Urbanization, urbanicity, and health.

Urbanization, malaria transmission and disease burden in Africa. Nat Rev Microbiol (2005) 11.88

Green space, urbanity, and health: how strong is the relation? J Epidemiol Community Health (2006) 5.35

Challenges and facilitating factors in sustaining community-based participatory research partnerships: lessons learned from the Detroit, New York City and Seattle Urban Research Centers. J Urban Health (2006) 3.36

Urban as a determinant of health. J Urban Health (2007) 2.95

Measuring urbanization pattern and extent for malaria research: a review of remote sensing approaches. J Urban Health (2004) 2.74

Provision and use of maternal health services among urban poor women in Kenya: what do we know and what can we do? J Urban Health (2008) 2.47

Quantifying the urban environment: a scale measure of urbanicity outperforms the urban-rural dichotomy. Soc Sci Med (2006) 2.42

Understanding community context and adult health changes in China: development of an urbanicity scale. Soc Sci Med (2010) 2.36

Defining urban and rural areas in U.S. epidemiologic studies. J Urban Health (2006) 2.26

The influence of urbanisation on measures of Plasmodium falciparum infection prevalence in East Africa. Acta Trop (2005) 2.23

Challenging urban health: towards an improved local government response to migration, informal settlements, and HIV in Johannesburg, South Africa. Glob Health Action (2011) 1.66

Urban area disadvantage and under-5 mortality in Nigeria: the effect of rapid urbanization. Environ Health Perspect (2010) 1.61

Quantification of urbanization in relation to chronic diseases in developing countries: a systematic review. J Urban Health (2008) 1.56

Mental disorders in megacities: findings from the São Paulo megacity mental health survey, Brazil. PLoS One (2012) 1.56

What neighborhood area captures built environment features related to adolescent physical activity? Health Place (2010) 1.47

Level of urbanization and noncommunicable disease risk factors in Tamil Nadu, India. Bull World Health Organ (2009) 1.47

Association between community health center and rural health clinic presence and county-level hospitalization rates for ambulatory care sensitive conditions: an analysis across eight US states. BMC Health Serv Res (2009) 1.46

Urban-rural differences in BMI in low- and middle-income countries: the role of socioeconomic status. Am J Clin Nutr (2013) 1.39

Associations between urbanisation and components of the health-risk transition in Thailand. A descriptive study of 87,000 Thai adults. Glob Health Action (2009) 1.27

The urban health "advantage". J Urban Health (2005) 1.25

Urbanicity and lifestyle risk factors for cardiometabolic diseases in rural Uganda: a cross-sectional study. PLoS Med (2014) 1.10

Obesogenic environments in youth: concepts and methods from a longitudinal national sample. Am J Prev Med (2012) 1.04

The effects of urbanization on global Plasmodium vivax malaria transmission. Malar J (2012) 1.02

Urbanisation, urbanicity, and health: a systematic review of the reliability and validity of urbanicity scales. BMC Public Health (2013) 0.99

Toward a research and action agenda on urban planning/design and health equity in cities in low and middle-income countries. J Urban Health (2011) 0.98

The development and validation of an urbanicity scale in a multi-country study. BMC Public Health (2012) 0.95

A conceptual framework for reducing risky teen driving behaviors among minority youth. Inj Prev (2006) 0.93

Health disparities among young adult sexual minorities in the U.S. Am J Prev Med (2014) 0.93

Urban Malaria: Understanding its Epidemiology, Ecology, and Transmission Across Seven Diverse ICEMR Network Sites. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2015) 0.91

Age differences in health effects of stressors and perceived control among urban African American women. J Urban Health (2005) 0.90

Neighborhood archetypes for population health research: is there no place like home? Health Place (2010) 0.90

The urban safety net: can it keep people healthy and out of the hospital? J Urban Health (2004) 0.89

The rural bite in population pyramids: what are the implications for responsiveness of health systems in middle income countries? BMC Public Health (2014) 0.87

Urban sprawl, obesity, and cancer mortality in the United States: cross-sectional analysis and methodological challenges. Int J Health Geogr (2014) 0.85

Geographically weighted regression of land cover determinants of Plasmodium falciparum transmission in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Int J Health Geogr (2014) 0.83

Urban development in Sub-Saharan Africa: bearer of goods and risks. PLoS Med (2014) 0.82

The spatial distribution of overweight and obesity among a birth cohort of young adult Filipinos (Cebu Philippines, 2005): an application of the Kulldorff spatial scan statistic. Nutr Diabetes (2013) 0.81

"Coming to town": the impact of urbanicity, cigarette advertising, and network norms on the smoking attitudes of black women in Cape Town, South Africa. J Urban Health (2008) 0.80

Urban land-use and respiratory symptoms in infants. Environ Res (2011) 0.80

Hypothesis: Urbanization and exposure to urban heat islands contribute to increasing prevalence of kidney stones. Med Hypotheses (2015) 0.80

Socioeconomic status, urbanicity and risk behaviors in Mexican youth: an analysis of three cross-sectional surveys. BMC Public Health (2011) 0.80

National economic development and disparities in body mass index: a cross-sectional study of data from 38 countries. PLoS One (2014) 0.79

Health-care-seeking patterns in the emerging private sector in Burkina Faso: a population-based study of urban adult residents in Ouagadougou. PLoS One (2014) 0.79

Differences in age-standardized mortality rates for avoidable deaths based on urbanization levels in Taiwan, 1971-2008. Int J Environ Res Public Health (2014) 0.78

Stress in the City: Influence of Urban Social Stress and Violence on Pregnancy and Postpartum Quality of Life among Adolescent and Young Mothers. J Urban Health (2016) 0.78

The Association of Urbanicity with Cognitive Development at Five Years of Age in Preterm Children. PLoS One (2015) 0.77

Socioeconomic Status and Coronary Heart Disease Risk: The Role of Social Cognitive Factors. Soc Personal Psychol Compass (2010) 0.77

Peak oil, urban form, and public health: exploring the connections. Am J Public Health (2011) 0.77

Giving people more green space. J Urban Health (2007) 0.76

Per capita incidence of sexually transmitted infections increases systematically with urban population size: a cross-sectional study. Sex Transm Infect (2015) 0.75

Healthy Cities of Tomorrow: the Case for Large Scale Built Environment-Health Studies. J Urban Health (2017) 0.75

Validation and comparison study of three urbanicity scales in a Thailand context. BMC Public Health (2016) 0.75

Needed: Global Collaboration for Comparative Research on Cities and Health. Int J Health Policy Manag (2016) 0.75

Factors associated with secondhand tobacco smoke in the home: an exploratory cross-sectional study among women in Aleta Wondo, Ethiopia. BMC Public Health (2016) 0.75

Inner-City African-American Women's Adolescence as Stressful Life Events: Understanding Substance Abusing Behavior. J Afr Am Stud (New Brunsw) (2010) 0.75

Complexity As Key to Designing Cognitive-Friendly Environments for Older People. Front Psychol (2016) 0.75

Do women in major cities experience better health? A comparison of chronic conditions and their risk factors between women living in major cities and other cities in Indonesia. Glob Health Action (2015) 0.75

Development of a spatial sampling protocol using GIS to measure health disparities in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso, a medium-sized African city. Int J Health Geogr (2017) 0.75

Do Childhood Adversities Predict Suicidality? Findings from the General Population of the Metropolitan Area of São Paulo, Brazil. PLoS One (2016) 0.75

Demand Creation for Polio Vaccine in Persistently Poor-Performing Communities of Northern Nigeria: 2013-2014. J Infect Dis (2016) 0.75

Multilevel examination of the association of urbanization with inflammation in Chinese adults. Health Place (2014) 0.75

Health Impact Assessment of Urban Development Project. Glob J Health Sci (2016) 0.75

Sustainable urban systems: Co-design and framing for transformation. Ambio (2017) 0.75

Mortality by cause for eight regions of the world: Global Burden of Disease Study. Lancet (1997) 29.18

Excess mortality in Harlem. N Engl J Med (1990) 12.12

Housing and health: time again for public health action. Am J Public Health (2002) 6.17

To mitigate, resist, or undo: addressing structural influences on the health of urban populations. Am J Public Health (2000) 5.27

Community-level comparisons between the grocery store environment and individual dietary practices. Prev Med (1991) 4.45

Noise exposure and public health. Environ Health Perspect (2000) 3.01

Health effects of residence near hazardous waste landfill sites: a review of epidemiologic literature. Environ Health Perspect (2000) 2.97

Zip code-level risk factors for tuberculosis: neighborhood environment and residential segregation in New Jersey, 1985-1992. Am J Public Health (2001) 2.56

The urban environment and health in a world of increasing globalization: issues for developing countries. Bull World Health Organ (2000) 2.32

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Population-based monitoring of an urban HIV/AIDS epidemic. Magnitude and trends in the District of Columbia. JAMA (1992) 1.62

The rise and decline of homicide--and why. Annu Rev Public Health (2000) 1.60

Gender differences in health care access indicators in an urban, low-income community. Am J Public Health (2000) 1.52

Time for a national agenda to improve the health of urban populations. Am J Public Health (2000) 1.46

Contribution of nutrition to the health transition in developing countries: a framework for research and intervention. Nutr Rev (1999) 1.45

Urban issues in health promotion strategies. Am J Public Health (2000) 1.38

High prevalence disorders in urban and rural communities. Aust N Z J Psychiatry (2002) 1.34

Health promotion in the city: a review of current practice and future prospects in the United States. Annu Rev Public Health (2000) 1.34

Crack cocaine abuse: an epidemic with many public health consequences. Annu Rev Public Health (1996) 1.34

Urbanization, mental health, and social deviancy. A review of issues and research. Am Psychol (1998) 1.21

Community, service, and policy strategies to improve health care access in the changing urban environment. Am J Public Health (2000) 1.21

The environment and asthma in U.S. inner cities. Environ Health Perspect (1999) 1.19

Social determinants of loneliness among older Americans. Genet Soc Gen Psychol Monogr (1996) 1.18

Risk factors of HIV infection and needle sharing among injecting drug users in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. J Subst Abuse (2001) 1.18

Drugs and firearm deaths in New York City, 1990-1998. J Urban Health (2002) 1.12

Health promotion in the city: a structured review of the literature on interventions to prevent heart disease, substance abuse, violence and HIV infection in US metropolitan areas, 1980-1995. J Urban Health (2000) 1.03

Regional variation in drug purchase opportunity among youths in the United States, 1996-1997. J Urban Health (2002) 0.95

Optimizing tuberculosis control in the inner city. CMAJ (1999) 0.93

The relationship between urban airborne pollution and short-term mortality: quantitative and qualitative aspects. Eur J Epidemiol (2000) 0.91

Ambulance arrival to patient contact: the hidden component of prehospital response time intervals. Ann Emerg Med (1993) 0.89

The changing epidemiology of HIV infection in injecting drug users in Dublin, Ireland. HIV Med (2001) 0.88

World population beyond six billion. Popul Bull (1999) 0.84

[Urban/rural differences in mortality, 1950-1970]. World Health Stat Rep (1976) 0.84

Urban and rural differences in cardiovascular disease in blacks. Cardiovasc Clin (1991) 0.83

Opiates, cocaine and alcohol combinations in accidental drug overdose deaths in New York City, 1990-98. Addiction (2003) 4.25

Six paths for the future of social epidemiology. Am J Epidemiol (2013) 4.12

Television images and psychological symptoms after the September 11 terrorist attacks. Psychiatry (2002) 4.07

Exposure to prolonged socio-political conflict and the risk of PTSD and depression among Palestinians. Psychiatry (2010) 3.65

Women's preferences for place of delivery in rural Tanzania: a population-based discrete choice experiment. Am J Public Health (2009) 3.28

Medical marijuana laws in 50 states: investigating the relationship between state legalization of medical marijuana and marijuana use, abuse and dependence. Drug Alcohol Depend (2011) 3.26

An argument for a consequentialist epidemiology. Am J Epidemiol (2013) 3.02

Urban as a determinant of health. J Urban Health (2007) 2.95

Increased use of cigarettes, alcohol, and marijuana among Manhattan, New York, residents after the September 11th terrorist attacks. Am J Epidemiol (2002) 2.93

Epigenetic and immune function profiles associated with posttraumatic stress disorder. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2010) 2.85

The serotonin transporter genotype and social support and moderation of posttraumatic stress disorder and depression in hurricane-exposed adults. Am J Psychiatry (2007) 2.81

Adolescent marijuana use from 2002 to 2008: higher in states with medical marijuana laws, cause still unclear. Ann Epidemiol (2011) 2.81

Mental illness and suicidality after Hurricane Katrina. Bull World Health Organ (2006) 2.74

Stigma, discrimination and the health of illicit drug users. Drug Alcohol Depend (2006) 2.71

Mental health service and medication use in New York City after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack. Psychiatr Serv (2004) 2.58

Smoking and the emergence of a stigmatized social status. Soc Sci Med (2008) 2.47

Psychological sequelae resulting from the 2004 Florida hurricanes: implications for postdisaster intervention. Am J Public Health (2007) 2.40

What predicts psychological resilience after disaster? The role of demographics, resources, and life stress. J Consult Clin Psychol (2007) 2.39

Bypassing primary care facilities for childbirth: a population-based study in rural Tanzania. Health Policy Plan (2009) 2.38

Epidemiology and the macrosocial determinants of health. J Public Health Policy (2008) 2.27

Estimating the effects of potential public health interventions on population disease burden: a step-by-step illustration of causal inference methods. Am J Epidemiol (2009) 2.24

Are network-based interventions a useful antiobesity strategy? An application of simulation models for causal inference in epidemiology. Am J Epidemiol (2013) 2.20

Multilevel community-based intervention to increase access to sterile syringes among injection drug users through pharmacy sales in New York City. Am J Public Health (2006) 2.20

Looking for resilience: understanding the longitudinal trajectories of responses to stress. Soc Sci Med (2009) 2.12

Risk and protective factors for psychopathology among older versus younger adults after the 2004 Florida hurricanes. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry (2006) 2.09

Formalizing the role of agent-based modeling in causal inference and epidemiology. Am J Epidemiol (2014) 2.08

Psychological resilience after disaster: New York City in the aftermath of the September 11th terrorist attack. Psychol Sci (2006) 2.08

Neighborhood poverty and injection cessation in a sample of injection drug users. Am J Epidemiol (2010) 2.07

Addressing social determinants of health: community-based participatory approaches to research and practice. Health Educ Behav (2002) 1.94

"Culture of drinking" and individual problems with alcohol use. Am J Epidemiol (2008) 1.93

Borrowing and selling to pay for health care in low- and middle-income countries. Health Aff (Millwood) (2009) 1.85

Gene expression patterns associated with posttraumatic stress disorder following exposure to the World Trade Center attacks. Biol Psychiatry (2009) 1.85

Probable cigarette dependence, PTSD, and depression after an urban disaster: results from a population survey of New York City residents 4 months after September 11, 2001. Psychiatry (2005) 1.84

SARS control and psychological effects of quarantine, Toronto, Canada. Emerg Infect Dis (2004) 1.83

Utilization of mental health services following the September 11th terrorist attacks in Manhattan, New York City. Int J Emerg Ment Health (2002) 1.82

The association between multiple domains of discrimination and self-assessed health: a multilevel analysis of Latinos and blacks in four low-income New York City neighborhoods. Health Serv Res (2003) 1.75

User fee exemptions are not enough: out-of-pocket payments for 'free' delivery services in rural Tanzania. Trop Med Int Health (2008) 1.73

The association of exposure, risk, and resiliency factors with PTSD among Jews and Arabs exposed to repeated acts of terrorism in Israel. J Trauma Stress (2008) 1.70

Effects of race, neighborhood, and social network on age at initiation of injection drug use. Am J Public Health (2005) 1.67

Sustained increased consumption of cigarettes, alcohol, and marijuana among Manhattan residents after september 11, 2001. Am J Public Health (2004) 1.65

Health care financing and utilization of maternal health services in developing countries. Health Policy Plan (2007) 1.65

Pervasive exposure to violence and posttraumatic stress disorder in a predominantly African American Urban Community: the Detroit Neighborhood Health Study. J Trauma Stress (2011) 1.65

Impact of increased syringe access: preliminary findings on injection drug user syringe source, disposal, and pharmacy sales in Harlem, New York. J Am Pharm Assoc (Wash) (2002) 1.62

MPH education for the 21st century: design of Columbia University's new public health curriculum. Am J Public Health (2013) 1.61

An overview of 9/11 experiences and respiratory and mental health conditions among World Trade Center Health Registry enrollees. J Urban Health (2008) 1.60

Distribution of influenza vaccine to high-risk groups. Epidemiol Rev (2006) 1.59

In memoriam: Mervyn Susser, MB, BCh, DPH. Am J Epidemiol (2014) 1.59

Community and health system factors associated with facility delivery in rural Tanzania: a multilevel analysis. Health Policy (2010) 1.58

Modification of the association between serotonin transporter genotype and risk of posttraumatic stress disorder in adults by county-level social environment. Am J Epidemiol (2009) 1.58

The effect of HIV infection on overdose mortality. AIDS (2005) 1.58

The burden of loss: unexpected death of a loved one and psychiatric disorders across the life course in a national study. Am J Psychiatry (2014) 1.58

Evaluation of a naloxone distribution and administration program in New York City. Subst Use Misuse (2008) 1.55

Long-term posttraumatic stress symptoms among 3,271 civilian survivors of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. Am J Epidemiol (2010) 1.55

Comparison of two widely used PTSD-screening instruments: implications for public mental health planning. J Trauma Stress (2006) 1.55

Circumstances of witnessed drug overdose in New York City: implications for intervention. Drug Alcohol Depend (2005) 1.54

Reformulating PTSD for DSM-V: life after Criterion A. J Trauma Stress (2009) 1.52

Substance use and misuse in the aftermath of terrorism. A Bayesian meta-analysis. Addiction (2009) 1.51

Alcohol use in New York after the terrorist attacks: a study of the effects of psychological trauma on drinking behavior. Addict Behav (2005) 1.49

Updating the infection risk reduction hierarchy: preventing transition into injection. J Urban Health (2004) 1.49

Who conceals their smoking status from their health care provider? Nicotine Tob Res (2009) 1.49

Social network analysis and agent-based modeling in social epidemiology. Epidemiol Perspect Innov (2012) 1.46

Neighborhood smoking norms modify the relation between collective efficacy and smoking behavior. Drug Alcohol Depend (2008) 1.46

PTSD and depression after the Madrid March 11 train bombings. J Trauma Stress (2006) 1.45

Social and psychological resources and health outcomes after the World Trade Center disaster. Soc Sci Med (2005) 1.45

Alcohol use, mental health status and psychological well-being 2 years after the World Trade Center attacks in New York City. Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse (2006) 1.43

Community perceptions and factors influencing utilization of health services in Uganda. Int J Equity Health (2009) 1.43

Quantifying Separate and Unequal: Racial-Ethnic Distributions of Neighborhood Poverty in Metropolitan America. Urban Aff Rev Thousand Oaks Calif (2009) 1.43

MPH education for the 21st century: motivation, rationale, and key principles for the new Columbia public health curriculum. Am J Public Health (2013) 1.42

The impact of resource loss and traumatic growth on probable PTSD and depression following terrorist attacks. J Trauma Stress (2006) 1.42

Access to and use of health services among undocumented Mexican immigrants in a US urban area. Am J Public Health (2008) 1.41

Opiate users' knowledge about overdose prevention and naloxone in New York City: a focus group study. Harm Reduct J (2006) 1.40

Differences in the determinants of posttraumatic stress disorder and depression after a mass traumatic event. Depress Anxiety (2011) 1.40

Neighborhood characteristics and change in depressive symptoms among older residents of New York City. Am J Public Health (2008) 1.40

Social determinants of the health of urban populations: methodologic considerations. J Urban Health (2007) 1.39

The impact of New York City's 1975 fiscal crisis on the tuberculosis, HIV, and homicide syndemic. Am J Public Health (2006) 1.39

Identifying injection drug users at risk of nonfatal overdose. Acad Emerg Med (2007) 1.38

Consumption of cigarettes, alcohol, and marijuana among New York City residents six months after the September 11 terrorist attacks. Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse (2004) 1.38

Neighborhoods and HIV: a social ecological approach to prevention and care. Am Psychol (2013) 1.37

Beyond urban penalty and urban sprawl: back to living conditions as the focus of urban health. J Community Health (2005) 1.36

Internet-based intervention for mental health and substance use problems in disaster-affected populations: a pilot feasibility study. Behav Ther (2006) 1.36

Effectiveness of highly active antiretroviral therapy among injection drug users with late-stage human immunodeficiency virus infection. Am J Epidemiol (2005) 1.34

Community reentry: perceptions of people with substance use problems returning home from New York City jails. J Urban Health (2006) 1.34

Overdose prevention for injection drug users: lessons learned from naloxone training and distribution programs in New York City. Harm Reduct J (2007) 1.34

Prevalence and consequences of disaster-related illness and injury from Hurricane Ike. Rehabil Psychol (2010) 1.34

Defining neighborhood boundaries for urban health research. Am J Prev Med (2007) 1.34

Equity of skilled birth attendant utilization in developing countries: financing and policy determinants. Am J Public Health (2007) 1.34

Trajectories of resilience, resistance, and distress during ongoing terrorism: the case of Jews and Arabs in Israel. J Consult Clin Psychol (2009) 1.32

Psychiatric medication use among Manhattan residents following the World Trade Center disaster. J Trauma Stress (2003) 1.32

Public Health in the Precision-Medicine Era. N Engl J Med (2015) 1.31

Interpersonal discrimination and the health of illicit drug users. Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse (2005) 1.30

Stigmatization of newly emerging infectious diseases: AIDS and SARS. Am J Public Health (2006) 1.29

Urban health: a new discipline. Lancet (2003) 1.28

Comorbid forms of psychopathology: key patterns and future research directions. Epidemiol Rev (2008) 1.28

Gender, social support, and posttraumatic stress in postwar Kosovo. J Nerv Ment Dis (2004) 1.27

Fear of terrorism and preparedness in New York City 2 years after the attacks: implications for disaster planning and research. J Public Health Manag Pract (2006) 1.27

Addressing social determinants of health inequities: learning from doing. Am J Public Health (2005) 1.26

Disparities in mental health treatment following the World Trade Center Disaster: implications for mental health care and health services research. J Trauma Stress (2005) 1.25

Do neighborhood economic characteristics, racial composition, and residential stability predict perceptions of stress associated with the physical and social environment? Findings from a multilevel analysis in Detroit. J Urban Health (2008) 1.25

Sampling and recruitment in multilevel studies among marginalized urban populations: the IMPACT studies. J Urban Health (2008) 1.23

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