Published in Soc Sci Med on December 01, 2003
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A matched pair cluster randomized implementation trail to measure the effectiveness of an intervention package aiming to decrease perinatal mortality and increase institution-based obstetric care among indigenous women in Guatemala: study protocol. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth (2013) 0.88
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Ecological and socio-demographic differences in maternal care services in Nepal. PeerJ (2015) 0.77
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The impact of predisposing, enabling, and need factors in utilization of health services among rural residents in Guangxi, China. BMC Health Serv Res (2016) 0.77
Practices related to postpartum uterine involution in the Western Highlands of Guatemala. Midwifery (2012) 0.76
Female migrants, family members and community socio-demographic characteristics influence facility delivery in Rufiji, Tanzania. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth (2014) 0.76
Obstetric care and method of delivery in Mexico: results from the 2012 National Health and Nutrition Survey. PLoS One (2014) 0.76
Effectiveness of advertising availability of prenatal ultrasound on uptake of antenatal care in rural Uganda: A cluster randomized trial. PLoS One (2017) 0.75
Institutional Delivery and Satisfaction among Indigenous and Poor Women in Guatemala, Mexico, and Panama. PLoS One (2016) 0.75
Prenatal care and child growth and schooling in four low- and medium-income countries. PLoS One (2017) 0.75
Health and wealth in Mesoamerica: findings from Salud Mesomérica 2015. BMC Med (2015) 0.75
Utilisation of health services and the poor: deconstructing wealth-based differences in facility-based delivery in the Philippines. BMC Public Health (2016) 0.75
Development and pretesting of an information, education and communication (IEC) focused antenatal care handbook in Pakistan. BMC Res Notes (2011) 0.75
Socioeconomic determinants of use of reproductive health services in Ghana. Health Econ Rev (2016) 0.75
The healthy migrant effect: new findings from the Mexican Family Life Survey. Am J Public Health (2007) 2.47
Participating in social activities helps preserve cognitive function: an analysis of a longitudinal, population-based study of the elderly. Int J Epidemiol (2005) 2.17
Before and after the 1999 Chi-Chi earthquake: traumatic events and depressive symptoms in an older population. Soc Sci Med (2006) 1.96
Relationship between subjective social status and measures of health in older Taiwanese persons. J Am Geriatr Soc (2005) 1.94
Socioeconomic differences in health among older adults in Mexico. Soc Sci Med (2007) 1.89
Race, ethnicity, and the education gradient in health. Health Aff (Millwood) (2008) 1.82
Socioeconomic differences in mortality among U.S. adults: insights into the Hispanic paradox. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci (2007) 1.68
Why do Hispanics in the USA report poor health? Soc Sci Med (2007) 1.60
Monitoring reproductive aging in a 5-year prospective study: aggregate and individual changes in steroid hormones and menstrual cycle lengths with age. Menopause (2005) 1.56
Healthier before they migrate, less healthy when they return? The health of returned migrants in Mexico. Soc Sci Med (2011) 1.55
A comparative analysis of measurement approaches for physiological dysregulation in an older population. Exp Gerontol (2005) 1.43
Social relationships and allostatic load in Taiwanese elderly and near elderly. Soc Sci Med (2004) 1.43
How are biomarkers related to physical and mental well-being? J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci (2004) 1.39
Sleep duration, sleep quality, and biomarkers of inflammation in a Taiwanese population. Ann Epidemiol (2011) 1.37
Social ties and perceived support: two dimensions of social relationships and health among the elderly in Taiwan. J Aging Health (2003) 1.35
Social linkages to biological markers of health among the elderly. J Biosoc Sci (2003) 1.26
Do chronic stressors lead to physiological dysregulation? Testing the theory of allostatic load. Psychosom Med (2007) 1.24
Do Mexican immigrants "import" social gradients in health to the US? Soc Sci Med (2010) 1.19
Sex differentials in biological risk factors for chronic disease: estimates from population-based surveys. J Womens Health (Larchmt) (2004) 1.18
Measurement of cumulative physiological dysregulation in an older population. Demography (2006) 1.14
Do biomarkers of stress mediate the relation between socioeconomic status and health? J Epidemiol Community Health (2006) 1.13
Durational and generational differences in Mexican immigrant obesity: is acculturation the explanation? Soc Sci Med (2012) 1.05
The role of life satisfaction and depressive symptoms in all-cause mortality. Psychol Aging (2009) 1.05
The associations between socioeconomic status, allostatic load and measures of health in older Taiwanese persons: Taiwan social environment and biomarkers of aging study. J Biosoc Sci (2006) 1.04
Double strand break repair components are frequent targets of microsatellite instability in endometrial cancer. Eur J Cancer (2010) 1.00
Migrant networks and pathways to child obesity in Mexico. Soc Sci Med (2010) 0.99
Is positive well-being protective of mobility limitations among older adults? J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci (2008) 0.97
Age-Related Changes in Biomarkers: Longitudinal Data from a Population-Based Sample. Res Aging (2011) 0.94
The relationship between microsatellite instability and PTEN gene mutations in endometrial cancer. Int J Cancer (2006) 0.92
Unobserved heterogeneity can confound the effect of education on mortality. Math Popul Stud (2009) 0.91
The shape of things to come? Obesity prevalence among foreign-born vs. US-born Mexican youth in California. Soc Sci Med (2012) 0.88
Social relationships and inflammatory markers: an analysis of Taiwan and the U.S. Soc Sci Med (2012) 0.88
Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS) and health: does the relationship differ by sex? Exp Gerontol (2004) 0.88
Perceived social position and health in older adults in Taiwan. Soc Sci Med (2007) 0.87
Measuring health status: self-, interviewer, and physician reports of overall health. J Aging Health (2010) 0.86
Demographic and socioeconomic status differences in perceptions of difficulty with mobility in late life. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci (2010) 0.86
Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS) and risk for mortality among older Taiwanese. Ann Epidemiol (2006) 0.86
Social environment, life challenge, and health among the elderly in Taiwan. Soc Sci Med (2002) 0.86
Do interviewer and physician health ratings predict mortality?: a comparison with self-rated health. Epidemiology (2013) 0.85
Relaxation practice and physiologic regulation in a national sample of older Taiwanese. J Altern Complement Med (2012) 0.83
Schooling Location and Economic, Occupational and Cognitive Success among Immigrants and Their Children: The Case of Los Angeles. Soc Sci Res (2010) 0.83
The length of perimenopausal menstrual cycles increases later and to a greater degree than previously reported. Fertil Steril (2006) 0.83
Contextual factors and weight change over time: a comparison between U.S. Hispanics and other population sub-groups. Soc Sci Med (2013) 0.82
Does exposure to stressors predict changes in physiological dysregulation? Ann Behav Med (2013) 0.81
Microbial-mammalian cometabolites dominate the age-associated urinary metabolic phenotype in Taiwanese and American populations. J Proteome Res (2013) 0.81
To what extent do biomarkers account for the large social disparities in health in Moscow? Soc Sci Med (2012) 0.81
Do sons reduce parental mortality? J Epidemiol Community Health (2011) 0.81
Perceived stress and mortality in a Taiwanese older adult population. Stress (2013) 0.80
Stability and change in the perceived social support of older Taiwanese adults. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci (2004) 0.80
Benchmarking a test of temporal orientation with data from american and taiwanese persons with Alzheimer's disease and american normal elderly. Neuroepidemiology (2004) 0.79
Apolipoprotein E and measured physical and pulmonary function in older Taiwanese adults. Biodemography Soc Biol (2013) 0.79
Perceived stress and biological risk: is the link stronger in Russians than in Taiwanese and Americans? Stress (2013) 0.79
Socioeconomic differences in obesity among Mexican adolescents. Int J Pediatr Obes (2010) 0.78
Apolipoprotein E is associated with blood lipids and inflammation in Taiwanese older adults. Atherosclerosis (2011) 0.78
Underestimation of adolescent obesity. Nurs Res (2013) 0.78
Microsatellite instability predicts clinical outcome in radiation-treated endometrioid endometrial cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys (2010) 0.78
Hypoestrogenic "inactive phases" at the start of the menstrual cycle: changes with age and reproductive stage, and relationship to follicular depletion. Fertil Steril (2012) 0.76
Sex differences in trajectories of depressive symptoms among older Taiwanese: the contribution of selected stressors and social factors. Aging Ment Health (2013) 0.75
Do Adults Adjust their Socioeconomic Status Identity in Later Life?* Ageing Soc (2012) 0.75
Ultrasonic system for continuous washing of textiles in liquid layers. Ultrason Sonochem (2009) 0.75