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Research Article

• Social factors and height of primary schoolchildren in England and Scotland. (1 September, 1978)

  R J Rona, A V Swan, D G Altman
• Comparative epidemiology of multiple sclerosis and dental caries. (1 September, 1978)

  W Craelius
• Choice of screening tests. (1 September, 1978)

  P R Simpson, J Chamberlain
• Screening for mild hypertension: costs and benefits. (1 September, 1978)

  F Bryers, V M Hawthorne
• Hysterectomy rates and their influence upon mortality from carcinoma of the cervix. (1 September, 1978)

  M Alderson, S Donnan
• Carcinoma of the breast in East Anglia 1960-1975: a changing pattern of presentation? (1 September, 1978)

  A M De Bono, E M Pillers
• A study of the fertility of mothers of twins. (1 September, 1978)

  R G Record, E Armstrong, R J Lancashire
• Predisposing factors leading to child trauma. An analysis of specific versus non-specific causes in motor vehicle and drowning fatalities. (1 September, 1978)

  J Pearn
• The effects of immunisation upon the natural history of pertussis. A family study in the Cardiff area. (1 September, 1978)

  C K Vesselinova-Jenkins, R G Newcombe, O P Gray, J F Skone, C H Howells, M Lennox, D J Hine, P M Jenkins, J A Munro
• Health service 'input' and mortality 'output' in developed countries. (1 September, 1978)

  A L Cochrane, A S St Leger, F Moore
• The application of a Poisson model to the annual distribution of daily mortality at six Montreal hospitals. (1 September, 1978)

  J P Zweig, J Z Csank
• Admission and adjustment of residents in homes for the elderly. (1 September, 1978)

  A H Pattie, C J Gilleard
• Social support of patients attending a geriatric day hospital. (1 September, 1978)

  H Peach, M S Pathy
• Consumer acceptability of day care after operations for hernia or varicose veins. (1 September, 1978)

  W M Garraway, C Cuthbertson, N Fenwick, C V Ruckley, R J Prescott
• Economic aspects of day care after operations for hernia or varicose veins. (1 September, 1978)

  R J Prescott, C Cutherbertson, N Fenwick, W M Garraway, C V Ruckley
• Smoking in hospital: a survey of attitudes of staff, patients, and visitors. (1 September, 1978)

  D J Garratt, N A Gough, E J Taylor, M H Banks, P H Sönksen