988;297:661-662, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6649.661 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Review of postperinatal mortality in a health district with a garrison town.
	M. Rao, E. Hoinville
	BMJ  1988;297:662, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6649.662 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Randomised controlled trial of general practitioner intervention in patients with excessive alcohol consumption.
	P. Wallace, S. Cutler, A. Haines
	BMJ  1988;297:663-668, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6649.663 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	BACUP--the first two years: evaluation of a national cancer information service.
	M. L. Slevin, Y. Terry, N. Hallett, S. Jefferies, S. Launder, R. Plant, H. Wax, T. McElwain
	BMJ  1988;297:669-672, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6649.669 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Graphical aid for determining power of clinical trials involving two groups.
	D. K. Miller, S. M. Homan
	BMJ  1988;297:672-676, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6649.672 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of eyes. The glaucomas.
	A. R. Elkington, P. T. Khaw
	BMJ  1988;297:677-680, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6649.677 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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