This week's This week in the BMJ

	Seat belts prevent more deaths than airbags [Full text] FREE

	Children can learn to cross roads safely [Full text] FREE

	What to do at a crash scene [Full text] FREE

	Seat belts are effective for children [Full text] FREE

	Unintentional injury increases with deprivation [Full text] FREE

	Sleepiness is associated with serious car crash injury [Full text] FREE

	85% of crash deaths occur in the developing world [Full text] FREE

	Pop-up car bonnets can reduce pedestrian deaths [Full text] FREE

	Traffic laws reduce crash deaths [Full text] FREE

	Are safer roads promoting risky driving? [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	War on the roads
	Ian Roberts, Dinesh Mohan, Kamran Abbasi
	BMJ  2002;324:1107-1108, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7346.1107 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Survey: Promoting pedestrian and cyclist safety]

	Ensuring the safety of school age passengers
	Angela D Mickalide, Karen DiCapua, Heather Paul
	BMJ  2002;324:1108-1109, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7346.1108 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Protecting pedestrians
	Jeanne Breen
	BMJ  2002;324:1109-1110, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7346.1109 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A new deal for road crash victims
	Marcel Haegi
	BMJ  2002;324:1110, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7346.1110 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Flexible training under the new deal
	Melanie Davies, Jenny Eaton
	BMJ  2002;324:1111-1112, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7346.1111 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Discrimination in medicine
	Rhona MacDonald
	BMJ  2002;324:1112, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7346.1112 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's Letters

	Road traffic injuries are a global public health problem
	Margie Peden, Adnan Hyder
	BMJ  2002;324:1153, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7346.1153 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Increasing visibility of speed cameras might increase deaths and injuries on roads
	Paul Pilkington
	BMJ  2002;324:1153, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7346.1153/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	System of renewal of driving licences for elderly people needs overhauling
	David Carvel
	BMJ  2002;324:1154, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7346.1154 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Controlled studies on reducing alcohol-impaired driving are being registered
	Carolyn DiGuiseppi
	BMJ  2002;324:1154, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7346.1154/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Tired surgical trainees
	Peter A Millner, S A Townley, Mark Williams
	BMJ  2002;324:1154, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7346.1154/b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Breast screening guidelines should be adapted in Down's syndrome
	Daniel Satgé, Annie J Sasco
	BMJ  2002;324:1155, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7346.1155 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Researching outcomes of educational interventions
	C T Fitz-Gibbon, Carole J Torgerson, David Prideaux
	BMJ  2002;324:1155, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7346.1155/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Standards are needed for quality of life clinical trials
	Andrew Bottomley, Fabio Efficace, Peter M Fayers
	BMJ  2002;324:1156, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7346.1156 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Adherence to peak flow monitoring
	Ann-Louise Caress, Karen Luker, Kinta Beaver, Ashley Woodcock, Helen K Reddel, Brett G Toelle, Guy B Marks, Christine R Jenkins
	BMJ  2002;324:1157, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7346.1157 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Immunity conferred by smallpox vaccine
	Adam Jacobs, Nicholas J Beeching, David A B Dance, Alastair R O Miller, Robert C Spencer
	BMJ  2002;324:1157, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7346.1157/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Over the counter cough medicines for acute cough
	James Walmsley, Graham Marshall, John Widdicombe, Alyn Morice, Kath Checkland
	BMJ  2002;324:1158, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7346.1158 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Playing video games seems to have few serious acute adverse effects on health
	Mark D Griffiths
	BMJ  2002;324:1159, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7346.1159 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Compliance is limited by opposing recommendations
	Tom Robinson
	BMJ  2002;324:1159, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7346.1159/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Making many small changes can result in quality improvement
	Tim Wilson, Sarah Fraser
	BMJ  2002;324:1159, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7346.1159/b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

This week's News

	Doctors warned to be wary of new drugs
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  2002;324:1113, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7346.1113 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Doctors accept $50 a time to listen to drug representatives
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2002;324:1113, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7346.1113/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Car makers press Europe for voluntary agreement on safety
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2002;324:1114, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7346.1114 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	WMA protests at claim that it planned to expel Israeli doctors
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2002;324:1114, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7346.1114/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2002;324:1114, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7346.1114/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Pill claimants accuse defendants' witness of "cavalier" attitude
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2002;324:1115, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7346.1115 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	More people die on the roads than from malaria, says WHO chief
	BMJ  2002;324:1116, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7346.1116 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	Poor quality data are major obstacle to improving road safety, says World Bank
	BMJ  2002;324:1116, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7346.1116/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	Cyclists and pedestrians are sacrificed for the greater safety of motorists, says campaigner
	BMJ  2002;324:1117, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7346.1117 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	Motor industry should introduce soft impact car bodies, says MP
	BMJ  2002;324:1117, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7346.1117/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

This week's News roundup

	blockers improve bypass surgery survival rates
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2002;324:1118, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7346.1118 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Doctor who helped introduce MMR advises giving parents the choice of single vaccines
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2002;324:1118, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7346.1118/a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Medicare is likely to pay for anticancer drugs
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2002;324:1118, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7346.1118/b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Broadcast of star�s colonoscopy puts up screening by 20%
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2002;324:1118, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7346.1118/c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Caesarean section rate in England reaches 22%
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2002;324:1118, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7346.1118/d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

This week's News extra

	Scottish expert group finds no link between MMR and autism
	Bryan Christie
	BMJ  2002;324:1118, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7346.1118/e [Extract] [Full text]

	Drug misuse causes major problems for women in India
	Sanjay Kumar
	BMJ  2002;324:1118, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7346.1118/f [Extract] [Full text]

	Australia�s public hospitals are under pressure as doctors transfer patients because of insurance crisis
	Christopher Zinn
	BMJ  2002;324:1118, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7346.1118/g [Extract] [Full text]

Primary care

This week's Primary care

	Cross sectional survey of socioeconomic variations in severity and mechanism of childhood injuries in Trent 1992-7
	Julia Hippisley-Cox, Lindsay Groom, Denise Kendrick, Carol Coupland, Elizabeth Webber, Boki Savelyich
	BMJ  2002;324:1132, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7346.1132 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Prehospital care for road traffic casualties
	T J Coats, G Davies
	BMJ  2002;324:1135-1138, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7346.1135 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Soundings

This week's Soundings

	Postmenopausal doctors
	James Owen Drife
	BMJ  2002;324:1165, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7346.1165/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

This week's Personal views

	Returning streets to the people
	Geetam Tiwari
	BMJ  2002;324:1164, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7346.1164 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Where are the protests?
	Roger Browning
	BMJ  2002;324:1165, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7346.1165 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	The neglected epidemic: road traffic injuries in developing countries
	Vinand M Nantulya, Michael R Reich
	BMJ  2002;324:1139-1141, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7346.1139 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Reducing motor vehicle crash deaths and injuries in newly motorising countries
	Brian O'Neill, Dinesh Mohan
	BMJ  2002;324:1142-1145, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7346.1142 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Designing road vehicles for pedestrian protection
	J R Crandall, K S Bhalla, N J Madeley
	BMJ  2002;324:1145-1148, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7346.1145 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	For and against: Does risk homoeostasis theory have implications for road safety • For • Against
	Gerald J S Wilde, Leon S Robertson, I Barry Pless
	BMJ  2002;324:1149-1152, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7346.1149 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2002;324:1166, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7346.1166 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	A memorable patient: A lie softly spoken
	Ian Nesbitt
	BMJ  2002;324:1122, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7346.1122 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	One hundred years ago: The problem of the premature infant
	BMJ  2002;324:1125, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7346.1125/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: To waken an old lady
	BMJ  2002;324:1135, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7346.1135/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	An old friend returns in disguise
	Boghos L Artinian
	BMJ  2002;324:1141, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7346.1141 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Severall sorts of physitians
	BMJ  2002;324:1145, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7346.1145/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable trainer: Dr John Annear
	Daniel C Riordan
	BMJ  2002;324:1152, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7346.1152 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Synergism between allergens and viruses and risk of hospital admission with asthma: case-control study
	BMJ  2002;324:1131, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7346.1131 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Was it a heart attack?
	BMJ  2002;324:1131, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7346.1131/a [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Influence of direct to consumer pharmaceutical advertising and patients' requests on prescribing decisions: two site cross sectional survey
	BMJ  2002;324:1131, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7346.1131/b [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	France's birth rate matches high Irish levels
	BMJ  2002;324:1131, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7346.1131/c [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

ART

This week's ART

	Art: Finding a visual language for pain
	Alex Vass
	BMJ  2002;324:1162, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7346.1162 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

BOOK

This week's BOOK

	Book: Injury Control: A Guide to Research and Program Evaluation
	Keith T Palmer
	BMJ  2002;324:1163, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7346.1163 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE

This week's CHOICE

	Toxic complacency
	BMJ  2002;324, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7346.0/j [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

NETLINES

This week's NETLINES

	Netlines
	Harry Brown
	BMJ  2002;324:1164, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7346.1164/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

This week's WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: Road traffic injuries
	Kamran Abbasi
	BMJ  2002;324:1163, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7346.1163/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	Peter Ambrose Gardiner
	Gordon Catford
	BMJ  2002;324:1160, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7346.1160 [Extract] [Full text]

	Ruth Bowden
	Margaret Howard, David Tyrrell
	BMJ  2002;324:1160, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7346.1160/a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Debabrata Dutta
	Delia Dutta
	BMJ  2002;324:1160, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7346.1160/b [Extract] [Full text]

	Eileen Fyffe Gibb (née Baird)
	Ronald Gibb
	BMJ  2002;324:1160, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7346.1160/c [Extract] [Full text]

	Harry Richardson Gray
	Janet Hall
	BMJ  2002;324:1160, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7346.1160/d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Alfred Gordon Hooker
	Jonathan Hooker
	BMJ  2002;324:1160, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7346.1160/e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Israel ("Issy") Kolvin
	Lionel Hersov
	BMJ  2002;324:1160, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7346.1160/f [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Alasdair Miles Mackay
	Eric Walker
	BMJ  2002;324:1160, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7346.1160/g [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Donald Angus MacLeod
	Donald Angus MacLeod, Jamie MacLeod
	BMJ  2002;324:1160, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7346.1160/h [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	M G Sahadevan
	K P Vijayakumaran, Ranjit Sahadevan
	BMJ  2002;324:i, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7346.1160/i [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Theodore Edward Waine
	Howel Jones
	BMJ  2002;324:1160, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7346.1160/j [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

Papers

This week's Papers

	Association of driver air bags with driver fatality: a matched cohort study
	Peter Cummings, Barbara McKnight, Frederick P Rivara, David C Grossman
	BMJ  2002;324:1119-1122, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7346.1119 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Table] FREE

	Are seat belt restraints as effective in school age children as in adults? A prospective crash study
	Stephen I Halman, Mary Chipman, Patricia C Parkin, James G Wright
	BMJ  2002;324:1123, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7346.1123 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Driver sleepiness and risk of serious injury to car occupants: population based case control study
	Jennie Connor, Robyn Norton, Shanthi Ameratunga, Elizabeth Robinson, Ian Civil, Roger Dunn, John Bailey, Rod Jackson
	BMJ  2002;324:1125, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7346.1125 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Safety education of pedestrians for injury prevention: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials
	Olivier Duperrex, Frances Bunn, Ian Roberts
	BMJ  2002;324:1129, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7346.1129 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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