German blood scandal.
	M Contreras
	BMJ  1993;307:1420, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6916.1420 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Impact of menopausal symptoms. Effect on quality of life exaggerated.
	J Coope, M Hunter
	BMJ  1993;307:1420-1421, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6916.1420-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Impact of menopausal symptoms. Study perpetuates false impression.
	E M Alder, L Ross
	BMJ  1993;307:1420-1421, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6916.1420-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Free radicals and vascular disease.
	A H Jafar, A J Sinclair
	BMJ  1993;307:1421, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6916.1421-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Intraoperative use of thrombolytic agents. Procedure requires appropriate imaging.
	T M Buckenham, S A Ray
	BMJ  1993;307:1421-1422, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6916.1421-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Over the counter drugs in Bangladesh.
	M A Azhar, H A Ahasan, M A Chowdhury, A K Rafiqueuddin
	BMJ  1993;307:1422, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6916.1422-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Taking babies' rectal temperature.
	J Kai
	BMJ  1993;307:1422, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6916.1422-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Community treatment of severe psychiatric illness.
	D R Davies
	BMJ  1993;307:1422-1423, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6916.1422-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Zidovudine dosage.
	G J Ruiz-Argüelles, D D Alemán-Hoey, L Mercado-Díaz
	BMJ  1993;307:1423, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6916.1423-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Which insufflation gas for laparoscopy.
	D A Southern, W W Mapleson
	BMJ  1993;307:1424, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6916.1424 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Oral cholera vaccine well tolerated.
	P Barrett, P Clarke, S Cryz, Jr
	BMJ  1993;307:1425, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6916.1425-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Chronic constipation in elderly patients.
	D J Mack, L Erwin, J D Fulton
	BMJ  1993;307:1425-1426, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6916.1425-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Fractures of the foot.
	Q W Arafat
	BMJ  1993;307:1426, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6916.1426-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Value of confidential inquiries.
	J Wells, J Chapple
	BMJ  1993;307:1426-1427, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6916.1426-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Fatal anaphylaxis due to food.
	D Hide
	BMJ  1993;307:1427, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6916.1427-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's Letters

	Impact of menopausal symptoms: Authors' reply
	Edel Daly, Martin Vessey, Alastair Gray, David Barlow, Kim McPherson, Monica Roche
	BMJ  1993;307:1421, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6916.1421 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Intraoperative use of thrombolytic agents: Procedure requires appropriate imaging: Authors' reply
	J J Earnshaw, J D Beard
	BMJ  1993;307:1422, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6916.1422 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Career paths for doctors: Career development possible in one job
	Simon Bricker
	BMJ  1993;307:1423, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6916.1423 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Career paths for doctors: Disabled doctor forced to retire
	Norman W Lees
	BMJ  1993;307:1423, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6916.1423-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Marketing infant formulas
	Frank Falkner
	BMJ  1993;307:1423, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6916.1423-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Public opinion and the NHS
	A J Beddow
	BMJ  1993;307:1423-1424, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6916.1423-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Provision of paediatric intensive care
	Peter W Barry
	BMJ  1993;307:1424, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6916.1424-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Selective abortion in India
	Emily Buchanan, Giselle Portenier
	BMJ  1993;307:1424, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6916.1424-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Condoms: a new range of sizes
	Stephen P Higgins, Claudia S Estcourt
	BMJ  1993;307:1424, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6916.1424-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The war in Bosnia: Volunteer teams raise morale
	John Beavis, Graham Keene, Colin Dunling
	BMJ  1993;307:1424-1425, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6916.1424-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The war in Bosnia: Operation Irma acted as a catalyst
	A D Redmond
	BMJ  1993;307:1425, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6916.1425 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Childhood drownings
	Christopher E Lennox
	BMJ  1993;307:1425, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6916.1425-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Reducing the number of beds
	Gordon Pledger
	BMJ  1993;307:1426, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6916.1426 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Providing references: Short notice bad for candidates and departments
	A S McIntyre
	BMJ  1993;307:1426, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6916.1426-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Providing references: Faxes breach confidentiality
	P G Lawler
	BMJ  1993;307:1426, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6916.1426-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Patients' complaints: Students must learn communication skills
	William M O'Neill
	BMJ  1993;307:1427, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6916.1427 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Patients' complaints: Community health councils advise patients
	Patricia Marston
	BMJ  1993;307:1427, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6916.1427-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Database offered to Department of Health
	S G Darling
	BMJ  1993;307:1427, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6916.1427-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Correction: ABC of Emergency Radiology: Chest radiographs—I
	BMJ  1993;307:1417, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6916.1417 [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Correction: GPs' role and recognition
	BMJ  1993;307:1427, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6916.1427-d [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Articles

This week's Articles

	News
	BMJ  1993;307:1375-1380, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6916.1375 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	NOTES
	BMJ  1993;307:1402, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6916.1402 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Obituary
	BMJ  1993;307:1418-1419, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6916.1418 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medicopolitical Digest
	BMJ  1993;307:1428, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6916.1428 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Soundings
	BMJ  1993;307:1429, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6916.1429 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medicine and the Media
	BMJ  1993;307:1430-1431, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6916.1430 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Personal view
	BMJ  1993;307:1431, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6916.1431 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Minerva
	BMJ  1993;307:1434, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6916.1434 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book Review

This week's Book Review

	Medicine and Books
	BMJ  1993;307:1432-1433, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6916.1432 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Research Article

This week's Research Article

	Third World debt.
	F Godlee
	BMJ  1993;307:1369-1370, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6916.1369 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Prostitution: would legalisation help?
	M Hepburn
	BMJ  1993;307:1370-1371, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6916.1370 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	How safe is tamoxifen?
	V C Jordan
	BMJ  1993;307:1371-1372, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6916.1371 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Long term management of patients after splenectomy.
	M McMullin, G Johnston
	BMJ  1993;307:1372-1373, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6916.1372 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Alcohol and heart disease: the implications of the U-shaped curve.
	J Kemm
	BMJ  1993;307:1373-1374, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6916.1373 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Brief interventions for alcohol misuse.
	J Chick
	BMJ  1993;307:1374, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6916.1374 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Interactions between people's diet and their smoking habits: the dietary and nutritional survey of British adults.
	B M Margetts, A A Jackson
	BMJ  1993;307:1381-1384, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6916.1381 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Associations of serum lipid concentrations and obesity with mortality in women: 20 year follow up of participants in prospective population study in Gothenburg, Sweden.
	C Bengtsson, C Björkelund, L Lapidus, L Lissner
	BMJ  1993;307:1385-1388, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6916.1385 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Association of restriction fragment length polymorphism in alcohol dehydrogenase 2 gene with alcohol induced liver damage.
	D I Sherman, R J Ward, M Warren-Perry, R Williams, T J Peters
	BMJ  1993;307:1388-1390, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6916.1388 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Case-control study of prostatic cancer in employees of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority.
	C Rooney, V Beral, N Maconochie, P Fraser, G Davies
	BMJ  1993;307:1391-1397, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6916.1391 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Antibiotic induced fatigue.
	J F Bergmann, O Chassany, S M Consoli, E Buteau, H Bendjenana, F Le Mercier, J M Segrestaa, C Caulin
	BMJ  1993;307:1397-1398, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6916.1397 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Pneumococcal vaccination after splenectomy: survey of hospital and primary care records.
	P Kinnersley, C E Wilkinson, J Srinivasan
	BMJ  1993;307:1398-1399, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6916.1398 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Hyponatraemia and catatonic stupor after taking "ecstasy".
	D L Maxwell, M I Polkey, J A Henry
	BMJ  1993;307:1399, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6916.1399 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Organising midwifery led care in The Netherlands.
	C Oppenheimer
	BMJ  1993;307:1400-1402, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6916.1400 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Filling the lacuna between research and practice: an interview with Michael Peckham. Interview by Richard Smith.
	M Peckham
	BMJ  1993;307:1403-1407, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6916.1403 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Increased risk of sepsis after splenectomy.
	H A Deodhar, R J Marshall, J N Barnes
	BMJ  1993;307:1408-1409, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6916.1408 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of emergency radiology. The abdomen--II.
	D A Nicholson, P A Driscoll
	BMJ  1993;307:1410-1414, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6916.1410 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Treatment of urinary tract stones.
	J E Wickham
	BMJ  1993;307:1414-1417, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6916.1414 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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