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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 >
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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