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Alternative projections of mortality and disability by cause 1990-2020: Global Burden of Disease Study. Lancet (1997) 44.03
Mortality by cause for eight regions of the world: Global Burden of Disease Study. Lancet (1997) 29.18
Global mortality, disability, and the contribution of risk factors: Global Burden of Disease Study. Lancet (1997) 25.40
Mortality from tobacco in developed countries: indirect estimation from national vital statistics. Lancet (1992) 25.28
Evidence-based health policy--lessons from the Global Burden of Disease Study. Science (1996) 13.50
Alcohol consumption and mortality among middle-aged and elderly U.S. adults. N Engl J Med (1997) 8.25
Mortality from smoking worldwide. Br Med Bull (1996) 7.87
Regional patterns of disability-free life expectancy and disability-adjusted life expectancy: global Burden of Disease Study. Lancet (1997) 7.29
The global burden of disease in 1990: summary results, sensitivity analysis and future directions. Bull World Health Organ (1994) 6.99
The global burden of disease, 1990-2020. Nat Med (1998) 6.50
Whose standard is it, anyway? How the tobacco industry determines the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standards for tobacco and tobacco products. Tob Control (2001) 6.02
Quantifying disability: data, methods and results. Bull World Health Organ (1994) 4.99
Measuring the accumulated hazards of smoking: global and regional estimates for 2000. Tob Control (2003) 4.94
Globalisation and the prevention and control of non-communicable disease: the neglected chronic diseases of adults. Lancet (2003) 4.66
Tobacco use by youth: a surveillance report from the Global Youth Tobacco Survey project. Bull World Health Organ (2000) 4.65
Armed conflict as a public health problem. BMJ (2002) 4.42
Healthy life expectancy in 191 countries, 1999. Lancet (2001) 4.31
On the comparable quantification of health risks: lessons from the Global Burden of Disease Study. Epidemiology (1999) 3.66
The decline in child mortality: a reappraisal. Bull World Health Organ (2000) 3.46
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Progress and directions in refining the global burden of disease approach: a response to Williams. Health Econ (2000) 3.17
Trends and affordability of cigarette prices: ample room for tax increases and related health gains. Tob Control (2002) 3.12
The use of cause-of-death statistics for health situation assessment: national and international experiences. World Health Stat Q (1990) 2.84
The utility of DALYs for public health policy and research: a reply. Bull World Health Organ (1997) 2.49
Enrolment into Birth to Ten (BTT): population and sample characteristics. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol (1995) 2.20
Research in support of tobacco control. BMJ (1998) 2.18
Regional, disease specific patterns of smoking-attributable mortality in 2000. Tob Control (2004) 2.12
Research gap in cardiovascular disease in developing countries. Lancet (2003) 1.86
Adult health: a legitimate concern for developing countries. Am J Public Health (1993) 1.64
Research for effective global tobacco control in the 21st century: report of a working group convened during the 10th World Conference on Tobacco or Health. Tob Control (1998) 1.64
Global trade and health: key linkages and future challenges. Bull World Health Organ (2000) 1.61
Measuring the burden of disease. Lancet (1998) 1.58
Smoking practices in the black township population of Cape Town. S Afr Med J (1989) 1.57
Health for all in the 21st century. World Health Stat Q (1998) 1.52
Achieving the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control's potential by investing in national capacity. Tob Control (2004) 1.47
At least one in seven cases of cancer is caused by smoking. Global estimates for 1985. Int J Cancer (1994) 1.45
Develop and strengthen public health law. World Health Stat Q (1998) 1.45
Hypertension in developing countries. World Health Stat Q (1988) 1.45
Smoking status, knowledge of health effects and attitudes towards tobacco control in South Africa. S Afr Med J (1996) 1.43
Daily mortality in relation to weather and air pollution in Christchurch, New Zealand. Aust N Z J Public Health (2000) 1.39
Sustained proliferation of PDX-1+ cells derived from human islets. Diabetes (1999) 1.35
Ex vivo expansion of human pancreatic endocrine cells. J Clin Endocrinol Metab (1997) 1.33
Tobacco or health. World Health Stat Q (1993) 1.32
KSA antigen Ep-CAM mediates cell-cell adhesion of pancreatic epithelial cells: morphoregulatory roles in pancreatic islet development. J Cell Biol (1998) 1.26
'Birth to Ten'--a study of children of the 1990s living in the Johannesburg-Soweto area. S Afr Med J (1990) 1.23
Injecting greater urgency into global tobacco control. Tob Control (2005) 1.22
Global and regional mortality patterns by cause of death in 1980. Int J Epidemiol (1986) 1.22
Global gene expression profiling and histochemical analysis of the developing human fetal pancreas. Diabetologia (2007) 1.21
An in vivo model for study of the angiogenic effects of basic fibroblast growth factor. Biochem Biophys Res Commun (1987) 1.19
Accelerated telomere shortening and senescence in human pancreatic islet cells stimulated to divide in vitro. J Endocrinol (2000) 1.18
A respiratory epidemiologic survey of grain mill workers in Cape Town, South Africa. Am Rev Respir Dis (1985) 1.16
Counting the dead in China. Measuring tobacco's impact in the developing world. BMJ (1998) 1.14
Drop-out and newcomer bias in a community cardiovascular follow-up study. Int J Epidemiol (1990) 1.13
Growth factor/matrix-induced proliferation of human adult beta-cells. Diabetes (1995) 1.13
Beliefs about smoking and health and attitudes toward tobacco control measures. S Afr Med J (1992) 1.11
The incremental effect of age-weighting on YLLs, YLDs, and DALYs: a response. Bull World Health Organ (1996) 1.09
The backward-facing safety seat for preschool children in cars. N Z Med J (1979) 1.08
Hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor has insulinotropic activity in human fetal pancreatic cells. Diabetes (1994) 1.08
Global priority setting for Cochrane systematic reviews of health promotion and public health research. J Epidemiol Community Health (2005) 1.07
Evaluation of a mass measles immunisation campaign in a rapidly growing peri-urban area. S Afr Med J (1989) 1.04
On the assessment of maternal mortality. World Health Stat Q (1987) 1.04
A role for activin A and betacellulin in human fetal pancreatic cell differentiation and growth. J Clin Endocrinol Metab (2000) 1.03
Why do we need a large study on tobacco-attributed mortality in South Africa? S Afr Med J (1998) 1.03
Trehalose: a cryoprotectant that enhances recovery and preserves function of human pancreatic islets after long-term storage. Diabetes (1997) 1.02
Mseleni joint disease in 1981: decreased prevalence rates, wider geographical location than before, and socioeconomic impact of an endemic osteoarthrosis in an underdeveloped community in South Africa. Int J Epidemiol (1985) 1.02
Sex differentials in mortality. WHO Chron (1984) 1.02
An evaluation of the national measles vaccination campaign in the new shanty areas of Khayelitsha. S Afr Med J (1991) 1.01
Functional beta-cell mass after transplantation of human fetal pancreatic cells: differentiation or proliferation? Diabetes (1997) 1.00
Addressing Africa's health needs--time for strong South African involvement. S Afr Med J (1998) 0.94
Reducing child mortality. Bull World Health Organ (2000) 0.94
All Africa conference on tobacco control. BMJ (1994) 0.92
Tuberculosis deaths in South Africa, 1980. S Afr Med J (1987) 0.92
Isolation and characterization of a cell line from the epithelial cells of the human fetal pancreas. Cell Transplant (1997) 0.92
Housing and health transition in Thailand. Rev Environ Health (2005) 0.91
Epidemiologic surveillance of the tobacco epidemic. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep (1992) 0.91
'Unrest'--a vital community health issue. S Afr Med J (1986) 0.91
Crowding and alcohol abuse as risk factors for tuberculosis in the Mamre population. Results of a case-control study. S Afr Med J (1988) 0.90
Keratinocyte growth factor and beta-cell differentiation in human fetal pancreatic endocrine precursor cells. Diabetologia (2003) 0.89
The case for HIV surveillance in South Africa. S Afr Med J (1990) 0.88
Gene transfer to human pancreatic endocrine cells using viral vectors. Diabetes (1999) 0.88
A comparison of hospital admissions data and official government statistics of serious traffic accident injuries. N Z Med J (1987) 0.88
Mortality from external causes in South African adolescents, 1984-1986. S Afr Med J (1992) 0.87
The impact of smoking in developing countries with special reference to Africa. Int J Health Serv (1986) 0.87
Epidemiology of non-fatal injuries due to external causes in Johannesburg-Soweto. Part II. Incidence and determinants. S Afr Med J (1991) 0.86
Developmental gene expression in the human fetal pancreas. Pediatr Res (1994) 0.86
Nutrition status of pre-school children in a Cape Town township. S Afr Med J (1987) 0.86
Determinants of cigarette smoking in the black township population of Cape Town. J Epidemiol Community Health (1989) 0.86
Decrease in the number of neonatal islets required for successful transplantation by strict metabolic control of diabetic rats. Transplantation (1988) 0.85
Smoking and death in Russia. Tob Control (1998) 0.84
Smoking policies in the workplace in the western Cape. S Afr Med J (1992) 0.84
A national sentinel surveillance network for the measurement of ill-health in South Africa. A prerequisite for epidemiological research and health planning. S Afr Med J (1994) 0.84
Factors influencing islet transplantation. Number, location, and metabolic control. Transplantation (1990) 0.83
A note on estimating the cause of death structure in high mortality populations. Popul Bull UN (1982) 0.83
Smoking in the black community of the Cape Peninsula, South Africa. East Afr Med J (1994) 0.82
Measles vaccination coverage and its determinants in a rapidly growing peri-urban area. S Afr Med J (1990) 0.82
The distribution of health needs and services in South Africa. Soc Sci Med (1988) 0.82
Protection from cell death in cultured human fetal pancreatic cells. Cell Transplant (2000) 0.81
The use of digital image processing to quantitate angiogenesis induced by basic fibroblast growth factor and transplanted pancreatic islets. Microvasc Res (1991) 0.81
Peering into the black hole--the quality of black mortality data in Port Elizabeth and the rest of South Africa. S Afr Med J (1991) 0.81
Acute respiratory infections as an important cause of childhood deaths in South Africa. S Afr Med J (1991) 0.80