Published in Lancet on November 11, 2006
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Reduced HMGB 1-Mediated Pathway and Oxidative Stress in Resveratrol-Treated Diabetic Mice: A Possible Mechanism of Cardioprotection of Resveratrol in Diabetes Mellitus. Oxid Med Cell Longev (2016) 0.75
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Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. Lancet (2012) 56.72
Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. Lancet (2012) 41.47
Global and regional burden of disease and risk factors, 2001: systematic analysis of population health data. Lancet (2006) 37.83
Maternal mortality for 181 countries, 1980-2008: a systematic analysis of progress towards Millennium Development Goal 5. Lancet (2010) 33.69
Years lived with disability (YLDs) for 1160 sequelae of 289 diseases and injuries 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. Lancet (2012) 26.95
Maternal and child undernutrition: global and regional exposures and health consequences. Lancet (2008) 26.44
Selected major risk factors and global and regional burden of disease. Lancet (2002) 24.47
Household catastrophic health expenditure: a multicountry analysis. Lancet (2003) 20.07
Maternal and child undernutrition and overweight in low-income and middle-income countries. Lancet (2013) 18.02
Global burden of disease attributable to mental and substance use disorders: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. Lancet (2013) 16.76
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The state of US health, 1990-2010: burden of diseases, injuries, and risk factors. JAMA (2013) 10.43
Global and regional burden of stroke during 1990-2010: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. Lancet (2014) 10.06
Worldwide stroke incidence and early case fatality reported in 56 population-based studies: a systematic review. Lancet Neurol (2009) 9.40
Eight Americas: investigating mortality disparities across races, counties, and race-counties in the United States. PLoS Med (2006) 8.70
GBD 2010: design, definitions, and metrics. Lancet (2012) 8.64
Fine-particulate air pollution and life expectancy in the United States. N Engl J Med (2009) 8.36
Healthy life expectancy for 187 countries, 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden Disease Study 2010. Lancet (2012) 8.22
What has made the population of Japan healthy? Lancet (2011) 8.18
Breast and cervical cancer in 187 countries between 1980 and 2010: a systematic analysis. Lancet (2011) 7.71
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Causes of cancer in the world: comparative risk assessment of nine behavioural and environmental risk factors. Lancet (2005) 6.63
Chronic disease prevention: health effects and financial costs of strategies to reduce salt intake and control tobacco use. Lancet (2007) 6.45
Trends in national and state-level obesity in the USA after correction for self-report bias: analysis of health surveys. J R Soc Med (2006) 6.11
UK health performance: findings of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. Lancet (2013) 6.11
Burden of depressive disorders by country, sex, age, and year: findings from the global burden of disease study 2010. PLoS Med (2013) 6.04
Global sodium consumption and death from cardiovascular causes. N Engl J Med (2014) 5.83
Increased educational attainment and its effect on child mortality in 175 countries between 1970 and 2009: a systematic analysis. Lancet (2010) 5.36
Estimates of global and regional potential health gains from reducing multiple major risk factors. Lancet (2003) 5.26
Effectiveness and costs of interventions to lower systolic blood pressure and cholesterol: a global and regional analysis on reduction of cardiovascular-disease risk. Lancet (2003) 5.17
Major risk factors for stillbirth in high-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet (2011) 5.13
Treatment with drugs to lower blood pressure and blood cholesterol based on an individual's absolute cardiovascular risk. Lancet (2005) 5.13
Measuring the burden of neglected tropical diseases: the global burden of disease framework. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2007) 4.87
Stillbirths: the way forward in high-income countries. Lancet (2011) 4.69
Rethinking the "diseases of affluence" paradigm: global patterns of nutritional risks in relation to economic development. PLoS Med (2005) 4.64
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Trends in adult body-mass index in 200 countries from 1975 to 2014: a pooled analysis of 1698 population-based measurement studies with 19·2 million participants. Lancet (2016) 4.29
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National, regional, and global trends in adult overweight and obesity prevalences. Popul Health Metr (2012) 4.13
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A systematic analysis of global anemia burden from 1990 to 2010. Blood (2013) 3.94
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An integrated risk function for estimating the global burden of disease attributable to ambient fine particulate matter exposure. Environ Health Perspect (2014) 3.69
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Global burden of disease attributable to illicit drug use and dependence: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. Lancet (2013) 3.65
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WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: development of an evidence based global public health treaty. BMJ (2003) 3.42
Assessment of population-level effect of Avahan, an HIV-prevention initiative in India. Lancet (2011) 3.39
Assessing the effect of the 2001-06 Mexican health reform: an interim report card. Lancet (2006) 3.33
Net benefits: a multicountry analysis of observational data examining associations between insecticide-treated mosquito nets and health outcomes. PLoS Med (2011) 3.32
Global and regional estimates of cancer mortality and incidence by site: II. Results for the global burden of disease 2000. BMC Cancer (2002) 3.26
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Benchmarking of performance of Mexican states with effective coverage. Lancet (2006) 3.06
The global burden of ischemic heart disease in 1990 and 2010: the Global Burden of Disease 2010 study. Circulation (2014) 2.99
Association between tobacco smoking and active tuberculosis in Taiwan: prospective cohort study. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2009) 2.95
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