Interventions for the control of diarrhoeal diseases among young children: prevention of low birth weight.

PubWeight™: 1.00‹?› | Rank: Top 15%

🔗 View Article (PMC 2536356)

Published in Bull World Health Organ on January 01, 1985

Authors

A Ashworth, R G Feachem

Articles cited by this

The magnitude of the global problem of acute diarrhoeal disease: a review of active surveillance data. Bull World Health Organ (1982) 7.88

Cigarette smoking in pregnancy: its influence on birth weight and perinatal mortality. Br Med J (1972) 7.69

A clinical trial of change in maternal smoking and its effect on birth weight. JAMA (1984) 5.12

Identifying the sources of the recent decline in perinatal mortality rates in California. N Engl J Med (1982) 4.64

Interventions for the control of diarrhoeal diseases among young children: promotion of breast-feeding. Bull World Health Organ (1984) 3.55

Malaria infection of the placenta in The Gambia, West Africa; its incidence and relationship to stillbirth, birthweight and placental weight. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg (1983) 3.46

Medical evaluation of the special supplemental food program for women, infants, and children. Am J Clin Nutr (1979) 3.06

Evaluation of the effect of WIC supplemental feeding on birth weight. J Am Diet Assoc (1982) 2.92

Effect of food supplementation during pregnancy on birthweight. Pediatrics (1975) 2.39

Effects of some factors on neonatal and postneonatal mortality. Analysis by a binary variable multiple regression method. Milbank Mem Fund Q (1971) 2.29

Cigarette smoking in pregnancy: Associations with maternal weight gain and fetal growth. Lancet (1976) 2.18

A randomized controlled trial of prenatal nutritional supplementation in New York City. Pediatrics (1980) 2.00

Alcohol consumption, pregnancy, and low birthweight. Lancet (1983) 1.96

Interventions for the control of diarrhoeal diseases among young children: promotion of personal and domestic hygiene. Bull World Health Organ (1984) 1.93

Diarrhoeal disease control: reviews of potential interventions. Bull World Health Organ (1983) 1.90

Low birth weight and neonatal mortality rate related to maternal smoking and socioeconomic status. Am J Obstet Gynecol (1971) 1.73

Long-term energy balance in child-bearing Gambian women. Am J Clin Nutr (1981) 1.67

Birth-weight-standardized neonatal mortality rates and the prevention of low birth weight: how does Massachusetts compare with Sweden? N Engl J Med (1982) 1.59

Prenatal dietary supplementation of African women and birth-weight. Lancet (1983) 1.54

Routine administration of iron and vitamins during pregnancy: review of controlled clinical trials. Br J Obstet Gynaecol (1978) 1.52

The relationship of the rate of intrauterine growth of infants of low birth weight to mortality, morbidity, and congenital anomalies. J Pediatr (1966) 1.50

Prematurity: infection as an etiologic factor. Obstet Gynecol (1983) 1.48

Working during pregnancy: effects on the fetus. Pediatrics (1982) 1.48

Reduction of incidence of prematurity by folic acid supplementation in pregnancy. Br Med J (1970) 1.47

Cigarette smoking in pregnancy. Lancet (1962) 1.41

Prolonged impairment of cellular immunity in children with intrauterine growth retardation. J Pediatr (1978) 1.38

Nutrition intervention in the community -- the "WIC" program. N Engl J Med (1980) 1.38

Infant mortality and weight at birth: 1960 United States birth cohort. Am J Public Health Nations Health (1969) 1.38

Causes of the excessive rates of perinatal mortality and prematurity in pregnancies complicated by maternal urinary-tract infections. N Engl J Med (1979) 1.37

Plasmodial pigmentation of placenta and outcome of pregnancy in West African mothers. Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) (1983) 1.34

Zinc and small babies. Lancet (1981) 1.34

Malaria transmission and fetal growth. Br Med J (1974) 1.33

Tobacco chewing in pregnancy. Br J Obstet Gynaecol (1978) 1.32

Fetal and infant mortality in Norway and the United States. JAMA (1982) 1.32

A longitudinal study of the growth of low birth weight infants. I. Velocity and distance growth, birth to 3 years. Pediatrics (1973) 1.26

Interventions for the control of diarrhoeal diseases among young children: measles immunization. Bull World Health Organ (1983) 1.26

Pathogenesis and prognosis of prematurity. N Engl J Med (1966) 1.26

Birthweight by gestational age and its effect on perinatal mortality in white and in Punjabi births: experience at a district general hospital in West London 1967-1975. Br J Obstet Gynaecol (1982) 1.26

How does maternal smoking affect birth weight and maternal weight gain? Evidence from the Ontario Perinatal Mortality Study. Am J Obstet Gynecol (1978) 1.25

Nutritional supplementation and the outcome of pregnancy. I. Birth weight. Am J Clin Nutr (1979) 1.25

Interventions for the control of diarrhoeal diseases among young children: supplementary feeding programmes. Bull World Health Organ (1983) 1.24

Carbon monoxide: effects on oxygenation of the fetus in utero. Science (1976) 1.22

Neonatal mortality risk in relation to birth weight and gestational age: update. J Pediatr (1982) 1.19

Smoking in pregnancy: some notes on the statistical controversy. Br J Prev Soc Med (1977) 1.12

Alcohol abuse during pregnancy: an epidemiologic study. Alcohol Clin Exp Res (1980) 1.11

Social class indicators and mortality in low birth weight infants. Am J Epidemiol (1982) 1.10

Mortality and morbidity in infants with intrauterine growth retardation. J Pediatr (1982) 1.07

Mortality pattern in an urban birth cohort. Indian J Med Res (1979) 1.06

Low birthweight revised. Lancet (1980) 1.05

Zinc nutritional status during pregnancy: a longitudinal study. Am J Clin Nutr (1983) 1.05

Amniotic fluid infections in an African city. J Pediatr (1977) 1.04

Seasonal changes in activity, birth weight and lactational performance in rural Gambian women. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg (1982) 1.02

Iron, folic acid and vitamin B12 levels in normal pregnancy, and their influence on birth-weight and the duration of pregnancy. Med J Aust (1968) 1.02

Analysis of the vital statistics from the rural community, Palghar. II. Perinatal, neonatal and infant mortalities. Indian Pediatr (1969) 1.01

Smoking and pregnancy. N Engl J Med (1978) 0.99

Nutritional services during pregnancy and birthweight: a retrospective matched pair analysis. Can Med Assoc J (1981) 0.98

Fetal and neonatal mortality in white middle class infants. Mortality risks by gestational age and weight. Am J Dis Child (1971) 0.98

Morbidity of low birth weight and-or preterm children compared to that of the "mature". I. Methodological considerations and findings for the first 2 years of life. Pediatrics (1968) 0.93

Antenatal events and postnatal growth and survival of children in a rural Guatemalan village. Ann Hum Biol (1976) 0.91

Seasonal variations in birthweight distribution in Ikwiriri village, Tanzania. J Trop Pediatr (1983) 0.91

Activity and work during pregnancy and the postpartum period: a cross-cultural study of 202 societies. Am J Obstet Gynecol (1979) 0.91

The Bacon Chow study: maternal nutrition supplementation and birth weight of offspring. Am J Clin Nutr (1981) 0.91

Perinatal death due to pre-eclampsia in an African city. East Afr Med J (1978) 0.91

Smoking during pregnancy. Teratology (1979) 0.90

Folic acid requirements of Indian pregnant women. Am J Obstet Gynecol (1971) 0.90

Folic acid in pregnancy. Am J Obstet Gynecol (1970) 0.90

Failure of bacterial growth inhibition by amniotic fluid. Am J Obstet Gynecol (1977) 0.89

Survival and physical growth in infancy and early childhood. Study of birth weight and gestational age in a Guatemalan Indian village. Am J Dis Child (1975) 0.89

The acute effect of smoking on intervillous blood flow of the placenta. Br J Obstet Gynaecol (1978) 0.89

Effect of oral folic acid supplements on zinc, copper, and iron absorption and excretion. Am J Clin Nutr (1984) 0.88

Studies of undernutrition Wuppertal 1946-9. XXVIII. The size of the baby at birth and the yield of breast milk. Spec Rep Ser Med Res Counc (G B) (1951) 0.88

Asymptomatic bacteriuria in pregnancy: antibody-coated bacteria, renal function, and intrauterine growth retardation. Am J Obstet Gynecol (1976) 0.87

Iron, folate, and vitamin B 12 nutrition in pregnancy: a study of 1000 women from southern India. Bull World Health Organ (1973) 0.85

Hematological status and pregnancy outcomes. Am J Clin Nutr (1981) 0.83

Effect of maternal anaemia on the placenta and the newborn infant. Acta Paediatr Scand (1978) 0.82

A six-months' follow-up study of growth, morbidity and functional immunity in low birth weight neonates with special reference to intrauterine growth retardation in small-for-gestational-age infants. J Trop Pediatr (1983) 0.81

Zinc and small babies. Lancet (1982) 0.80

Food supplementation during pregnancy, maternal anthropometry and birth weight in a Guatemalan rural population. J Trop Pediatr Environ Child Health (1978) 0.80

Outcome of babies with severe intra-uterine growth retardation. I. Maternal factors, congenital malformations, mortality and survival pattern. Indian J Med Res (1974) 0.80

A prospective study of infant mortality and congenital malformations in relation to intra-uterine growth rates in south India. Indian J Med Res (1978) 0.79

Easing the burden of rural women: a 16-hour workday. Carnets Enfance (1980) 0.76

Maternal nutrition and fetal growth. Am J Clin Nutr (1981) 0.76

The effects of sex, birthweight, birth order and maternal age on infant mortality in a Nigerian community. Ann Hum Biol (1978) 0.76

Effect of food supplementation in the last trimester of pregnancy and early post-natal period on maternal weight and infant growth. Indian J Med Res (1983) 0.76

[Course of action on human reproduction and nutrition in Recife]. Bol Oficina Sanit Panam (1976) 0.76

Articles by these authors

The product of the mouse Xist gene is a 15 kb inactive X-specific transcript containing no conserved ORF and located in the nucleus. Cell (1992) 6.26

An essential role for Rho, Rac, and Cdc42 GTPases in cell cycle progression through G1. Science (1995) 6.03

3-Phosphoinositide-dependent protein kinase-1 (PDK1): structural and functional homology with the Drosophila DSTPK61 kinase. Curr Biol (1997) 5.66

Interventions for the control of diarrhoeal diseases among young children: improving water supplies and excreta disposal facilities. Bull World Health Organ (1985) 4.89

Effect of community-based peer counsellors on exclusive breastfeeding practices in Dhaka, Bangladesh: a randomised controlled trial [see commments]. Lancet (2000) 4.67

Controlled trial of three approaches to the treatment of severe malnutrition. Lancet (1995) 4.59

Identification of the sites in MAP kinase kinase-1 phosphorylated by p74raf-1. EMBO J (1994) 4.37

Measuring the impact of water supply and sanitation investments on diarrhoeal diseases: problems of methodology. Int J Epidemiol (1983) 4.12

BRCA1 dysfunction in sporadic basal-like breast cancer. Oncogene (2006) 3.91

Interventions for the control of diarrhoeal diseases among young children: rotavirus and cholera immunization. Bull World Health Organ (1985) 3.59

Interventions for the control of diarrhoeal diseases among young children: promotion of breast-feeding. Bull World Health Organ (1984) 3.55

Conservation of position and exclusive expression of mouse Xist from the inactive X chromosome. Nature (1991) 3.43

The roles of BRCA1 and BRCA2 and associated proteins in the maintenance of genomic stability. Oncogene (2006) 3.27

Mutation in Brca2 stimulates error-prone homology-directed repair of DNA double-strand breaks occurring between repeated sequences. EMBO J (2001) 3.21

BRCA2 mutations in primary breast and ovarian cancers. Nat Genet (1996) 2.91

Assay and expression of mitogen-activated protein kinase, MAP kinase kinase, and Raf. Methods Enzymol (1995) 2.82

Xist has properties of the X-chromosome inactivation centre. Nature (1997) 2.78

An SRY-related gene expressed during spermatogenesis in the mouse encodes a sequence-specific DNA-binding protein. EMBO J (1992) 2.56

Isolation and sequence of a human cytochrome P-450 cDNA clone. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (1985) 2.42

Tumorigenesis and a DNA repair defect in mice with a truncating Brca2 mutation. Nat Genet (1997) 2.41

Basal-like breast carcinomas: clinical outcome and response to chemotherapy. J Clin Pathol (2006) 2.40

Why have mortality rates for severe malnutrition remained so high? Bull World Health Organ (1996) 2.39

Stimulation of the stress-activated mitogen-activated protein kinase subfamilies in perfused heart. p38/RK mitogen-activated protein kinases and c-Jun N-terminal kinases are activated by ischemia/reperfusion. Circ Res (1996) 2.30

Expression of Xist during mouse development suggests a role in the initiation of X chromosome inactivation. Cell (1993) 2.30

A conserved family of genes related to the testis determining gene, SRY. Nucleic Acids Res (1992) 2.26

Absence of Brca2 causes genome instability by chromosome breakage and loss associated with centrosome amplification. Curr Biol (1999) 2.17

Response of toxigenic Vibrio cholerae 01 to physico-chemical stresses in aquatic environments. J Hyg (Lond) (1984) 2.12

Integrative molecular profiling of triple negative breast cancers identifies amplicon drivers and potential therapeutic targets. Oncogene (2010) 2.11

The dual specificity phosphatases M3/6 and MKP-3 are highly selective for inactivation of distinct mitogen-activated protein kinases. J Biol Chem (1996) 2.04

Measuring hygiene practices: a comparison of questionnaires with direct observations in rural Zaïre. Trop Med Int Health (1997) 1.99

Interventions for the control of diarrhoeal diseases among young children: promotion of personal and domestic hygiene. Bull World Health Organ (1984) 1.93

Diarrhoeal disease control: reviews of potential interventions. Bull World Health Organ (1983) 1.90

Identification of six Tcp-1-related genes encoding divergent subunits of the TCP-1-containing chaperonin. Curr Biol (1994) 1.87

Interaction between the product of the breast cancer susceptibility gene BRCA2 and DSS1, a protein functionally conserved from yeast to mammals. Mol Cell Biol (1999) 1.77

Poverty and inequity: a proper focus for the new century. Bull World Health Organ (2000) 1.67

Exploiting the DNA repair defect in BRCA mutant cells in the design of new therapeutic strategies for cancer. Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol (2005) 1.67

Adult health: a legitimate concern for developing countries. Am J Public Health (1993) 1.64

A short pseudoautosomal region in laboratory mice. Genome Res (2001) 1.64

Array CGH profiling of favourable histology Wilms tumours reveals novel gains and losses associated with relapse. J Pathol (2006) 1.63

Growth rates in children recovering from protein-calorie malnutrition. Br J Nutr (1969) 1.62

The BRC repeats are conserved in mammalian BRCA2 proteins. Hum Mol Genet (1997) 1.62

The Sry-related HMG box-containing gene Sox6 is expressed in the adult testis and developing nervous system of the mouse. Nucleic Acids Res (1995) 1.61

Interventions for the control of diarrhoeal diseases among young children: weaning education. Bull World Health Organ (1985) 1.59

Potential interventions for the prevention of childhood pneumonia in developing countries: improving nutrition. Am J Clin Nutr (1999) 1.57

The role of the World Bank in international health: renewed commitment and partnership. Soc Sci Med (2000) 1.57

EGFR amplification and lack of activating mutations in metaplastic breast carcinomas. J Pathol (2006) 1.57

Transgenic mice carrying an Xist-containing YAC. Hum Mol Genet (1996) 1.56

MKP5, a new member of the MAP kinase phosphatase family, which selectively dephosphorylates stress-activated kinases. Oncogene (1999) 1.55

DNA binding and bending properties of the post-meiotically expressed Sry-related protein Sox-5. Nucleic Acids Res (1994) 1.54

Cholera epidemiology in developed and developing countries: new thoughts on transmission, seasonality, and control. Lancet (1985) 1.51

Endo180, an endocytic recycling glycoprotein related to the macrophage mannose receptor is expressed on fibroblasts, endothelial cells and macrophages and functions as a lectin receptor. J Cell Sci (2000) 1.50

LIP1, a cytoplasmic protein functionally linked to the Peutz-Jeghers syndrome kinase LKB1. Hum Mol Genet (2001) 1.47

Evolutionary rate of a gene affected by chromosomal position. Curr Biol (1999) 1.47

HEX: a novel homeobox gene expressed during haematopoiesis and conserved between mouse and human. Nucleic Acids Res (1993) 1.38

Evaluating the clinical management of severely malnourished children--a study of two rural district hospitals. S Afr Med J (2001) 1.37

The mitogen-activated protein kinase phosphatase-3 N-terminal noncatalytic region is responsible for tight substrate binding and enzymatic specificity. J Biol Chem (1998) 1.37

A mouse model of basal-like breast carcinoma with metaplastic elements. J Pathol (2007) 1.36

Reduction in diarrhoeal diseases in children in rural Bangladesh by environmental and behavioural modifications. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg (1991) 1.36

A contravention of Ohno's law in mice. Nat Genet (1995) 1.34

Faltering in infant growth in less-developed countries. Lancet (1980) 1.34

Community-based hygiene education to reduce diarrhoeal disease in rural Zaire: impact of the intervention on diarrhoeal morbidity. Int J Epidemiol (1994) 1.31

Calorie requirements of children recovering from protein-calorie manutrition. Lancet (1968) 1.31

Infant mortality in developing countries. Arch Dis Child (1982) 1.30

New complexities for BRCA1 and BRCA2. Curr Biol (2001) 1.30

Expression, mutation and copy number analysis of platelet-derived growth factor receptor A (PDGFRA) and its ligand PDGFA in gliomas. Br J Cancer (2009) 1.30

Metabolic rates during recovery from protein-calorie malnutrition: the need for a new concept of specific dynamic action. Nature (1969) 1.30

Microarray and histopathological analysis of tumours: the future and the past? Nat Rev Cancer (2001) 1.28

Molecular cloning and functional characterization of a novel mitogen-activated protein kinase phosphatase, MKP-4. J Biol Chem (1997) 1.27

A chemical inhibitor of PPM1D that selectively kills cells overexpressing PPM1D. Oncogene (2007) 1.27

Interventions for the control of diarrhoeal diseases among young children: measles immunization. Bull World Health Organ (1983) 1.26

Interventions for the control of diarrhoeal diseases among young children: supplementary feeding programmes. Bull World Health Organ (1983) 1.24

A case-control study of the impact of improved sanitation on diarrhoea morbidity in Lesotho. Bull World Health Organ (1990) 1.22

Environmental aspects of cholera epidemiology. I. A review of selected reports of endemic and epidemic situations during 1961-1980. Trop Dis Bull (1981) 1.22

The mouse Peutz-Jeghers syndrome gene Lkb1 encodes a nuclear protein kinase. Hum Mol Genet (1999) 1.22

Genomic and immunophenotypical characterization of pure micropapillary carcinomas of the breast. J Pathol (2008) 1.21

Molecular profiling of breast cancer: clinical implications. Br J Cancer (2004) 1.19

A candidate spermatogenesis gene on the mouse Y chromosome is homologous to ubiquitin-activating enzyme E1. Nature (1991) 1.18

Nuclear location and cell cycle regulation of the BRCA2 protein. Cancer Res (1997) 1.17

Catch-up growth in children. Nutr Rev (1986) 1.17

The Y* rearrangement in mice: new insights into a perplexing PAR. Cytogenet Cell Genet (1998) 1.16

The genomic profile of HER2-amplified breast cancers: the influence of ER status. J Pathol (2008) 1.14

Clinical and epidemiological characteristics of rotavirus- and EPEC-associated hospitalized infantile diarrhoea in Basrah, Iraq. J Trop Pediatr (1987) 1.14

Functions of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes. Curr Opin Genet Dev (1998) 1.13

Molecular profiling pleomorphic lobular carcinomas of the breast: evidence for a common molecular genetic pathway with classic lobular carcinomas. J Pathol (2008) 1.13

Cloning and characterization of SOX5, a new member of the human SOX gene family. Genomics (1996) 1.12

Influence of demographic, socioeconomic and environmental variables on childhood diarrhoea in a rural area of Zaire. J Trop Med Hyg (1994) 1.12

Management of protein-energy malnutrition in Nigeria: an evaluation of the regimen at the Kersey Nutrition Rehabilitation Centre, Nigeria. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg (1995) 1.11

The Breakthrough Generations Study: design of a long-term UK cohort study to investigate breast cancer aetiology. Br J Cancer (2011) 1.09

The epidemiology of acute diarrhoea in a rural community in Imo State, Nigeria. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg (1987) 1.09

Cloning and sequencing of POU-boxes expressed in mouse testis. Nucleic Acids Res (1990) 1.09

Prevalence of anemia in children 6-59 months old in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. Rev Panam Salud Publica (2001) 1.08

Expression of sox11 gene duplicates in zebrafish suggests the reciprocal loss of ancestral gene expression patterns in development. Dev Dyn (2000) 1.08

Disability from dracunculiasis: effect on mobility. Ann Trop Med Parasitol (1989) 1.07

Targeting Tankyrase 1 as a therapeutic strategy for BRCA-associated cancer. Oncogene (2009) 1.07

Effect of zinc supplementation on the morbidity, immune function, and growth of low-birth-weight, full-term infants in northeast Brazil. Am J Clin Nutr (1998) 1.07

Breast-feeding among the urban poor in southern Brazil: reasons for termination in the first 6 months of life. Bull World Health Organ (1989) 1.07

Dysregulated TRK signalling is a therapeutic target in CYLD defective tumours. Oncogene (2011) 1.06

Establishment and characterisation of a new breast cancer xenograft obtained from a woman carrying a germline BRCA2 mutation. Br J Cancer (2010) 1.06

Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitors for the treatment of advanced germline BRCA2 mutant prostate cancer. Ann Oncol (2013) 1.06