The National Medical Journal of India, On the frontline of Indian medicine,VOLUME 13,NUMBER 6, NOVEMBER DECEMBER 2000

VOLUME 13, NUMBER 6

NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 2000

EDITORIALS
The newborn health agenda: Need for a village-level midwife		[PDF] 281
	VINOD K. PAUL
The diabetes epidemic: Need for a systematic response		[PDF] 284
	PANKAJ SHAH
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Type 2 diabetes in southern Kerala: Variation in prevalence among geographic divisions within a region		[PDF] 287
	V. RAMAN KUTTY, C.R. SOMAN, A. JOSEPH, R. PISHARODY, K. VIJAYAKUMAR
Influence of education and occupation on knowledge about diabetes control		[PDF] 293
	R. MEHROTRA, SARITA BAJAJ, D. KUMAR, K.J. SINGH
Acinetobacter infection in neurosurgical intensive care patients		[PDF] 296
	A. SURI, A.K. MAHAPATRA, A. KAPIL
SHORT REPORT
Clinical manifestations and survival pattern of Wilson's disease		[PDF] 301
	V.S. RICHARD, V.K. HARRIS, V. SHANKAR, G. LOGANATHAN, G.M. CHANDY
REVIEW ARTICLE
Reactive oxygen species in health and disease		[PDF] 304
	K. DATTA, S. SINHA, P. CHATTOPADHYAY
SELECTED SUMMARY
Further insight into the thrifty phenotype		[PDF] 311
EVERYDAY PRACTICE
Performing a pericardiocentesis		[PDF] 313
	S. S. KOTHARI
MEDICINE AND SOCIETY
School drop-out: A public health approach		[PDF] 316
	VIKRAM PATEL, NANDITA DE SOUZA
SPEAKING FOR MYSELF
The pharmaceutical industry: Our 'silent' partner in the practice of medicine		[PDF] 319
	A.C. ANAND
OBITUARIES
	Ida Sophia Scudder	[PDF] 322
	Uttamchand Khimchand Sheth	[PDF] 323
BOOK REVIEWS		[PDF] 324
LETTERS
	LETTER FROM JOHANNESBURG	[PDF] 326
	LETTER FROM MUMBAI	[PDF] 327
CORRESPONDENCE		[PDF] 328
NEWS FROM HERE AND THERE		[PDF] 331
MASALA		[PDF] 333
NOTICES		[PDF] 334
INFORMATION FOR CONTRIBUTORS		[PDF] 335

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