… toxicologist and formerly Director of the National Poisons Centre, and published in August 2016 [4]. The aim of the EPA … toxicology and cancer biology.” Prof Alistair Woodward - Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of … Auckland Ass Prof Andrea t’Mannetje - Massey University’s Centre for Public Health Research (CPHR). Dr Dave McLean …
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… pandemic (as some of us just recently detailed in a NZ Medical Journal Editorial [1]). We have been fortunate in … only a small fraction of cases of COVID-19 will come to medical attention in either primary care or as hospital …
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… are outweighed by commercial interests. For example, Christchurch City Council proposed a target of 1mg/L … nitrate (or other) contamination has exceeded the MAV. Medical Officers of Health should be required to engage … of Otago, Wellington, and Public Health Communication Centre (PHCC) Dr Tim Chambers , Department of Public Health, …
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… use of hand-held phones while driving. In last Friday’s NZ Medical Journal (PDF available on request) we summarise the … to be explored, including ones that we canvas in the NZ Medical Journal piece. One of these options could be a …
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… of Otago Wellington, and Public Health Communication Centre Marnie Prickett , Department of Public Health, … of Otago Wellington, and Public Health Communication Centre Dr John Kerr , Science Lead, Public Health Communication Centre, and Department of Public Health, University of Otago …
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… operate within 300m of any school, kura or early childhood centre. Alongside stronger proximity measures, density … Prof Janet Hoek , Co-Director of ASPIRE Aotearoa Research Centre, and Department of Public Health, Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka … of Otago Dr Jude Ball , ASPIRE Aotearoa Research Centre, and Department of Public Health, Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka …
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… good policy solutions. 1 The Public Health Communication Centre’s main aim is to help provide that evidence to … policy in the lead-up to the election. The Science Media Centre has conducted an election Q&A with political parties. … Nick Wilson , are all from the Public Health Communication Centre, and the Department of Public Health, University of …
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… Richard Edwards , Co-Director of ASPIRE Aotearoa Research Centre, and Department of Public Health, Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka … Prof Janet Hoek , Co-Director of ASPIRE Aotearoa Research Centre, and Department of Public Health, Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka … Prof Andrew Waa , Co-Director of ASPIRE Aotearoa Research Centre, and Department of Public Health, Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka …
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… had warning of the approach of influenza, yet the colonial medical staff discounted the risk and faced strong economic … that destroyed indigenous confidence in the colonial medical system. Roughly five percent of the population of … Organization). The recent Australian investment in the centre for Health Security (AU$ 300 million) is a worthy …
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… Health, Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka | University of Otago, Christchurch Dr Jude Ball , Department of Public Health, … University of Otago, Wellington Professor Joseph Boden , Christchurch Health and Development Study, Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka | University of Otago, Christchurch … Alcohol and suicide: The facts …
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