Annual Report of the Chief Medical Officer 2007

ON THE STATE OF PUBLIC HEALTH: ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER 2007

Contents

“On the State of Public Health

Progress Check

Under Their Skins: Tackling the health of the teenage nation

While You Were Sleeping: Making surgery safer

Jenner’s Legacy: Creating vaccines for the future

A Pathological Concern: Understanding the rise in oesophageal cancer

On Equal Terms: Achieving racial equality in medicine

The Regions: Health problems and initiatives

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