Published in BMC Pregnancy Childbirth on July 30, 2010
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Spoilt for choice? Cross-sectional study of care-seeking for health problems during pregnancy in Mumbai slums. Glob Public Health (2011) 1.08
Community-based health programmes: role perceptions and experiences of female peer facilitators in Mumbai's urban slums. Health Educ Res (2009) 1.07
A rapid assessment scorecard to identify informal settlements at higher maternal and child health risk in Mumbai. J Urban Health (2011) 1.07
Countdown to 2015: will the Millennium Development Goal for child survival be met? Arch Dis Child (2007) 1.04
Stillbirths and newborn deaths in slum settlements in Mumbai, India: a prospective verbal autopsy study. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth (2012) 1.02
Exploring the first delay: a qualitative study of home deliveries in Makwanpur district Nepal. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth (2014) 0.99
Intimate partner violence against women during and after pregnancy: a cross-sectional study in Mumbai slums. BMC Public Health (2013) 0.96
Research report--Volunteer infant feeding and care counselors: a health education intervention to improve mother and child health and reduce mortality in rural Malawi. Malawi Med J (2012) 0.95
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The intergenerational effects of war on the health of children. BMC Med (2014) 0.89
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The lives of Malawian nurses: the stories behind the statistics. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg (2009) 0.85
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A probabilistic method to estimate the burden of maternal morbidity in resource-poor settings: preliminary development and evaluation. Emerg Themes Epidemiol (2014) 0.83
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Effect of multiple micronutrient supplementation during pregnancy on inflammatory markers in Nepalese women. Am J Clin Nutr (2006) 0.82
Identifying priorities to improve maternal and child nutrition among the Khmu ethnic group, Laos: a formative study. Matern Child Nutr (2012) 0.82
Barriers to and incentives for achieving partograph use in obstetric practice in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth (2014) 0.81
Nutritional status of young children in Mumbai slums: a follow-up anthropometric study. Nutr J (2012) 0.80
Sickle cell anaemia in a changing world. PLoS Med (2013) 0.80
Chemoprophylaxis use and the risk of malaria in travelers to Nepal. J Travel Med (2003) 0.79
The implications of late-preterm birth for global child survival. Int J Epidemiol (2010) 0.78
Understanding psychological distress among mothers in rural Nepal: a qualitative grounded theory exploration. BMC Psychiatry (2014) 0.78
Vitamin A supplementation and maternal mortality. Lancet (2010) 0.75
Conflict, crisis, and abuse in Dharavi, Mumbai: experiences from six years at a centre for vulnerable women and children. PLoS Med (2009) 0.75
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A qualitative study of the background and in-hospital medicolegal response to female burn injuries in India. BMC Womens Health (2014) 0.75