Published in Lancet on January 14, 2006
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Effect of daily zinc supplementation on child mortality in southern Nepal: a community-based, cluster randomised, placebo-controlled trial. Lancet (2007) 1.90
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The evolutionary significance of depression in Pathogen Host Defense (PATHOS-D). Mol Psychiatry (2012) 1.41
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Antenatal and postnatal iron supplementation and childhood mortality in rural Nepal: a prospective follow-up in a randomized, controlled community trial. Am J Epidemiol (2009) 1.28
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Serum hepcidin as a diagnostic test of iron deficiency in premenopausal female blood donors. Haematologica (2011) 1.21
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Zinc or multiple micronutrient supplementation to reduce diarrhea and respiratory disease in South African children: a randomized controlled trial. PLoS One (2007) 1.18
Antenatal supplementation with folic acid + iron + zinc improves linear growth and reduces peripheral adiposity in school-age children in rural Nepal. Am J Clin Nutr (2009) 1.08
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Oral iron supplements for children in malaria-endemic areas. Cochrane Database Syst Rev (2016) 0.98
Association between nutritional status and positive childhood disability screening using the ten questions plus tool in Sarlahi, Nepal. J Health Popul Nutr (2010) 0.95
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Preschool iron-folic acid and zinc supplementation in children exposed to iron-folic acid in utero confers no added cognitive benefit in early school-age. J Nutr (2011) 0.90
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Targeted provision of oral iron: the evolution of a practical screening option. Adv Nutr (2012) 0.90
Nasopharyngeal carriage of S. pneumoniae among young children in rural Nepal. Trop Med Int Health (2009) 0.87
Associations between preterm birth, small-for-gestational age, and neonatal morbidity and cognitive function among school-age children in Nepal. BMC Pediatr (2014) 0.85
Zinc status in South Asian populations--an update. J Health Popul Nutr (2013) 0.85
Predictors and consequences of anaemia among antiretroviral-naïve HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected children in Tanzania. Public Health Nutr (2009) 0.85
Iron and malaria interactions: programmatic ways forward. Adv Nutr (2012) 0.84
Perinatal nutrition and immunity to infection. Pediatr Allergy Immunol (2010) 0.84
Household wealth and neurocognitive development disparities among school-aged children in Nepal. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol (2013) 0.83
Inconsistent effects of iron-folic acid and/or zinc supplementation on the cognitive development of infants. J Health Popul Nutr (2011) 0.82
The effects of iron and/or zinc supplementation on maternal reports of sleep in infants from Nepal and Zanzibar. J Dev Behav Pediatr (2009) 0.81
The Effect of Low Dose Iron and Zinc Intake on Child Micronutrient Status and Development during the First 1000 Days of Life: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Nutrients (2016) 0.79
[Conclusions and recommendations of a WHO expert consultation meeting on iron supplementation for infants and young children in malaria endemic areas]. Med Trop (Mars) (2008) 0.79
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Zinc modifies the association between nasopharyngeal Streptococcus pneumoniae carriage and risk of acute lower respiratory infection among young children in rural Nepal. J Nutr (2008) 0.78
Preventive zinc supplementation for children, and the effect of additional iron: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Open (2014) 0.78
Compliance with home-based fortification strategies for delivery of iron and zinc: its effect on haematological and growth markers among 6-24 months old children in north India. J Health Popul Nutr (2014) 0.78
Iron Fortification of Foods for Infants and Children in Low-Income Countries: Effects on the Gut Microbiome, Gut Inflammation, and Diarrhea. Nutrients (2016) 0.77
Zinc and iron supplementation trials in Nepal and Tanzania. Lancet (2006) 0.77
General intelligence is associated with subclinical inflammation in Nepalese children: A population-based plasma proteomics study. Brain Behav Immun (2016) 0.76
A study protocol for a cluster randomised trial for the prevention of chronic suppurative otitis media in children in Jumla, Nepal. BMC Ear Nose Throat Disord (2015) 0.75
Dietary strategies for improving iron status: balancing safety and efficacy. Nutr Rev (2017) 0.75
The effect of folic acid supplementation with ferrous sulfate on the linear and ponderal growth of children aged 6-24 months: a randomized controlled trial. Eur J Clin Nutr (2014) 0.75
Possible Hematological Changes Associated with Acute Gastroenteritis among Kindergarten Children in Gaza. Ann Med Health Sci Res (2015) 0.75
The effect of a low iron diet and early life methylmercury exposure in Daphnia pulex. Food Chem Toxicol (2016) 0.75
A systematic review of the reporting of Data Monitoring Committees' roles, interim analysis and early termination in pediatric clinical trials. BMC Pediatr (2009) 0.75
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Poorer behavioral and developmental outcome more than 10 years after treatment for iron deficiency in infancy. Pediatrics (2000) 3.79
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Zinc supplementation in infants born small for gestational age reduces mortality: a prospective, randomized, controlled trial. Pediatrics (2001) 2.36
Iron and zinc supplementation promote motor development and exploratory behavior among Bangladeshi infants. Am J Clin Nutr (2004) 2.35
Iron supplementation improves appetite and growth in anemic Kenyan primary school children. J Nutr (1994) 1.87
Zinc deficiency, infectious disease and mortality in the developing world. J Nutr (2003) 1.64
Micronutrient deficiencies in early pregnancy are common, concurrent, and vary by season among rural Nepali pregnant women. J Nutr (2005) 1.57
A community-based randomized controlled trial of iron and zinc supplementation in Indonesian infants: effects on growth and development. Am J Clin Nutr (2004) 1.40
Simultaneous weekly supplementation of iron and zinc is associated with lower morbidity due to diarrhea and acute lower respiratory infection in Bangladeshi infants. J Nutr (2003) 1.31
The developmental and probabilistic nature of the functional consequences of iron-deficiency anemia in children. J Nutr (2001) 1.18
Zinc supplementation might potentiate the effect of vitamin A in restoring night vision in pregnant Nepalese women. Am J Clin Nutr (2001) 0.97
How many child deaths can we prevent this year? Lancet (2003) 30.39
Global, regional, and national causes of child mortality: an updated systematic analysis for 2010 with time trends since 2000. Lancet (2012) 25.96
WHO estimates of the causes of death in children. Lancet (2005) 18.33
Maternal and child undernutrition and overweight in low-income and middle-income countries. Lancet (2013) 18.02
What works? Interventions for maternal and child undernutrition and survival. Lancet (2008) 13.89
Global burden of childhood pneumonia and diarrhoea. Lancet (2013) 9.28
Evidence-based interventions for improvement of maternal and child nutrition: what can be done and at what cost? Lancet (2013) 8.46
The burden of malaria mortality among African children in the year 2000. Int J Epidemiol (2006) 6.64
Effect of community-based behaviour change management on neonatal mortality in Shivgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India: a cluster-randomised controlled trial. Lancet (2008) 6.58
The Accelerated Child Survival and Development programme in west Africa: a retrospective evaluation. Lancet (2010) 6.56
Sub-Saharan Africa's mothers, newborns, and children: where and why do they die? PLoS Med (2010) 5.54
Effect of pneumonia case management on mortality in neonates, infants, and preschool children: a meta-analysis of community-based trials. Lancet Infect Dis (2003) 5.48
Measuring impact in the Millennium Development Goal era and beyond: a new approach to large-scale effectiveness evaluations. Lancet (2010) 5.11
Causes of deaths in children younger than 5 years in China in 2008. Lancet (2010) 5.02
Undernutrition as an underlying cause of child deaths associated with diarrhea, pneumonia, malaria, and measles. Am J Clin Nutr (2004) 4.71
Gaps in policy-relevant information on burden of disease in children: a systematic review. Lancet (2005) 4.64
Causes of neonatal and child mortality in India: a nationally representative mortality survey. Lancet (2010) 4.59
Multi-country analysis of the effects of diarrhoea on childhood stunting. Int J Epidemiol (2008) 4.46
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Effect of water and sanitation on childhood health in a poor Peruvian peri-urban community. Lancet (2004) 4.36
Effect of zinc supplementation on mortality in children aged 1-48 months: a community-based randomised placebo-controlled trial. Lancet (2007) 4.18
Effect of community-based promotion of exclusive breastfeeding on diarrhoeal illness and growth: a cluster randomised controlled trial. Lancet (2003) 4.11
Effect of the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness strategy on childhood mortality and nutrition in a rural area in Bangladesh: a cluster randomised trial. Lancet (2009) 4.11
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Programmatic pathways to child survival: results of a multi-country evaluation of Integrated Management of Childhood Illness. Health Policy Plan (2005) 3.86
Global maternal, newborn, and child health--so near and yet so far. N Engl J Med (2013) 3.68
Glaucoma in a rural population of southern India: the Aravind comprehensive eye survey. Ophthalmology (2003) 3.63
Diarrhea incidence in low- and middle-income countries in 1990 and 2010: a systematic review. BMC Public Health (2012) 3.44
Effectiveness of an educational intervention delivered through the health services to improve nutrition in young children: a cluster-randomised controlled trial. Lancet (2005) 3.42
Setting priorities in global child health research investments: guidelines for implementation of CHNRI method. Croat Med J (2008) 3.42
Interventions to address deaths from childhood pneumonia and diarrhoea equitably: what works and at what cost? Lancet (2013) 3.41
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Epidemiology and etiology of childhood pneumonia in 2010: estimates of incidence, severe morbidity, mortality, underlying risk factors and causative pathogens for 192 countries. J Glob Health (2013) 3.30
Predicting the distribution of under-five deaths by cause in countries without adequate vital registration systems. Int J Epidemiol (2003) 3.25
Setting priorities in global child health research investments: assessment of principles and practice. Croat Med J (2007) 3.24
Environmental-structural factors significantly associated with consistent condom use among female sex workers in the Dominican Republic. AIDS (2003) 3.24
Impact of newborn skin-cleansing with chlorhexidine on neonatal mortality in southern Nepal: a community-based, cluster-randomized trial. Pediatrics (2007) 3.17
Efficacy of zinc in the treatment of severe pneumonia in hospitalized children <2 y old. Am J Clin Nutr (2006) 3.17
Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) in Bangladesh: early findings from a cluster-randomised study. Lancet (2004) 3.06
The effect of cord cleansing with chlorhexidine on neonatal mortality in rural Bangladesh: a community-based, cluster-randomised trial. Lancet (2012) 3.02
Ending of preventable deaths from pneumonia and diarrhoea: an achievable goal. Lancet (2013) 2.98
Typhoid fever and paratyphoid fever: Systematic review to estimate global morbidity and mortality for 2010. J Glob Health (2012) 2.95
Setting priorities in child health research investments for South Africa. PLoS Med (2007) 2.93
Setting priorities in global child health research investments: universal challenges and conceptual framework. Croat Med J (2008) 2.93
Setting priorities in global child health research investments: addressing values of stakeholders. Croat Med J (2007) 2.91
Sensitivity and specificity of the StratusOCT for perimetric glaucoma. Ophthalmology (2005) 2.91
Breastfeeding and the risk for diarrhea morbidity and mortality. BMC Public Health (2011) 2.90
Prevalence of amblyopia and strabismus in white and African American children aged 6 through 71 months the Baltimore Pediatric Eye Disease Study. Ophthalmology (2009) 2.85
The multi-country evaluation of the integrated management of childhood illness strategy: lessons for the evaluation of public health interventions. Am J Public Health (2004) 2.83
Newborn survival: a multi-country analysis of a decade of change. Health Policy Plan (2012) 2.80
Sub-Saharan Africa's mothers, newborns, and children: how many lives could be saved with targeted health interventions? PLoS Med (2010) 2.77
World Health Organization infant and young child feeding indicators and their associations with child anthropometry: a synthesis of recent findings. Matern Child Nutr (2013) 2.66
Effect of zinc supplementation started during diarrhoea on morbidity and mortality in Bangladeshi children: community randomised trial. BMJ (2002) 2.64
Blindness and vision impairment in a rural south Indian population: the Aravind Comprehensive Eye Survey. Ophthalmology (2003) 2.64
Intervention models for the management of children with signs of pneumonia or malaria by community health workers. Health Policy Plan (2005) 2.62
Maternal vitamin A supplementation and lung function in offspring. N Engl J Med (2010) 2.61
Effects of alternative maternal micronutrient supplements on low birth weight in rural Nepal: double blind randomised community trial. BMJ (2003) 2.50
Impact of supplementing newborn infants with vitamin A on early infant mortality: community based randomised trial in southern India. BMJ (2003) 2.44
Global causes of diarrheal disease mortality in children <5 years of age: a systematic review. PLoS One (2013) 2.43
Primary health care: making Alma-Ata a reality. Lancet (2008) 2.41
Antenatal anthelmintic treatment, birthweight, and infant survival in rural Nepal. Lancet (2004) 2.39
Multiple norovirus infections in a birth cohort in a Peruvian Periurban community. Clin Infect Dis (2013) 2.37
The effect of oral rehydration solution and recommended home fluids on diarrhoea mortality. Int J Epidemiol (2010) 2.36
Setting research priorities to reduce global mortality from childhood pneumonia by 2015. PLoS Med (2011) 2.36
Iron and zinc supplementation promote motor development and exploratory behavior among Bangladeshi infants. Am J Clin Nutr (2004) 2.35
Breast-feeding patterns, time to initiation, and mortality risk among newborns in southern Nepal. J Nutr (2008) 2.34
Newborn vitamin A supplementation reduced infant mortality in rural Bangladesh. Pediatrics (2008) 2.32
Comorbidity in childhood in northern Ghana: magnitude, associated factors, and impact on mortality. Int J Epidemiol (2005) 2.32
Undernutrition as an underlying cause of malaria morbidity and mortality in children less than five years old. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2004) 2.29
Antenatal micronutrient supplements in Nepal. Lancet (2005) 2.29
Mortality rates in conflict zones in Karen, Karenni, and Mon states in eastern Burma. Trop Med Int Health (2006) 2.29
Prevalence of refractive error among preschool children in an urban population: the Baltimore Pediatric Eye Disease Study. Ophthalmology (2009) 2.27
Zinc supplementation for the prevention of acute lower respiratory infection in children in developing countries: meta-analysis and meta-regression of randomized trials. Int J Epidemiol (2010) 2.25
Iron and zinc supplementation does not improve parent or teacher ratings of behavior in first grade Mexican children exposed to lead. J Pediatr (2005) 2.24
Effectiveness of home-based management of newborn infections by community health workers in rural Bangladesh. Pediatr Infect Dis J (2009) 2.23
Obstetric care in low-resource settings: what, who, and how to overcome challenges to scale up? Int J Gynaecol Obstet (2009) 2.22
Research priorities for the reduction of perinatal and neonatal morbidity and mortality in developing country communities. J Perinatol (2002) 2.17
Evaluation of neonatal verbal autopsy using physician review versus algorithm-based cause-of-death assignment in rural Nepal. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol (2005) 2.15