Abstract
JRSM Short Reports is a new, online-only, peer reviewed, open-access companion journal to JRSM. JRSM Short Reports was launched in June 2010 and is rapidly developing into a leading international online resource of clinical papers, reviews and case reports on all aspects of improving patient care. As with other open access journals, authors are required to pay a small fee for published articles to cover the production costs and ensure that their article is freely available to readers.
Articles published in JRSM Short Reports are now included in both PubMed and PubMed Central. You can find JRSM Short Reports on the Internet at
Here are the articles published in JRSM Short Reports in January 2012:
Research
Kirk A. How influences on teenage smoking reflect gender and society in Mali, West Africa. J R Soc Med Sh Rep 2012;
Povlsen B. Is typing speed proportional to the severity of pain in keyboard workers with work-related upper limb disorder. J R Soc Med Sh Rep 2012;
Devasahayam A, Lawn T, Murphy M, White PD. Alternative diagnoses to chronic fatigue syndrome in referrals to a specialist service: service evaluation survey. J R Soc Med Sh Rep 2012;
Tsang C, Majeed A, Aylin P. Consultations with general practitioners on patient safety measures based on routinely collected data in primary care. J R Soc Med Sh Rep 2012;
Spiriev T, Prabhakar H, Sandu N, Tzekov C, Kondoff S, Laleva L, Schaller B. Use of hydrogen peroxide in neurosurgery: case series of cardiovascular complications. J R Soc Med Sh Rep 2012;
Jones HG, Jardine N, Williamson J, Puntis MCA, Morris-Stiff GJ. Patients with non-diagnostic hyperamylasaemia must be investigated and managed as per acute pancreatitis J R Soc Med Sh Rep 2012;
Review
Garrard P, Peters TJ. Multiple sclerosis or neuromyelitis optica? Re-evaluating an 18th-century illness using 21st-century software. J R Soc Med Sh Rep 2012;