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Cover ImageApril 2003 - Volume 4 Number 1

Front Cover

Mental Health

Military mental health in the 21st century
Wing Commander Alexander C McFarlane, MD, FRANZCP - ADF Health 2003; 4 (1): 1-2.

Weapons

Aspects of thermobaric weaponry
Dr Anna E Wildegger-Gaissmaier, PhD - ADF Health 2003; 4 (1): 3-6.

Chemical-Biological-Radiological Hazards

Risk assessment: exposure to depleted uranium
Dr Alex Bordujenko, MB BS, MPH, FAFPHM, for the Expert Committee to Examine Balkan Veteran Exposure to Depleted Uranium - ADF Health 2003; 4 (1): 7-12.

Disaster response

Operation Bali Assist. The Australian Defence Force response to the Bali bombing, 12 October 2002
Wing Commander Gregory V Hampson, MB BS; Squadron Leader Steven P Cook, MB BS; Squadron Leader Steven R Fredericksen, MB BS - ADF Health 2003; 4 (1): 12-15.

Australian doctors in Bali: the initial medical response to the Bali bombing
Dr Graeme J Southwick, Dr Anthony J Pethick, Dr Priya Thalayasingam, Dr Vijith S Vijayasekaran and Dr John J W Hogg - ADF Health 2003; 4 (1): 16-18.

Mental Health

Stress and mental health support to Australian Defence Health Service personnel on deployment: a pilot study
Major Karl L Haas, RPN, RN, BN, MSSc(Counselling) - ADF Health 2003; 4 (1): 19-22.

Anaesthesia

Use of target-controlled infusion of propofol for military field anaesthesia
Major Jackson N Harding, FANZCA, RAAMC; and Commander Michael Wilson, FANZCA RANR - ADF Health 2003; 4 (1): 23-26.

Infectious Diseases

Chronic hepatitis C infection: a review and update on treatment strategies
Dr Martin D Weltman, PhD, FRACP; and Wing Commander Nicholas J Talley, PhD, MD, FRACP - ADF Health 2003; 4 (1): 27-33.

The military experience of mefloquine malaria chemoprophylaxis
Major Scott Kitchener, MB BS, MPhil, FAFPHM, FACTM, RAAMC - ADF Health 2003; 4 (1): 34-38.

History

"Kirkpatrick's" - a Simpson memorial with a difference
Major General (Rtd) John H Pearn, AM, RFD, FRACP, FRCP, FACTM, FAIM - ADF Health 2003; 4 (1): 38-39.

Dentistry

The operational dental officer in the ADF
Wing Commander Gregory D Mahoney, BDSc, GradDipClinDent, MSc(Dent) - ADF Health 2003; 4 (1): 40-44.

Malaria Update

Malaria in the ADF, July-December 2002
Lieutenant Commander Sonya Bennett - ADF Health 2003; 4 (1): 44.

Emergency Medicine

Non-operative management of ruptured liver in Bougainville
Group Captain John E Payne; Major Peter Tralaggan, RAAMC; Major Mark Harris, RAAMC; Captain Phillip Miller, RAAMC; Sergeant Derek Davis, RAAMC; and Lieutenant Colonel David Scott, RAAMC - ADF Health 2003; 4 (1): 45-47.

Letters

Paediatrician remembers naval battle
Commander Neil Westphalen, - ADF Health 2003; 4 (1): 48.

Health Service Profile

Fleet Base West Health Centre
Fleet Base West Health Centre - ADF Health 2003; 4 (1): back cover.

Notices

Thanks to the reviewers
- ADF Health 2003; 4 (1): 26.

ADF Health editorial policy on disclosure of conflicts of interest
- ADF Health 2003; 4 (1): 47.


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