Kalpana Balakrishnan

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Top papers

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1 A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. Lancet 2012 50.94
2 Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. Lancet 2015 7.99
3 Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 306 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 188 countries, 1990-2013: quantifying the epidemiological transition. Lancet 2015 6.13
4 Millions dead: how do we know and what does it mean? Methods used in the comparative risk assessment of household air pollution. Annu Rev Public Health 2014 3.65
5 Causal inference methods to study nonrandomized, preexisting development interventions. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2010 1.86
6 Cleaner cooking solutions to achieve health, climate, and economic cobenefits. Environ Sci Technol 2013 1.55
7 Cooking practices, air quality, and the acceptability of advanced cookstoves in Haryana, India: an exploratory study to inform large-scale interventions. Glob Health Action 2012 1.34
8 Health and household air pollution from solid fuel use: the need for improved exposure assessment. Environ Health Perspect 2013 1.33
9 Lead exposure and behavior among young children in Chennai, India. Environ Health Perspect 2009 1.31
10 Impacts of climate change on public health in India: future research directions. Environ Health Perspect 2011 1.18
11 Work-related heat stress concerns in automotive industries: a case study from Chennai, India. Glob Health Action 2009 1.15
12 A pilot study of blood lead levels and neurobehavioral function in children living in Chennai, India. Int J Occup Environ Health 2005 1.14
13 Geographical, spatial, and temporal distributions of multiple indoor air pollutants in four Chinese provinces. Environ Sci Technol 2005 1.12
14 Control of household air pollution for child survival: estimates for intervention impacts. BMC Public Health 2013 1.10
15 Environmental threats to children's health in Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific. Environ Health Perspect 2003 1.09
16 H2S as an indicator of water supply vulnerability and health risk in low-resource settings: a prospective cohort study. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2013 1.01
17 Evaluation of mucociliary clearance among women using biomass and clean fuel in a periurban area of Chennai: A preliminary study. Lung India 2011 1.00
18 Patterns of household concentrations of multiple indoor air pollutants in China. Environ Sci Technol 2005 1.00
19 Prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in rural women of Tamilnadu: implications for refining disease burden assessments attributable to household biomass combustion. Glob Health Action 2011 0.98
20 Energy and human health. Annu Rev Public Health 2013 0.96
21 Integrated urban-rural frameworks for air pollution and health-related research in India: the way forward. Environ Health Perspect 2011 0.92
22 Predictors of blood lead in children in Chennai, India (2005-2006). Int J Occup Environ Health 2009 0.92
23 Patterns of stove usage after introduction of an advanced cookstove: the long-term application of household sensors. Environ Sci Technol 2014 0.91
24 Hemoglobin, lead exposure, and intelligence quotient: effect modification by the DRD2 Taq IA polymorphism. Environ Health Perspect 2011 0.88
25 Associations between extreme precipitation and gastrointestinal-related hospital admissions in Chennai, India. Environ Health Perspect 2013 0.87
26 Can currently available advanced combustion biomass cook-stoves provide health relevant exposure reductions? Results from initial assessment of select commercial models in India. Ecohealth 2014 0.86
27 Assessing exposures to household air pollution in public health research and program evaluation. Ecohealth 2014 0.81
28 Effect modification by transferrin C2 polymorphism on lead exposure, hemoglobin levels, and IQ. Neurotoxicology 2013 0.77
29 Lead exposure and visual-motor abilities in children from Chennai, India. Neurotoxicology 2011 0.76
30 India Leads the Way: A Health-Centered Strategy for Air Pollution. Environ Health Perspect 2016 0.75
31 Implementation Science to Accelerate Clean Cooking for Public Health. Environ Health Perspect 2017 0.75
32 Exposure to respirable particulates and silica in and around the stone crushing units in central India. Ind Health 2010 0.75
33 Reduction of respirable silica following the introduction of water spray applications in Indian stone crusher mills. Int J Occup Environ Health 2008 0.75
34 The environment & health: an emerging area of research in India. Indian J Med Res 2005 0.75