South West Public Health Observatory
Updates from the Internet 28 November 2002 No. 33

 Department of Health

Tackling Health Inequalities, improving public health   Alan Milburn - Speech to the Faculty of Public Health Medicine  20 November 2002

Tackling Health Inequalities - 2002 Cross - Cutting Review   ( HM Treasury and Department of Health) 20 November 2002

Healthy Start - proposals for reform of the Welfare Food Scheme    (undated - 22 November 2002?) Healthy Start web site

Department of Health: Sustainable development   18 November 2002

General Practitioner Recruitment, Retention & Vacancy Survey 2002, England & Wales   19 November 2002

Reform of the welfare food sche me - p artial regulatory impact assessment   22 November 2002

 Myocardial Infarction National Audit Project (MINAP)  

First report of national heart attack audit (News release)   [Full report] 19 November 2002

 National Statistics

Special Educational Needs In England: January 2002 28 November 2002

Education and Training Statistics for the United Kingdom 2002 28 November 2002

Regional Transport Statistics: 2002 Edition 28 November 2002

 Department for Work and Pensions

  News release  18 November 2002

Income Support Statistics: August 2002 Quarterly Statistical Enquiry     21 November 2002

 10 Downing Street Newsroom

More help for mums and poorest pensioners   18 November 2002

Income Support Statistics: August 2002 Quarterly Statistical Enquiry   21 November 2002

 Neighbourhood Renewal Unit

Updating the English Indices of Deprivation 2000: Stage 1 - Consultation report   (1.5 Mb pdf file)   [Web Page] 21 November 2002

 Home Office

Home Office Statistical Bulletin 13/02 28 November 2002

 Health and Safety Executive

Health and Safety Executive: statistics - by country and region   18 November 2002  BBC Health News >

  BBC Health News

Warning over fish mercury levels 28 November 2002 See abstract below

 Journal articles

Dietary polyunsaturated fatty acids and colorectal neoplasia. McEntee MF, Whelan J. Biomed Pharmacother. 2002 Oct;56(8):380-7. [Abstract]

[Epidemiology of bacterial meningitis in France in 1999] Perrocheau A,

et al. Ann Med Interne (Paris). 2002 Sep;153(5):311-7. French. [Abstract]

The physical impact of computers and electronic game use on children and adolescents, a review of current literature. Gillespie RM. Work. 2002;18(3):249-59. [Abstract]

Hip fractures among the elderly: causes, consequences and control. Marks R, et al. Ageing Res Rev. 2003 Jan;2(1):57-93. [Abstract]

Surveillance for fatal suspected adverse drug reactions in the UK. A Clarkson, Iet al. Arch. Dis. Child. 2002;87 462-466 [Abstract] **

Mercury, fish oils, and the risk of myocardial infarction. Eliseo Guallar, et al. New England Journal of Medicine 347:1747-1754 November 28, 2002 [Abstract]   BBC item refers

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