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Trends in HIV-1 in young adults in south India from 2000 to 2004: a prevalence study. Lancet (2006) 8.40
Adult and child malaria mortality in India: a nationally representative mortality survey. Lancet (2010) 7.89
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Causes of neonatal and child mortality in India: a nationally representative mortality survey. Lancet (2010) 4.59
Modelling HIV/AIDS epidemics in Botswana and India: impact of interventions to prevent transmission. Bull World Health Organ (2002) 4.47
Advancement of global health: key messages from the Disease Control Priorities Project. Lancet (2006) 4.44
Cancer mortality in India: a nationally representative survey. Lancet (2012) 4.30
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Snakebite mortality in India: a nationally representative mortality survey. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2011) 3.98
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Effect of infant immunisation on childhood mortality in rural Bangladesh: analysis of health and demographic surveillance data. Lancet (2004) 2.42
Arsenic in drinking water and adult mortality: a population-based cohort study in rural Bangladesh. Epidemiology (2009) 2.11
Prevalence of arsenic exposure and skin lesions. A population based survey in Matlab, Bangladesh. J Epidemiol Community Health (2006) 1.94
Promoting thrombolysis in acute ischemic stroke. Stroke (2011) 1.82
Harnessing pluralism for better health in Bangladesh. Lancet (2013) 1.77
Effects of obesity and smoking on U.S. life expectancy. N Engl J Med (2010) 1.67
Does health intervention improve socioeconomic inequalities of neonatal, infant and child mortality? Evidence from Matlab, Bangladesh. Int J Equity Health (2007) 1.65
Heterogeneity in host HIV susceptibility as a potential contributor to recent HIV prevalence declines in Africa. AIDS (2009) 1.63
Trends in HIV incidence in India from 2000 to 2007. Lancet (2008) 1.63
Unintentional injury deaths among children younger than 5 years of age in India: a nationally representative study. Inj Prev (2011) 1.63
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The impact of infection on population health: results of the Ontario burden of infectious diseases study. PLoS One (2012) 1.58
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Lifetime health effects and medical costs of integrated stroke services - a non-randomized controlled cluster-trial based life table approach. Cost Eff Resour Alloc (2010) 1.51
Need for differential discounting of costs and health effects in cost effectiveness analyses. BMJ (2005) 1.50
Local environmental predictors of cholera in Bangladesh and Vietnam. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2008) 1.50
Gender inequity and age-appropriate immunization coverage in India from 1992 to 2006. BMC Int Health Hum Rights (2009) 1.46
Factors associated with physician agreement on verbal autopsy of over 27000 childhood deaths in India. PLoS One (2010) 1.46
Real-life costs and effects of an implementation program to increase thrombolysis in stroke. Neurology (2012) 1.45
Prevalence and patterns of multimorbidity among elderly people in rural Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study. J Health Popul Nutr (2011) 1.44
Prediction of coronary heart disease risk in a general, pre-diabetic, and diabetic population during 10 years of follow-up: accuracy of the Framingham, SCORE, and UKPDS risk functions: The Hoorn Study. Diabetes Care (2009) 1.43
Canada's perceived lack of leadership on global tobacco control. CMAJ (2010) 1.38
Intravenous thrombolysis in acute ischaemic stroke: from trial exclusion criteria to clinical contraindications. An international Delphi study. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry (2007) 1.36
Causes of neonatal deaths in a rural subdistrict of Bangladesh: implications for intervention. J Health Popul Nutr (2010) 1.28
India's HIV-1 epidemic. CMAJ (2004) 1.22
HIV, HSV-2 and syphilis among married couples in India: patterns of discordance and concordance. Sex Transm Infect (2011) 1.20
Deaths from symptomatically identifiable furious rabies in India: a nationally representative mortality survey. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2012) 1.18
The metabolic syndrome: prevalence, associated factors, and impact on survival among older persons in rural Bangladesh. PLoS One (2011) 1.17
Road traffic injury mortality and its mechanisms in India: nationally representative mortality survey of 1.1 million homes. BMJ Open (2013) 1.16
Stratified patient-centered care in type 2 diabetes: a cluster-randomized, controlled clinical trial of effectiveness and cost-effectiveness. Diabetes Care (2013) 1.15
Arsenic exposure and age and sex-specific risk for skin lesions: a population-based case-referent study in Bangladesh. Environ Health Perspect (2006) 1.14
Child mortality from solid-fuel use in India: a nationally-representative case-control study. BMC Public Health (2010) 1.14
Financing health improvements in India. Health Aff (Millwood) (2008) 1.14
Causes of death of adults and elderly and healthcare-seeking before death in rural Bangladesh. J Health Popul Nutr (2010) 1.13
Diarrhea, pneumonia, and infectious disease mortality in children aged 5 to 14 years in India. PLoS One (2011) 1.12
Time-critical mortality conditions in low-income and middle-income countries. Lancet (2013) 1.11
Does use of tobacco or alcohol contribute to impoverishment from hospitalization costs in India? Health Policy Plan (2005) 1.09
The Summary Index of Malaria Surveillance (SIMS): a stable index of malaria within India. Popul Health Metr (2010) 1.08
Cost-effectiveness of educational outreach to primary care nurses to increase tuberculosis case detection and improve respiratory care: economic evaluation alongside a randomised trial. Trop Med Int Health (2010) 1.06
Health care priority setting in Norway a multicriteria decision analysis. BMC Health Serv Res (2012) 1.04
Familial aggregation of Vibrio cholerae-associated infection in Matlab, Bangladesh. J Health Popul Nutr (2009) 1.03
Relationships among self-management, patient perceptions of care, and health economic outcomes for decision-making and clinical practice in type 2 diabetes. Value Health (2009) 1.03
Global health: the importance of evidence-based medicine. BMC Med (2013) 1.02
The growing movement for universal health coverage. Lancet (2011) 1.01
Pro-poor health policies in poverty reduction strategies. Health Policy Plan (2003) 1.00
Unintentional injury mortality in India, 2005: nationally representative mortality survey of 1.1 million homes. BMC Public Health (2012) 0.99
Factors associated with physician agreement and coding choices of cause of death using verbal autopsies for 1130 maternal deaths in India. PLoS One (2012) 0.99
Commentary on the paper 'Striving against adversity: the dynamics of migration, health and poverty in rural South Africa' by Mark A. Collinson. Glob Health Action (2010) 0.99
Impact of tubewell access and tubewell depth on childhood diarrhea in Matlab, Bangladesh. Environ Health (2011) 0.98
Local governance and community financing of primary care: evidence from Nepal. Health Policy Plan (2002) 0.96
Hospital rates of thrombolysis for acute ischemic stroke: the influence of organizational culture. Stroke (2009) 0.96
Measles mortality in high and low burden districts of India: estimates from a nationally representative study of over 12,000 child deaths. Vaccine (2013) 0.95
Short- and long-term effects of a quality improvement collaborative on diabetes management. Implement Sci (2010) 0.95
Fire-related deaths in India: how accurate are the estimates? Lancet (2009) 0.95
Decision-making criteria among national policymakers in five countries: a discrete choice experiment eliciting relative preferences for equity and efficiency. Value Health (2012) 0.95
Childhood and adult mortality from unintentional falls in India. Bull World Health Organ (2011) 0.95
Identifying important breast cancer control strategies in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East/North Africa. BMC Health Serv Res (2011) 0.95
Social and economic impact of diabetics in Bangladesh: protocol for a case-control study. BMC Public Health (2013) 0.94
Global divergence in critical income for adult and childhood survival: analyses of mortality using Michaelis-Menten. Elife (2012) 0.94
Despite increased use and sales of statins in India, per capita prescription rates remain far below high-income countries. Health Aff (Millwood) (2014) 0.93
Spatial patterns of fetal loss and infant death in an arsenic-affected area in Bangladesh. Int J Health Geogr (2010) 0.93
Cost-effectiveness of a quality improvement collaborative focusing on patients with diabetes. Med Care (2010) 0.93
Body mass index, sexual behaviour, and sexually transmitted infections: an analysis using the NHANES 1999-2000 data. BMC Public Health (2006) 0.91
The association of meteorological factors and mortality in rural Bangladesh, 1983-2009. Glob Health Action (2012) 0.90
Beliefs and practices during pregnancy and childbirth in urban slums of Dhaka, Bangladesh. BMC Public Health (2012) 0.90
Family size and children's education in Matlab, Bangladesh. J Biosoc Sci (2006) 0.90
Factors associated with condom use negotiation by female sex workers in Bangladesh. Int J STD AIDS (2013) 0.89
Using best-worst scaling in horizon scanning for hepatocellular carcinoma technologies. Int J Technol Assess Health Care (2012) 0.89
Cost-effectiveness of the diabetes care protocol, a multifaceted computerized decision support diabetes management intervention that reduces cardiovascular risk. Diabetes Care (2009) 0.88
Increased childhood mortality and arsenic in drinking water in Matlab, Bangladesh: a population-based cohort study. PLoS One (2013) 0.88
Incorporating equity-efficiency interactions in cost-effectiveness analysis-three approaches applied to breast cancer control. Value Health (2010) 0.88
Rotavirus mortality in India: estimates based on a nationally representative survey of diarrhoeal deaths. Bull World Health Organ (2012) 0.88
Male use of female sex work in India: a nationally representative behavioural survey. PLoS One (2011) 0.88
Agricultural livelihoods in coastal Bangladesh under climate and environmental change--a model framework. Environ Sci Process Impacts (2015) 0.87
Elevated manganese concentrations in drinking water may be beneficial for fetal survival. PLoS One (2013) 0.86
Factors associated with partner referral among patients with sexually transmitted infections in Bangladesh. Soc Sci Med (2010) 0.86
The challenge of private insurance for public good. Bull World Health Organ (2005) 0.86
Performance of audio-assisted confidential voting interview for assessment of sexual behavior among young adults in Chandigarh Union Territory. Indian J Public Health (2011) 0.86