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Published quarterly by the Medical Society of Papua New Guinea

 

           Papua New Guinea Medical Journal

                                            ISSN 0031-1480

   September-December 2002, Volume 45, Number 3-4

 

EDITORS: CHARLES S. MGONE, PETER M. SIBA

 

Editorial Committee

I. Kevau A. Saweri
G. Mola T. Taufa

 

Editorial Assistants: Cynthea Leahy 

Emeritus Editor: Michael Alpers

 

Email: pngmedj@pngimr.org.pg

Web page: http://www.pngimr.org.pg

 

 

 

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Printed by Bolton Inprint for the Medical Society of Papua New Guinea.

Authors preparing manuscripts for publication in the Journal should consult 'Information for Authors' inside back cover.

 


Papua New Guinea Medical Journal

Volume 45, Number 3-4, September-December 2002

  

CONTENTS

Editorial    

Congenital heart diseases - a future burden for Papua New Guinea N. Tefuarani, A. Sleigh and R. Hawker

  175
Original Articles    
Outbreak of measles in the National Capital District, Papua New Guinea in 2001 A. L. Benjamin and V. Dramoi
   178
A case-control study of early neonatal deaths at the Port Moresby General Hospital to determine associated risk factors  A. B. Amoa, C.A. Klufio and L. Amos
   185
Evaluation of thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) alone as a first-line thyroid function test (TFT) in Papua New Guinea M. Kende and S. Kandapu
  197 
Complex patterns of malaria epidemiology in the highlands region of Papua New Guinea I. Mueller, J. Taime, E. Ibam, J. Kundi, M. Lagog, M. Bockarie and J.C. Reeder
   200
 Yaws in the periurban settlements of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea L.A. Manning and G. D. Ogle
  206 
 Haemophilus influenzae type b meningitis: how much better is prevention than cure? T. Duke
   213

 CASE REPORT

Paranoid psychosis related to mefloquine antimalarial prophylaxis S. J. Fuller, S. Naraqi and G. Gilessi

  219 
 CLINICAL PRACTICE

Emergency care of the trauma patient in remote regions of Papua New Guinea A. S. Jackson

  222 
 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

A survey of age at first immunization in the Aiyura Valley  J. E. Weir

   233

Childhood immunization in Papua New Guinea - re: a survey of age at first immunization in the Aiyura Valley  J. D. Vince

234
 OBITUARIES

An agreement between friends: the contribution of Les Anderson to children of the Eastern Highlands T. Duke

  236 
 Gordon Gregory Gibson Crane  H. Bashir
   238
 

Reminiscences of and tribute to Greg Crane J. R. Lawrence; M. Nicholls; M. P. Alpers

   241
 Bibliography of G. G. Crane
   243

 MEDICAL RESEARCH PROJECTS IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA

   246
 MEDLARS BIBLIOGRAPHY    249
     
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