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Editorials

Dialysis in the elderly

Justin Roake

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Physicians’ negative views of direct-to-consumer advertising (DTCA): the international evidence grows

Les Toop, Dee Richards

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Original Articles

Finnish physicians show little support for consumer advertising of prescription drugs

Hanna Toiviainen, Lauri Vuorenkoski, Elina Hemminki

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Interest and participation in selected sports among New Zealand adolescents

Rosalina Richards, Anthony Reeder, Helen Darling

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Factors associated with not breastfeeding exclusively among mothers of a cohort of Pacific infants in New Zealand

Sarnia Butler, Maynard Williams, Colin Tukuitonga, Janis Paterson

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Comparison of Maori and non-Maori maternal and fetal iron parameters

Diane Emery, David Barry

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Review Article

The epidemic of elderly patients with dialysis-requiring end-stage renal disease in New Zealand

Krishan Madhan

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Viewpoint

Ethnicity and body fatness in New Zealanders

Elizabeth Duncan, Grant Schofield, Scott Duncan, Gregory Kolt, Elaine Rush

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100 Years Ago in the NZMJ

Some remarks on the epiphyses of the long bones, and their bearings on the operation of resection

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Consensus Statements

The assessment and management of primary antibody deficiency

Marianne Empson, Jan Sinclair, John O’Donnell, Rohan Ameratunga, Penny Fitzharris, Richard Steele

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Proceedings

Proceedings of the 34th Annual General Meeting of the Christchurch Medical Research Society, Wednesday 28 April 2004

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Methuselah

Selected excerpts from Methuselah

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Letters

Chlamydia in New Zealand

Alisha Johnston, David Phillips

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Duration of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonisation in hospitalised patients

Sally Roberts, Teena West, Arthur Morris

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Obituary

Graham Rothwell Gordon

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Notice

Foundation Fellowship of the Australasian Chapter of Sexual Health Medicine

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Book Reviews

Ethics and evidence-based medicine: fallibility and responsibility in clinical science (Kenneth Goodman)

Phil Hider

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Care trusts: partnership working in action (Jon Glasby, Edward Peck)

Randall Allardyce

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