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Integrating disease control strategies: balancing water sanitation and hygiene interventions to reduce diarrheal disease burden. Am J Public Health (2007) 1.56
A reassessment of the cost-effectiveness of water and sanitation interventions in programmes for controlling childhood diarrhoea. Bull World Health Organ (1998) 1.40
Hand washing among school children in Bogotá, Colombia. Am J Public Health (2008) 1.38
Determinants of exclusive breastfeeding in South gujarat region of India. J Clin Med Res (2009) 1.19
Risk factors of diarrhoeal disease in under-five children among health extension model and non-model families in Sheko district rural community, Southwest Ethiopia: comparative cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health (2014) 1.14
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Increase in diarrheal disease associated with arsenic mitigation in Bangladesh. PLoS One (2011) 1.07
Childhood mortality impact and costs of integrating vitamin A supplementation into immunization campaigns. Am J Public Health (2000) 0.98
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A qualitative study of the promotion of exclusive breastfeeding by health professionals in Niamey, Niger. Int Breastfeed J (2010) 0.91
Community and household determinants of water quality in coastal Ghana. J Water Health (2008) 0.89
High rates of Escherichia coli transmission between livestock and humans in rural Uganda. J Clin Microbiol (2008) 0.86
Diarrhoea prevalence in children under five years of age in rural Burundi: an assessment of social and behavioural factors at the household level. Glob Health Action (2014) 0.85
Vitamin a deficiency in patients with common variable immunodeficiency. J Clin Immunol (2005) 0.79
Water, sanitation, and hygiene at Kyoto. BMJ (2003) 0.78
A Survey of the Community Water Supply of some rural Riverine Communities in the Niger Delta region, Nigeria: Health implications and literature search for suitable interventions. Niger Med J (2011) 0.77
Effect of women's perceptions and household practices on children's waterborne illness in a low income community. Ecohealth (2009) 0.76
Behavioural factors associated with diarrhea among adults over 18 years of age in Beijing, China. BMC Public Health (2014) 0.75
Graphical Assessment Technique (GAT) - An Objective, Comprehensive and Comparative Hand Hygiene Quantification Tool. J Clin Diagn Res (2016) 0.75
Factors Leading to Poor Water Sanitation Hygiene Among Primary School Going Children in Chitungwiza. J Public Health Africa (2012) 0.75
In utero exposure to DDT and incidence of diarrhea among boys from tropical Mexico. Environ Res (2017) 0.75
Determinants of low birth weight: methodological assessment and meta-analysis. Bull World Health Organ (1987) 16.26
Effects of improved water supply and sanitation on ascariasis, diarrhoea, dracunculiasis, hookworm infection, schistosomiasis, and trachoma. Bull World Health Organ (1991) 6.62
Efficacy of vitamin A in reducing preschool child mortality in Nepal. Lancet (1991) 6.25
Reduced mortality among children in southern India receiving a small weekly dose of vitamin A. N Engl J Med (1990) 5.25
The magnitude of the global problem of diarrhoeal disease: a ten-year update. Bull World Health Organ (1992) 5.03
Impact of vitamin A supplementation on childhood mortality. A randomised controlled community trial. Lancet (1986) 4.89
Interventions for the control of diarrhoeal diseases among young children: improving water supplies and excreta disposal facilities. Bull World Health Organ (1985) 4.89
Vitamin A supplementation and increased prevalence of childhood diarrhoea and acute respiratory infections. Lancet (1993) 4.35
A randomized, controlled trial of vitamin A in children with severe measles. N Engl J Med (1990) 4.07
Evidence for protection by breast-feeding against infant deaths from infectious diseases in Brazil. Lancet (1987) 4.01
Interventions for the control of diarrhoeal diseases among young children: promotion of breast-feeding. Bull World Health Organ (1984) 3.55
Childhood mortality after a high dose of vitamin A in a high risk population. BMJ (1992) 3.23
Vitamin A supplementation and child mortality. A meta-analysis. JAMA (1993) 3.09
Mortality and infectious disease associated with infant-feeding practices in developing countries. Pediatrics (1984) 2.42
Impact of vitamin A supplementation on childhood morbidity in northern Ghana. Lancet (1992) 2.31
Effect of vitamin A supplementation on diarrhoea and acute lower-respiratory-tract infections in young children in Brazil. Lancet (1994) 2.28
Incidence and etiology of infantile diarrhea and major routes of transmission in Huascar, Peru. Am J Epidemiol (1989) 2.19
Vitamin A supplements and mortality related to measles: a randomised clinical trial. Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) (1987) 2.12
Contaminated weaning food: a major risk factor for diarrhoea and associated malnutrition. Bull World Health Organ (1993) 1.96
Diarrhoeal disease control: reviews of potential interventions. Bull World Health Organ (1983) 1.90
Vitamin A supplementation and child survival. Lancet (1992) 1.85
Environmental factors in the relationship between breastfeeding and infant mortality: the role of sanitation and water in Malaysia. Am J Epidemiol (1984) 1.85
Mild vitamin A deficiency and risk of respiratory tract diseases and diarrhea in preschool and school children in northeastern Thailand. Am J Epidemiol (1990) 1.85
Contamination of weaning foods and transmission of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli diarrhoea in children in rural Bangladesh. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg (1982) 1.77
Mothers' personal and domestic hygiene and diarrhoea incidence in young children in rural Bangladesh. Int J Epidemiol (1989) 1.76
Breast feeding, nutritional state, and child survival in rural Bangladesh. Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) (1988) 1.60
Interventions for the control of diarrhoeal diseases among young children: weaning education. Bull World Health Organ (1985) 1.59
The impact of vitamin A supplementation on morbidity: a randomized community intervention trial. Am J Public Health (1991) 1.45
The value of water supply and sanitation in development: an assessment. Am J Public Health (1988) 1.44
Comparison of the causes and consequences of prematurity and intrauterine growth retardation: a longitudinal study in southern Brazil. Pediatrics (1992) 1.44
Diarrhea, respiratory infections, and growth are not affected by a weekly low-dose vitamin A supplement: a masked, controlled field trial in children in southern India. Am J Clin Nutr (1991) 1.43
Vitamin A supplementation reduces measles morbidity in young African children: a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial. Am J Clin Nutr (1991) 1.40
Water supply, sanitation and diarrhoeal disease in Nicaragua: results from a case-control study. Int J Epidemiol (1991) 1.39
Bacterial contamination in traditional Gambian weaning foods. Lancet (1978) 1.34
Water supply, sanitation and housing in relation to the risk of infant mortality from diarrhoea. Int J Epidemiol (1988) 1.34
Protection of breast-fed infants against Campylobacter diarrhea by antibodies in human milk. J Pediatr (1990) 1.32
HIV, breast-feeding and under-5 mortality: modelling the impact of policy decisions for or against breast-feeding. J Trop Med Hyg (1993) 1.31
Mother's milk and sewage: their interactive effects on infant mortality. Pediatrics (1988) 1.30
Breastfeeding and hospital mortality in children in Rwanda. Lancet (1981) 1.30
Maternal literacy modifies the effect of toilets and piped water on infant survival in Malaysia. Am J Epidemiol (1988) 1.30
Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of acute and persistent diarrhoea in rural Bangladeshi children. Acta Paediatr Suppl (1992) 1.26
Prolonged breast feeding, diarrhoeal disease, and survival of children in Guinea-Bissau. BMJ (1994) 1.23
A case-control study of the impact of improved sanitation on diarrhoea morbidity in Lesotho. Bull World Health Organ (1990) 1.22
Pneumonia, diarrhea, and growth in the first 4 y of life: a longitudinal study of 5914 urban Brazilian children. Am J Clin Nutr (1990) 1.21
Drinking-water quality, sanitation, and breast-feeding: their interactive effects on infant health. Bull World Health Organ (1994) 1.21
Birthweight and infant mortality: a longitudinal study of 5914 Brazilian children. Int J Epidemiol (1987) 1.20
The protective effect of human milk against diarrhea. A review of studies from Bangladesh. Acta Paediatr Scand Suppl (1989) 1.18
Prevention of diarrhoea and dysentery by hand washing. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg (1990) 1.16
Bacterial contamination of weaning foods and drinking water in rural Bangladesh. Epidemiol Infect (1990) 1.15
Infant feeding and risk of severe diarrhoea in Basrah city, Iraq: a case-control study. Bull World Health Organ (1989) 1.06
Proportional hazards analysis of diarrhea due to enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli and breast feeding in a cohort of urban Mexican children. Am J Epidemiol (1994) 1.03
The Butajira Rural Health Project in Ethiopia: a nested case-referent (control) study of under-5 mortality and its health and behavioural determinants. Ann Trop Paediatr (1994) 1.01
Hand-washing reduces diarrhoea episodes: a study in Lombok, Indonesia. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg (1992) 1.01
Role of breast-feeding in the prevention and treatment of diarrhoea. J Diarrhoeal Dis Res (1990) 1.01
Interventions for the control of diarrhoeal diseases among young children: prevention of low birth weight. Bull World Health Organ (1985) 1.00
Impact of large-dose vitamin A supplementation on childhood diarrhoea, respiratory disease and growth. Eur J Clin Nutr (1993) 0.95
Does prolonged breast-feeding impair child growth? A critical review. Pediatrics (1993) 0.95
Deaths due to dysentery, acute and persistent diarrhoea among Brazilian infants. Acta Paediatr Suppl (1992) 0.95
A longitudinal study of the impact of behavioural change intervention on cleanliness, diarrhoeal morbidity and growth of children in rural Bangladesh. Soc Sci Med (1993) 0.93
The Imo State (Nigeria) Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Project, 2. Impact on dracunculiasis, diarrhoea and nutritional status. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg (1990) 0.93
Weaning-food viscosity and energy density: their effects on ad libitum consumption and energy intakes in Jamaican children. Am J Clin Nutr (1994) 0.92
Methods and hygiene of infant feeding in an urban area of Uganda. J Trop Pediatr (1967) (1969) 0.87
[Prognostic factors of hospital mortality from diarrhea or pneumonia in infants younger than 1 year old. A case-control study]. Rev Saude Publica (1992) 0.86
Effect of handwashing on the incidence of diarrhoea in a Calcutta slum. J Diarrhoeal Dis Res (1987) 0.85
Effect of vitamin A on diarrhoeal and respiratory complications of measles. Trop Geogr Med (1993) 0.83
Breast-feeding, nutritional status, and other prognostic factors for dehydration among young children with diarrhoea in Brazil. Bull World Health Organ (1992) 0.83
Predictors of moderate to severe dehydration in acute diarrhoeal disease: a case-control study. Ethiop Med J (1992) 0.81
Childhood diarrhoea in Sri Lanka: a case-control study of the impact of improved water sources. Trop Med Parasitol (1990) 0.81
Fermentation of cereals for reduction of bacterial contamination of weaning foods in Ghana. Lancet (1990) 0.81
Comparative outcome of low birth weight babies. Indian Pediatr (1993) 0.81
Evidence of a prolonged association between low birthweight and paediatric diarrhoea in Sri Lanka. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg (1987) 0.80
Does breastfeeding influence mortality in children hospitalized with diarrhoea? J Trop Pediatr (1991) 0.80
Low birthweight and acute childhood diarrhoea: evidence of their association in an urban settlement of Papua New Guinea. Ann Trop Paediatr (1991) 0.80
Effect of low birth weight on severe childhood diarrhea. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health (1991) 0.78
Feeding during acute diarrhea as a risk factor for persistent diarrhea. Acta Paediatr Suppl (1992) 0.78
A role for water supply and sanitation in the child survival revolution. Bull Pan Am Health Organ (1987) 0.77
Type of milk feeding during acute diarrhoea and the risk of persistent diarrhoea: a case control study. Acta Paediatr Suppl (1992) 0.76
People and eyes: statistical approaches in ophthalmology. Br J Ophthalmol (1998) 2.12
Prevalence, risk factors, and genotype distribution of hepatitis C virus infection in the general population: a community-based survey in southern Italy. Hepatology (1997) 1.96
Vitamin A supplementation and childhood malaria in northern Ghana. Am J Clin Nutr (1995) 1.76
Poor maternal schooling is the main constraint to good child care practices in Accra. J Nutr (2000) 1.37
Patterns of malaria morbidity and mortality in children in northern Ghana. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg (1995) 1.33
Influence of morbidity on serum retinol of children in a community-based study in northern Ghana. Am J Clin Nutr (1993) 1.23
Breast-feeding and growth in Brazilian infants. Am J Clin Nutr (1998) 1.15
Child morbidity and mortality following vitamin A supplementation in Ghana: time since dosing, number of doses, and time of year. Am J Public Health (1995) 1.15
Particulate air pollution and respiratory disease in Anchorage, Alaska. Environ Health Perspect (1996) 1.15
The NCHS reference and the growth of breast- and bottle-fed infants. J Nutr (1998) 1.10
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
Low birth weight and morbidity from diarrhea and respiratory infection in northeast Brazil. J Pediatr (1996) 1.01
Associations between respiratory illness and PM10 air pollution. Arch Environ Health (1997) 1.01
Sleep disorders in adult-onset myotonic dystrophy type 1: a controlled polysomnographic study. Eur J Neurol (2011) 0.98
Zinc supplementation, mental development and behaviour in low birth weight term infants in northeast Brazil. Eur J Clin Nutr (1998) 0.97
Vitamin A supplementation, morbidity, and serum acute-phase proteins in young Ghanaian children. Am J Clin Nutr (1995) 0.95
Postnatal growth patterns of full-term low birth weight infants in Northeast Brazil are related to socioeconomic status. J Nutr (1997) 0.93
Role of some infectious agents in atopic dermatitis. Acta Derm Venereol Suppl (Stockh) (1985) 0.91
Effect of vitamin A supplementation on the growth of young children in northern Ghana. Am J Clin Nutr (1996) 0.90
Measles incidence, case fatality, and delayed mortality in children with or without vitamin A supplementation in rural Ghana. Am J Epidemiol (1997) 0.89
Randomised, double blind, placebo controlled clinical trial of efficacy of vitamin A treatment in non-measles childhood pneumonia. BMJ (1997) 0.87
Future research and collaboration: the "SINERGIE" project on HCV (South Italian Network for Rational Guidelines and International Epidemiology). BMC Infect Dis (2012) 0.87
Caesarean sections in Brazil. Lancet (1996) 0.87
The development of low birth weight term infants and the effects of the environment in northeast Brazil. J Pediatr (1998) 0.87
Influence of heavy agricultural work during pregnancy on birthweight in northeast Brazil. Int J Epidemiol (1999) 0.85
Breast feeding, pacifier use and infant development at 12 months of age: a birth cohort study in Brazil. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol (1997) 0.85
Pharmacological treatments for alcoholism: revisiting lithium and considering buspirone. Alcohol Clin Exp Res (2000) 0.84
Estimating maternal mortality by the Sisterhood method in Iringa District, Tanzania. Trop Doct (2001) 0.78
Lack of association between vitamin A status and measures of conjunctival epithelial integrity in young children in northern Ghana. Eur J Clin Nutr (1994) 0.78
Aberrant splicing and expression of the non muscle myosin heavy-chain gene MYH14 in DM1 muscle tissues. Neurobiol Dis (2011) 0.78
The impact of vitamin A supplementation given during a pneumonia episode on the subsequent morbidity of children. Trop Med Int Health (1998) 0.75
Psoriasis in atopic children. Acta Derm Venereol Suppl (Stockh) (1989) 0.75
Feeding behaviors, food attitudes, and body fatness in infants. J Am Diet Assoc (1982) 0.75
[Nutritional status of pre-school children of the semi-arid region of Bahia (Brazil): II--Vitamin A deficiency]. Rev Saude Publica (1996) 0.75
[Determination of drug costs in general anesthesia]. Minerva Anestesiol (1992) 0.75
[Nutritional and feeding status of preschool children in the semi-arid region of Bahia (Brazil): I. Anthropometric assessment]. Rev Saude Publica (1995) 0.75
Abdominal circumference contributes to absence of wasting in Brazilian children. J Nutr (1996) 0.75
Intracellular elemental content of cardiac and skeletal muscle of normal and dystrophic hamsters. Muscle Nerve (1983) 0.75