Volume 81, Number 9, 2003, 629-697

IN THIS MONTH'S BULLETIN

• In This Month's Bulletin
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  Landmine injuries; Back pain; Osteoporosis; Osteoarthritis

EDITORIALS

• Lars Lidgren
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  The Bone and Joint Decade — 2000–2010
• George Ehrlich
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  The rise of osteoarthritis
• Edward D. Harris
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  The changing dimensions of rheumatoid arthritis and its treatment

RESEARCH

• Alexander van Geen et al.
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  Community wells to mitigate the arsenic crisis in Bangladesh
• Mary Deeb et al.
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  Reproductive tract infections, genital prolapse, and obesity in rural Lebanon

POLICY & PRACTICE

• Anthony D. Woolf & Bruce Pfleger
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  Burden of major musculoskeletal conditions
• Kristina Åkesson
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  New approaches to pharmacological treatment of osteoporosis
• Nicolas E. Walsh & Wendy S. Walsh
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  Rehabilitation of landmine victims
• George E. Ehrlich
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  Low back pain
• Kristina Åkesson et al.
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  Improved education in musculoskeletal conditions

PERSPECTIVES

• Dinesh Mohan
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  Road traffic injuries — a neglected pandemic
• Dick Heinegård et al.
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  Recent developments and future research in the Bone and Joint Decade 2002–2010

PUBLIC HEALTH CLASSIC

• George E. Ehrlich
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  Osteoarthritis beginning with inflammation. Definitions and correlations
• Peter Brooks
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  Commentary: Inflammation as an important feature of osteoarthritis

NEWS

• News
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  Aid agencies prepare to tackle desperate situation in Liberia; Tobacco control begins to take hold in the Philippines; European cancer programme reduced mortality, but mostly for men; “Transformation” prescribed for mental health care in the USA
• WHO News
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  Polio eradication: 7 countries and US$ 210 million to go; India remobilizes against polio; Obituary Nadia Younes 1946–2003

Acknowledgement: Edward D. Harris in collaboration with Ian G. Neil coordinated the special theme.