No link found between DDE in fat tissue and breast cancer [Full text]

	HRT does not increase risk of cervical cancer [Full text]

	"End of life decisions" are taken for 41% of mentally handicapped Dutch patients in institutions [Full text]

	Doctors think equity of access to health care is more important than patients do [Full text]

	Major histocompatibility complex plays part in mild malaria [Full text]

	Otitis media should be treated symptomatically for the first three days [Full text]

Editorials

	Managing established coronary heart disease
	Michael Moher, Theo Schofield, Elaine Fullard
	BMJ  1997;315:69-70 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Pigeon fancier's lung
	Stephen Bourke, Gavin Boyd
	BMJ  1997;315:70-71 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	"Non-lethal" weapons: precipitating a new arms race
	Robin M Coupland
	BMJ  1997;315:72 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	End of life decisions in mentally disabled people
	Paul J van der Maas
	BMJ  1997;315:73 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Who wants a career in academic medicine?
	Michael Rees
	BMJ  1997;315:74 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	Public health strategy will tackle inequality in England
	John Warden
	BMJ  1997;315:75-80 [Full text]

	NHS gets £1.2bn cash boost
	John Warden
	BMJ  1997;315:75-80 [Full text]

	Clinical indicators for hospitals announced
	Jacqui Wise
	BMJ  1997;315:75-80 [Full text]

	Researchers identify gene for fatal cholesterol disorder
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  1997;315:75-80 [Full text]

	Ovarian cancer linked to p53 gene
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  1997;315:75-80 [Full text]

	Woman can challenge hospital over forced caesarean
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  1997;315:75-80 [Full text]

	Infant mortality falls among Israeli Muslims
	Judy Siegel-Itzkovich
	BMJ  1997;315:75-80 [Full text]

	A quarter of preventable diseases are environmentally caused
	Josh Hamilton
	BMJ  1997;315:75-80 [Full text]

	London's elderly get poor deal
	Jo Waters
	BMJ  1997;315:75-80 [Full text]

	Court rules that doctors do not have to tell parents the truth
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  1997;315:75-80 [Full text]

	BMA opposes legalisation of euthanasia
	Linda Beecham
	BMJ  1997;315:75-80 [Full text]

	Women doctors believe medicine is male dominated
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  1997;315:75-80 [Full text]

Papers

	DDT (dicophane) and postmenopausal breast cancer in Europe: case-control study
	Pieter van 't Veer, Irene E Lobbezoo, José M Martín-Moreno, Eliseo Guallar, Jorge Gómez-Aracena, Frans J Kok, Alwine F M Kardinaal, Lenore Kohlmeier, Blaise C Martin, John J Strain, Michael Thamm, Piet van Zoonen, Bert A Baumann, Jussi K Huttunen
	BMJ  1997;315:81-85 [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Case-control study of oestrogen replacement therapy and risk of cervical cancer
	Fabio Parazzini, Carlo La Vecchia, Eva Negri, Silvia Franceschi, Simona Moroni, Liliane Chatenoud, Giorgio Bolis
	BMJ  1997;315:85-88 [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Retrospective study of doctors' "end of life decisions" in caring for mentally handicapped people in institutions in the Netherlands
	G J M W van Thiel, J J M van Delden, K de Haan, A K Huibers
	BMJ  1997;315:88-91 [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Who should decide? Qualitative analysis of panel data from public, patients, healthcare professionals, and insurers on priorities in health care
	Karien Stronks, Anne-Margreet Strijbis, Johannes F Wendte, Louise J Gunning-Schepers
	BMJ  1997;315:92-96 [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Genetic linkage of mild malaria to the major histocompatibility complex in Gambian children: study of affected sibling pairs
	Annette Jepson, Fatoumatta Sisay-Joof, Winston Banya, Musa Hassan-King, Angela Frodsham, Stephen Bennett, Adrian Hill, Hilton Whittle
	BMJ  1997;315:96-97 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Clinical review

	Recent advances: Cardiac surgery
	Tom Treasure
	BMJ  1997;315:104-107 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of mental health: Schizophrenia
	Trevor Turner
	BMJ  1997;315:108-111 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

General practice

	Antimicrobials for acute otitis media? a review from the international primary care network
	Jack Froom, Larry Culpepper, Max Jacobs, Ruut A DeMelker, Larry A Green, Louk van Buchem, Paul Grob, Timothy Heeren
	BMJ  1997;315:98-102 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Feasibility of screening toddlers for iron deficiency anaemia in general practice
	John A James, Gabrielle J Laing, Stuart Logan, Michael Rossdale
	BMJ  1997;315:102-103 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Soundings

	Lesson of the year
	George Dunea
	BMJ  1997;315:133 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

	Resonant images from the United States
	Gordon C S Smith
	BMJ  1997;315:133-134 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	On both sides of the table
	David Humphriss
	BMJ  1997;315:134 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Medicine and books

	June bestsellers: BMJ Bookshop
	BMJ  1997;315 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A New Form of Warfare: the Development of Non-lethal Weapons, by Malcolm Dando
	Vivienne Nathanson
	BMJ  1997;315:135 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	COPC Depression and Anxiety Intervention Guide, by Richard Freeman, Stephen Gillam, Chris Shearin, Diane Plamping
	Tony Kendrick
	BMJ  1997;315:135 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	The real ethics of rationing
	Donald W Light
	BMJ  1997;315:112-115 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Health in China: Traditional Chinese medicine: one country, two systems
	Therese Hesketh, Wei Xing Zhu
	BMJ  1997;315:115-117 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Letters

	First myocardial infarction in patients of Indian subcontinent and European origin
	Martin White, Jeremy W Sayer, Adam D Timmis, Paul Wilkinson, B S Smith, Robin P Choudhury, Punit S Ramrakha, N Shaukat, D P de Bono
	BMJ  1997;315:118 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Facial disfigurement
	James Partridge, Dympna Edwards
	BMJ  1997;315:120 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Few government forecasts of public expenditure have been realistic
	Jennifer Dixon
	BMJ  1997;315:120-121 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Several studies have shown salmeterol to be more potent than salbutamol for systemic effects
	J Bennett, A E Tattersfield
	BMJ  1997;315:121 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Integration of hepatitis B vaccination into national immunisation programmes
	Anne Nesbitt, Rachel Heathcock, Jennifer Dunn, Rashmi Shukla, Keith Neal
	BMJ  1997;315:121 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Treatment of postnatal depression
	Allan I F Scott, Katharina Dalton, Andrew Herxheimer
	BMJ  1997;315:122 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Sri Lankan refugees
	S Pothalingam, Duncan Forrest, Gill Hinshelwood, Michael Peel, Gordon Barclay, Derek Summerfield, S Ratneswaren, V Rajayogeswaran
	BMJ  1997;315:122-123 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Let them eat asparagus
	W A Macrae, H T O Davies
	BMJ  1997;315:124 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Surgical training
	Dermot C O'Riordan, Nick Shaper, Robert Shields, D A D Macleod, R W Porter
	BMJ  1997;315:124-125 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Save our service
	Tony Bennett, Peter Richards, Michael Gumpel
	BMJ  1997;315:125 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

	John Stewart Groves
	BMJ  1997;315:126 [Full text]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  1997;315:136 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	Any questions: Ultraviolet light for psoriasis
	Rona M Mackie
	BMJ  1997;315 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient: My only patient in general practice
	James Barrett
	BMJ  1997;315 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A talk that changed my practice: My latterday Demosthenes
	Christine Waddell
	BMJ  1997;315 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	When I use a word...: Difficult pronunciation
	Jeff Aronson
	BMJ  1997;315 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Introduction to general practice: For want of better
	Paul Mestitz
	BMJ  1997;315 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Career focus

	Specialist training in medicine in Germany
	David Maclachlan
	BMJ  1997;315:2 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Briefing: Good presentation and performance skills should be a part of ...
	BMJ  1997;315:3 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Briefing: Medical graduates who aspire to an American residency post must ...
	BMJ  1997;315:3 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Briefing: Even American doctors aren't yet at the cutting edge of ...
	BMJ  1997;315:3 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE

	Difficult issues for doctors
	BMJ  1997;315 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

	The BMA's annual representative meeting
	BMJ  1997;315:128-132 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

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