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Cover: In this issue Lynn McIntyre and colleagues report on the prevalence of hunger among Canadian children, using data from the 1994 National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (page 961). Commentator Laird Birmingham calls for physicians to be more suspicious of hunger and malnutrition in their patients (page 985). (Art Explosion; design: Carole Lalonde)

	Editorial • Éditorial
945	What can you buy with a $33 bill? [HTML / PDF]
947	Qu'est-ce qu'on pourrait acheter avec un billet de 33 $? [HTML / PDF]

953	Letters • Correspondance [PDF] Instructions to correspondents Is massage therapy genuinely effective? L. Oppel; C. Sedergreen; response: M. Preyde Legalization of drugs not the answer I.G. Brock, V. Gurekas; response: C. Hankins Anticoagulation therapy for patients with atrial fibrillation R.G. Hart Deaths [Correction] Saving face: doctors lobby to protect hockey players [Correction]

	Research • Recherche
961	Child hunger in Canada: results of the 1994 National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth L. McIntyre, S.K. Connor, J. Warren [HTML / PDF]
969	Noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation: a utilization review of use in a teaching hospital T. Sinuff, D. Cook, J. Randall, C. Allen [HTML / PDF]
977	Prevalence and detection of delirium in elderly emergency department patients M. Élie, F. Rousseau, M. Cole, F. Primeau, J. McCusker, F. Bellavance [HTML / PDF]

	Commentary • Commentaire
985	Child hunger: semi-starvation study repeated in Canada C.L. Birmingham [HTML / PDF]
986	The limitations of evidence from randomized trials S. Magder [HTML / PDF]
991	Risk factors for thromboembolism: pathophysiology and detection S. Solymoss [HTML / PDF]

	Review • Synthèse
999	Rheumatology: 9. Physical and occupational therapy in the management of arthritis B.M. Clark [HTML / PDF]
1009	Environment and health: 4. Cancer R. Clapp [HTML / PDF]
1016	Criteria for evaluating evidence that laboratory abnormalities are associated with the development of venous thromboembolism S.M. Bates, J.S. Ginsberg, S.E. Straus, H. Rekers, D.L. Sackett [HTML / PDF]

1024	The Left Atrium • De l'Oreille Gauche [HTML / PDF]
	Tuberculosis in time (book review by D.A.E. Shephard) The reflecting pool F. Paola All forgiveness, A.M. Todkill The Famous 5 and the infamous Lizzie, D. Woollard

1029	News and analysis • Nouvelles et analyses [PDF]
	Everyone claims victory in health care deal, but who really won? Canada's only Di Bella cancer clinic a very lonely place Xenotransplantation survival Pathologists dismayed by recruiting problems Immune in the womb CMAJ's new editorial fellow merges science and science fiction Ontario RNs start recruiting in elementary school On the Net: Worshipping at the altar of the Palm Pilot Poor conditions in refugee camps make malaria screening difficult: expert Pulse: Are pagers replacing the stethoscope as a medical symbol? Manitoba hopes to lure specialists with signing bonuses Can your patients understand you? Almost all physicians have embraced computer use, survey shows A losing battle against child poverty? Clinical Update: New doubts about the diet-and-cancer connection Public Health: The hazards of Halloween

1116	Deaths • Nécrologie

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