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January 2012, Volume 9, Issue 1
- 1-17 Effect of Sanitation on Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infection: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
by Kathrin Ziegelbauer & Benjamin Speich & Daniel Mäusezahl & Robert Bos & Jennifer Keiser & Jürg Utzinger
December 2011, Volume 8, Issue 12
- 1-2 Poor Diet in Shift Workers: A New Occupational Health Hazard?
by The PLoS Medicine Editors - 1-3 Shift Work as a Risk Factor for Future Type 2 Diabetes: Evidence, Mechanisms, Implications, and Future Research Directions
by Mika Kivimäki & G David Batty & Christer Hublin - 1-4 Disclosure of Investigators' Recruitment Performance in Multicenter Clinical Trials: A Further Step for Research Transparency
by Rafael Dal-Ré & David Moher & Christian Gluud & Shaun Treweek & Jacques Demotes-Mainard & Xavier Carné - 1-5 The Primacy of Public Health Considerations in Defining Poor Quality Medicines
by Paul N Newton & Abdinasir A Amin & Chris Bird & Phillip Passmore & Graham Dukes & Göran Tomson & Bright Simons & Roger Bate & Philippe J Guerin & Nicholas J White - 1-7 A Comprehensive Framework for Human Resources for Health System Development in Fragile and Post-Conflict States
by Noriko Fujita & Anthony B Zwi & Mari Nagai & Hidechika Akashi
November 2011, Volume 8, Issue 11
- 1-6 Priorities for Research on Equity and Health: Towards an Equity-Focused Health Research Agenda
by Piroska Östlin & Ted Schrecker & Ritu Sadana & Josiane Bonnefoy & Lucy Gilson & Clyde Hertzman & Michael P Kelly & Tord Kjellstrom & Ronald Labonté & Olle Lundberg & Carles Muntaner & Jennie Popay & Gita Sen & Ziba Vaghri - 1-6 Managing the Demand for Global Health Education
by Vanessa B Kerry & Thumbi Ndung'u & Rochelle P Walensky & Patrick T Lee & V Frederick I B Kayanja & David R Bangsberg - 1-6 Responsible Governance for Mental Health Research in Low Resource Countries
by M Taghi Yasamy & Pallab K Maulik & Mark Tomlinson & Crick Lund & Mark Van Ommeren & Shekhar Saxena - 1-10 Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision: Logistics, Commodities, and Waste Management Requirements for Scale-Up of Services
by Dianna Edgil & Petra Stankard & Steven Forsythe & Dino Rech & Kristin Chrouser & Tigistu Adamu & Sameer Sakallah & Anne Goldzier Thomas & Jennifer Albertini & David Stanton & Kim Eva Dickson & Emmanuel Njeuhmeli - 1-14 Physical Activity Attenuates the Influence of FTO Variants on Obesity Risk: A Meta-Analysis of 218,166 Adults and 19,268 Children
by Tuomas O Kilpeläinen & Lu Qi & Soren Brage & Stephen J Sharp & Emily Sonestedt & Ellen Demerath & Tariq Ahmad & Samia Mora & Marika Kaakinen & Camilla Helene Sandholt & Christina Holzapfel & Christine S Autenrieth & Elina Hyppönen & Stéphane Cauchi & Meian He & Zoltan Kutalik & Meena Kumari & Alena Stančáková & Karina Meidtner & Beverley Balkau & Jonathan T Tan & Massimo Mangino & Nicholas J Timpson & Yiqing Song & M Carola Zillikens & Kathleen A Jablonski & Melissa E Garcia & Stefan Johansson & Jennifer L Bragg-Gresham & Ying Wu & Jana V van Vliet-Ostaptchouk & N Charlotte Onland-Moret & Esther Zimmermann & Natalia V Rivera & Toshiko Tanaka & Heather M Stringham & Günther Silbernagel & Stavroula Kanoni & Mary F Feitosa & Soren Snitker & Jonatan R Ruiz & Jeffery Metter & Maria Teresa Martinez Larrad & Mustafa Atalay & Maarit Hakanen & Najaf Amin & Christine Cavalcanti-Proença & Anders Grøntved & Göran Hallmans & John-Olov Jansson & Johanna Kuusisto & Mika Kähönen & Pamela L Lutsey & John J Nolan & Luigi Palla & Oluf Pedersen & Louis Pérusse & Frida Renström & Robert A Scott & Dmitry Shungin & Ulla Sovio & Tuija H Tammelin & Tapani Rönnemaa & Timo A Lakka & Matti Uusitupa & Manuel Serrano Rios & Luigi Ferrucci & Claude Bouchard & Aline Meirhaeghe & Mao Fu & Mark Walker & Ingrid B Borecki & George V Dedoussis & Andreas Fritsche & Claes Ohlsson & Michael Boehnke & Stefania Bandinelli & Cornelia M van Duijn & Shah Ebrahim & Debbie A Lawlor & Vilmundur Gudnason & Tamara B Harris & Thorkild I A Sørensen & Karen L Mohlke & Albert Hofman & André G Uitterlinden & Jaakko Tuomilehto & Terho Lehtimäki & Olli Raitakari & Bo Isomaa & Pål R Njølstad & Jose C Florez & Simin Liu & Andy Ness & Timothy D Spector & E Shyong Tai & Philippe Froguel & Heiner Boeing & Markku Laakso & Michael Marmot & Sven Bergmann & Chris Power & Kay-Tee Khaw & Daniel Chasman & Paul Ridker & Torben Hansen & Keri L Monda & Thomas Illig & Marjo-Riitta Järvelin & Nicholas J Wareham & Frank B Hu & Leif C Groop & Marju Orho-Melander & Ulf Ekelund & Paul W Franks & Ruth J F Loos - 1-14 Rapid Diagnosis of Tuberculosis with the Xpert MTB/RIF Assay in High Burden Countries: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
by Anna Vassall & Sanne van Kampen & Hojoon Sohn & Joy S Michael & K R John & Saskia den Boon & J Lucian Davis & Andrew Whitelaw & Mark P Nicol & Maria Tarcela Gler & Anar Khaliqov & Carlos Zamudio & Mark D Perkins & Catharina C Boehme & Frank Cobelens
October 2011, Volume 8, Issue 10
- 1-11 Mendelian Randomization Study of B-Type Natriuretic Peptide and Type 2 Diabetes: Evidence of Causal Association from Population Studies
by Roman Pfister & Stephen Sharp & Robert Luben & Paul Welsh & Inês Barroso & Veikko Salomaa & Aline Meirhaeghe & Kay-Tee Khaw & Naveed Sattar & Claudia Langenberg & Nicholas J Wareham
September 2011, Volume 8, Issue 9
- 1-3 Informing the 2011 UN Session on Noncommunicable Diseases: Applying Lessons from the AIDS Response
by Peter Lamptey & Michael Merson & Peter Piot & K Srinath Reddy & Rebecca Dirks - 1-6 Towards Improved Measurement of Financial Protection in Health
by Rodrigo Moreno-Serra & Christopher Millett & Peter C Smith - 1-11 Cost-Effectiveness of Early Versus Standard Antiretroviral Therapy in HIV-Infected Adults in Haiti
by Serena P Koenig & Heejung Bang & Patrice Severe & Marc Antoine Jean Juste & Alex Ambroise & Alison Edwards & Jessica Hippolyte & Daniel W Fitzgerald & Jolion McGreevy & Cynthia Riviere & Serge Marcelin & Rode Secours & Warren D Johnson & Jean W Pape & Bruce R Schackman - 1-18 Cardiovascular Risk with Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs: Systematic Review of Population-Based Controlled Observational Studies
by Patricia McGettigan & David Henry
August 2011, Volume 8, Issue 8
- 1-2 Being the Ghost in the Machine: A Medical Ghostwriter's Personal View
by Linda Logdberg - 1-5 Building the Field of Health Policy and Systems Research: An Agenda for Action
by Sara Bennett & Irene Akua Agyepong & Kabir Sheikh & Kara Hanson & Freddie Ssengooba & Lucy Gilson - 1-5 How Industry Uses the ICMJE Guidelines to Manipulate Authorship—And How They Should Be Revised
by Alastair Matheson - 1-6 Building the Field of Health Policy and Systems Research: Social Science Matters
by Lucy Gilson & Kara Hanson & Kabir Sheikh & Irene Akua Agyepong & Freddie Ssengooba & Sara Bennett - 1-10 Serological Testing Versus Other Strategies for Diagnosis of Active Tuberculosis in India: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
by David W Dowdy & Karen R Steingart & Madhukar Pai - 1-12 Changes in Drug Utilization during a Gap in Insurance Coverage: An Examination of the Medicare Part D Coverage Gap
by Jennifer M Polinski & William H Shrank & Haiden A Huskamp & Robert J Glynn & Joshua N Liberman & Sebastian Schneeweiss - 1-12 Corporate Social Responsibility and Access to Policy Élites: An Analysis of Tobacco Industry Documents
by Gary J Fooks & Anna B Gilmore & Katherine E Smith & Jeff Collin & Chris Holden & Kelley Lee - 1-13 Neonatal Mortality Levels for 193 Countries in 2009 with Trends since 1990: A Systematic Analysis of Progress, Projections, and Priorities
by Mikkel Zahle Oestergaard & Mie Inoue & Sachiyo Yoshida & Wahyu Retno Mahanani & Fiona M Gore & Simon Cousens & Joy E Lawn & Colin Douglas Mathers & on behalf of the United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation and the Child Health Epidemiology Reference Group - 1-19 Commercial Serological Tests for the Diagnosis of Active Pulmonary and Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
by Karen R Steingart & Laura L Flores & Nandini Dendukuri & Ian Schiller & Suman Laal & Andrew Ramsay & Philip C Hopewell & Madhukar Pai
July 2011, Volume 8, Issue 7
- 1-2 Health Care Systems and Conflict: A Fragile State of Affairs
by The PLoS Medicine Editors - 1-5 Is Scale-Up Worth It? Challenges in Economic Analysis of Diagnostic Tests for Tuberculosis
by David W Dowdy & Adithya Cattamanchi & Karen R Steingart & Madhukar Pai - 1-6 Individualized Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
by John P A Ioannidis & Alan M Garber - 1-9 Configuring Balanced Scorecards for Measuring Health System Performance: Evidence from 5 Years' Evaluation in Afghanistan
by Anbrasi Edward & Binay Kumar & Faizullah Kakar & Ahmad Shah Salehi & Gilbert Burnham & David H Peters - 1-12 Predicting the Epidemic Sizes of Influenza A/H1N1, A/H3N2, and B: A Statistical Method
by Edward Goldstein & Sarah Cobey & Saki Takahashi & Joel C Miller & Marc Lipsitch
June 2011, Volume 8, Issue 6
- 1-4 The Dynamics of Health and Return Migration
by Anita A Davies & Rosilyne M Borland & Carolyn Blake & Haley E West - 1-4 Migration and "Low-Skilled" Workers in Destination Countries
by Joan Benach & Carles Muntaner & Carlos Delclos & María Menéndez & Charlene Ronquillo - 1-5 Scaling Up Global Health Interventions: A Proposed Framework for Success
by Gavin Yamey - 1-5 Global Protection and the Health Impact of Migration Interception
by Zachary Steel & Belinda J Liddell & Catherine R Bateman-Steel & Anthony B Zwi
May 2011, Volume 8, Issue 5
- 1-2 Let's Be Straight Up about the Alcohol Industry
by The PLoS Medicine Editors - 1-5 The Joint Action and Learning Initiative: Towards a Global Agreement on National and Global Responsibilities for Health
by Lawrence O Gostin & Eric A Friedman & Gorik Ooms & Thomas Gebauer & Narendra Gupta & Devi Sridhar & Wang Chenguang & John-Arne Røttingen & David Sanders - 1-6 The Transit Phase of Migration: Circulation of Malaria and Its Multidrug-Resistant Forms in Africa
by Caroline Lynch & Cally Roper - 1-7 Health Aspects of the Pre-Departure Phase of Migration
by Brian D Gushulak & Douglas W MacPherson - 1-7 Migration and Health: A Framework for 21st Century Policy-Making
by Cathy Zimmerman & Ligia Kiss & Mazeda Hossain - 1-12 Threshold Haemoglobin Levels and the Prognosis of Stable Coronary Disease: Two New Cohorts and a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
by Anoop D Shah & Owen Nicholas & Adam D Timmis & Gene Feder & Keith R Abrams & Ruoling Chen & Aroon D Hingorani & Harry Hemingway - 1-13 Meta-analyses of Adverse Effects Data Derived from Randomised Controlled Trials as Compared to Observational Studies: Methodological Overview
by Su Golder & Yoon K Loke & Martin Bland - 1-14 The Impact of Retail-Sector Delivery of Artemether–Lumefantrine on Malaria Treatment of Children under Five in Kenya: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
by Beth P Kangwana & Sarah V Kedenge & Abdisalan M Noor & Victor A Alegana & Andrew J Nyandigisi & Jayesh Pandit & Greg W Fegan & James E Todd & Simon Brooker & Robert W Snow & Catherine A Goodman
April 2011, Volume 8, Issue 4
- 1-2 The Quality of Medical Care in Low-Income Countries: From Providers to Markets
by Jishnu Das - 1-2 A Public Health Emergency of International Concern? Response to a Proposal to Apply the International Health Regulations to Antimicrobial Resistance
by Adam Kamradt-Scott - 1-9 Strategies and Practices in Off-Label Marketing of Pharmaceuticals: A Retrospective Analysis of Whistleblower Complaints
by Aaron S Kesselheim & Michelle M Mello & David M Studdert - 1-10 Quality of Private and Public Ambulatory Health Care in Low and Middle Income Countries: Systematic Review of Comparative Studies
by Sima Berendes & Peter Heywood & Sandy Oliver & Paul Garner - 1-10 Global Health Philanthropy and Institutional Relationships: How Should Conflicts of Interest Be Addressed?
by David Stuckler & Sanjay Basu & Martin McKee
March 2011, Volume 8, Issue 3
- 1-2 Equity Must Accompany Economic Growth for Good Health
by K Srinath Reddy - 1-4 Strengthening the Reporting of Genetic Risk Prediction Studies: The GRIPS Statement
by A Cecile J W Janssens & John P A Ioannidis & Cornelia M van Duijn & Julian Little & Muin J Khoury & for the GRIPS Group - 1-9 Promotional Tone in Reviews of Menopausal Hormone Therapy After the Women's Health Initiative: An Analysis of Published Articles
by Adriane Fugh-Berman & Christina Pike McDonald & Alicia M Bell & Emily Catherine Bethards & Anthony R Scialli - 1-15 Effectiveness and Cost Effectiveness of Expanding Harm Reduction and Antiretroviral Therapy in a Mixed HIV Epidemic: A Modeling Analysis for Ukraine
by Sabina S Alistar & Douglas K Owens & Margaret L Brandeau - 1-15 Is Economic Growth Associated with Reduction in Child Undernutrition in India?
by Malavika A Subramanyam & Ichiro Kawachi & Lisa F Berkman & S V Subramanian
February 2011, Volume 8, Issue 2
- 1-1 Health Behaviours, Socioeconomic Status, and Mortality: Further Analyses of the British Whitehall II and the French GAZEL Prospective Cohorts
by Silvia Stringhini & Aline Dugravot & Martin Shipley & Marcel Goldberg & Marie Zins & Mika Kivimäki & Michael Marmot & Séverine Sabia & Archana Singh-Manoux - 1-14 Intravaginal Practices, Bacterial Vaginosis, and HIV Infection in Women: Individual Participant Data Meta-analysis
by Nicola Low & Matthew F Chersich & Kurt Schmidlin & Matthias Egger & Suzanna C Francis & Janneke H. H. M. van de Wijgert & Richard J Hayes & Jared M Baeten & Joelle Brown & Sinead Delany-Moretlwe & Rupert Kaul & Nuala McGrath & Charles Morrison & Landon Myer & Marleen Temmerman & Ariane van der Straten & Deborah Watson-Jones & Marcel Zwahlen & Adriane Martin Hilber - 1-14 Two Strategies for the Delivery of IPTc in an Area of Seasonal Malaria Transmission in The Gambia: A Randomised Controlled Trial
by Kalifa A Bojang & Francis Akor & Lesong Conteh & Emily Webb & Ousman Bittaye & David J Conway & Momodou Jasseh & Virginia Wiseman & Paul J Milligan & Brian Greenwood
January 2011, Volume 8, Issue 1
- 1-2 WHO/PLoS Collection “No Health Without Research”: A Call for Papers
by Tikki Pang & Robert F Terry & The PLoS Medicine Editors - 1-5 A Research Agenda for Malaria Eradication: Cross-Cutting Issues for Eradication
by The malERA Consultative Group on Integration Strategies - 1-7 Some Lessons for the Future from the Global Malaria Eradication Programme (1955–1969)
by José A Nájera & Matiana González-Silva & Pedro L Alonso - 1-8 Setting Implementation Research Priorities to Reduce Preterm Births and Stillbirths at the Community Level
by Asha George & Mark Young & Abhay Bang & Kit Yee Chan & Igor Rudan & Cesar G Victora & Mickey Chopra & Craig Rubens & and the GAPPS expert group on community based strategies and constraints - 1-10 A Research Agenda for Malaria Eradication: Health Systems and Operational Research
by The malERA Consultative Group on Health Systems and Operational Research - 1-11 Predicting Live Birth, Preterm Delivery, and Low Birth Weight in Infants Born from In Vitro Fertilisation: A Prospective Study of 144,018 Treatment Cycles
by Scott M Nelson & Debbie A Lawlor - 1-14 Development of a Standardized Screening Rule for Tuberculosis in People Living with HIV in Resource-Constrained Settings: Individual Participant Data Meta-analysis of Observational Studies
by Haileyesus Getahun & Wanitchaya Kittikraisak & Charles M Heilig & Elizabeth L Corbett & Helen Ayles & Kevin P Cain & Alison D Grant & Gavin J Churchyard & Michael Kimerling & Sarita Shah & Stephen D Lawn & Robin Wood & Gary Maartens & Reuben Granich & Anand A Date & Jay K Varma
December 2010, Volume 7, Issue 12
- 1-6 Toward a Consensus on Guiding Principles for Health Systems Strengthening
by Robert C Swanson & Annette Bongiovanni & Elizabeth Bradley & Varnee Murugan & Jesper Sundewall & Arvind Betigeri & Frank Nyonator & Adriano Cattaneo & Brandi Harless & Andrey Ostrovsky & Ronald Labonté - 1-10 Clinical Benefits, Costs, and Cost-Effectiveness of Neonatal Intensive Care in Mexico
by Jochen Profit & Diana Lee & John A Zupancic & LuAnn Papile & Cristina Gutierrez & Sue J Goldie & Eduardo Gonzalez-Pier & Joshua A Salomon - 1-12 Scaling Up the 2010 World Health Organization HIV Treatment Guidelines in Resource-Limited Settings: A Model-Based Analysis
by Rochelle P Walensky & Robin Wood & Andrea L Ciaranello & A David Paltiel & Sarah B Lorenzana & Xavier Anglaret & Adam W Stoler & Kenneth A Freedberg & for the CEPAC-International Investigators - 1-14 Association of Secondhand Smoke Exposure with Pediatric Invasive Bacterial Disease and Bacterial Carriage: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
by Chien-Chang Lee & Nicole A Middaugh & Stephen R C Howie & Majid Ezzati
November 2010, Volume 7, Issue 11
- 1-2 Doctors and Drug Companies: Still Cozy after All These Years
by David Henry - 1-2 Global Health Estimates: Stronger Collaboration Needed with Low- and Middle-Income Countries
by Osman Sankoh - 1-3 Production and Analysis of Health Indicators: The Role of Academia
by Christopher J L Murray & Alan D Lopez - 1-3 The Imperfect World of Global Health Estimates
by Peter Byass - 1-3 Which Path to Universal Health Coverage? Perspectives on the World Health Report 2010
by Sara Bennett & Sachiko Ozawa & Krishna D Rao - 1-3 WHO and Global Health Monitoring: The Way Forward
by J Ties Boerma & Colin Mathers & Carla Abou-Zahr - 1-6 Combining Domestic and Foreign Investment to Expand Tuberculosis Control in China
by Zhong-wei Jia & Shi-ming Cheng & Zhi-jun Li & Xin Du & Fei Huang & Xiao-wei Jia & Peng Kong & Yun-xi Liu & Wei Chen & Wei Wang & Christopher Dye - 1-7 Defining Research to Improve Health Systems
by Jan H F Remme & Taghreed Adam & Francisco Becerra-Posada & Catherine D'Arcangues & Michael Devlin & Charles Gardner & Abdul Ghaffar & Joachim Hombach & Jane F K Kengeya & Anthony Mbewu & Michael T Mbizvo & Zafar Mirza & Tikki Pang & Robert G Ridley & Fabio Zicker & Robert F Terry - 1-7 Sanitation and Health
by Duncan Mara & Jon Lane & Beth Scott & David Trouba - 1-10 Prescription Medicines and the Risk of Road Traffic Crashes: A French Registry-Based Study
by Ludivine Orriols & Bernard Delorme & Blandine Gadegbeku & Aurore Tricotel & Benjamin Contrand & Bernard Laumon & Louis-Rachid Salmi & Emmanuel Lagarde & on behalf of the CESIR research group
October 2010, Volume 7, Issue 10
- 1-2 Editors, Publishers, Impact Factors, and Reprint Income
by Harvey Marcovitch - 1-2 Increased Responsibility and Transparency in an Era of Increased Visibility
by The PLoS Medicine Editors - 1-6 The Persisting Burden of Intracerebral Haemorrhage: Can Effective Treatments Be Found?
by Colin B Josephson & Joseph Frantzias & Neshika Samarasekera & Rustam Al-Shahi Salman - 1-7 Conflicts of Interest at Medical Journals: The Influence of Industry-Supported Randomised Trials on Journal Impact Factors and Revenue – Cohort Study
by Andreas Lundh & Marija Barbateskovic & Asbjørn Hróbjartsson & Peter C Gøtzsche - 1-10 Oral Ondansetron Administration in Emergency Departments to Children with Gastroenteritis: An Economic Analysis
by Stephen B Freedman & Michael J Steiner & Kevin J Chan
September 2010, Volume 7, Issue 9
- 1-2 Are Drug Companies Living Up to Their Human Rights Responsibilities? The Merck Perspective
by Geralyn S Ritter - 1-2 Drug Companies Should Be Held More Accountable for Their Human Rights Responsibilities
by The PLoS Medicine Editors - 1-3 Are Drug Companies Living Up to Their Human Rights Responsibilities? Moving Toward Assessment
by Sofia Gruskin & Zyde Raad - 1-3 Are Drug Companies Living Up to Their Human Rights Responsibilities? The Perspective of the Former United Nations Special Rapporteur (2002-2008)
by Paul Hunt & Rajat Khosla - 1-5 Does It Matter Who Writes Medical News Stories?
by Amanda Wilson & Jane Robertson & Patrick McElduff & Alison Jones & David Henry - 1-6 Seventy-Five Trials and Eleven Systematic Reviews a Day: How Will We Ever Keep Up?
by Hilda Bastian & Paul Glasziou & Iain Chalmers - 1-7 Examining the “Urban Advantage” in Maternal Health Care in Developing Countries
by Zoë Matthews & Amos Channon & Sarah Neal & David Osrin & Nyovani Madise & William Stones - 1-10 Cost-Effectiveness of Pooled Nucleic Acid Amplification Testing for Acute HIV Infection after Third-Generation HIV Antibody Screening and Rapid Testing in the United States: A Comparison of Three Public Health Settings
by Angela B Hutchinson & Pragna Patel & Stephanie L Sansom & Paul G Farnham & Timothy J Sullivan & Berry Bennett & Peter R Kerndt & Robert K Bolan & James D Heffelfinger & Vimalanand S Prabhu & Bernard M Branson
August 2010, Volume 7, Issue 8
- 1-2 Social Relationships Are Key to Health, and to Health Policy
by The PLoS Medicine Editors - 1-3 Assessing Strategy and Equity in the Elimination of Malaria
by Naman K Shah - 1-5 Will Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Widen Health Inequalities?
by Simon Capewell & Hilary Graham - 1-8 Challenges in Developing Evidence-Based Recommendations Using the GRADE Approach: The Case of Mental, Neurological, and Substance Use Disorders
by Corrado Barbui & Tarun Dua & Mark van Ommeren & M Taghi Yasamy & Alexandra Fleischmann & Nicolas Clark & Graham Thornicroft & Suzanne Hill & Shekhar Saxena - 1-8 Quantifying the Impoverishing Effects of Purchasing Medicines: A Cross-Country Comparison of the Affordability of Medicines in the Developing World
by Laurens M Niëns & Alexandra Cameron & Ellen Van de Poel & Margaret Ewen & Werner B F Brouwer & Richard Laing - 1-17 Rapid Scaling Up of Insecticide-Treated Bed Net Coverage in Africa and Its Relationship with Development Assistance for Health: A Systematic Synthesis of Supply, Distribution, and Household Survey Data
by Abraham D Flaxman & Nancy Fullman & Mac W Otten Jr & Manoj Menon & Richard E Cibulskis & Marie Ng & Christopher J L Murray & Stephen S Lim
July 2010, Volume 7, Issue 7
- 1-1 Social Relationships and Mortality Risk: A Meta-analytic Review
by Julianne Holt-Lunstad & Timothy B Smith & J Bradley Layton - 1-6 Financing Maternal and Child Health—What Are the Limitations in Estimating Donor Flows and Resource Needs?
by Marco Schäferhoff & Christina Schrade & Gavin Yamey
June 2010, Volume 7, Issue 6
- 1-11 Evaluating the Quality of Research into a Single Prognostic Biomarker: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of 83 Studies of C-Reactive Protein in Stable Coronary Artery Disease
by Harry Hemingway & Peter Philipson & Ruoling Chen & Natalie K Fitzpatrick & Jacqueline Damant & Martin Shipley & Keith R Abrams & Santiago Moreno & Kate S L McAllister & Stephen Palmer & Juan Carlos Kaski & Adam D Timmis & Aroon D Hingorani - 1-12 Hospital Performance, the Local Economy, and the Local Workforce: Findings from a US National Longitudinal Study
by Jan Blustein & William B Borden & Melissa Valentine - 1-12 The Association of Factor V Leiden and Prothrombin Gene Mutation and Placenta-Mediated Pregnancy Complications: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Prospective Cohort Studies
by Marc A Rodger & Marisol T Betancourt & Peter Clark & Pelle G Lindqvist & Donna Dizon-Townson & Joanne Said & Uri Seligsohn & Marc Carrier & Ophira Salomon & Ian A Greer
May 2010, Volume 7, Issue 5
- 1-3 Can Foreign Policy Make a Difference to Health?
by Sigrun Møgedal & Benedikte Louise Alveberg - 1-11 Markers of Dysglycaemia and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease in People without Diabetes: Reykjavik Prospective Study and Systematic Review
by Nadeem Sarwar & Thor Aspelund & Gudny Eiriksdottir & Reeta Gobin & Sreenivasa Rao Kondapally Seshasai & Nita G Forouhi & Gunnar Sigurdsson & John Danesh & Vilmundur Gudnason
April 2010, Volume 7, Issue 4
- 1-1 Alternative Strategies to Reduce Maternal Mortality in India: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
by Sue J Goldie & Steve Sweet & Natalie Carvalho & Uma Chandra Mouli Natchu & Delphine Hu - 1-5 Brazil and the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: Global Health Diplomacy as Soft Power
by Kelley Lee & Luiz Carlos Chagas & Thomas E Novotny - 1-6 Health Diplomacy and the Enduring Relevance of Foreign Policy Interests
by Harley Feldbaum & Joshua Michaud - 1-6 China's Engagement with Global Health Diplomacy: Was SARS a Watershed?
by Lai-Ha Chan & Lucy Chen & Jin Xu - 1-11 Economic Appraisal of Ontario's Universal Influenza Immunization Program: A Cost-Utility Analysis
by Beate Sander & Jeffrey C Kwong & Chris T Bauch & Andreas Maetzel & Allison McGeer & Janet M Raboud & Murray Krahn
March 2010, Volume 7, Issue 3
- 1-7 CONSORT 2010 Statement: Updated Guidelines for Reporting Parallel Group Randomised Trials
by Kenneth F Schulz & Douglas G Altman & David Moher & for the CONSORT Group - 1-8 Can Animal Models of Disease Reliably Inform Human Studies?
by H Bart van der Worp & David W Howells & Emily S Sena & Michelle J Porritt & Sarah Rewell & Victoria O'Collins & Malcolm R Macleod - 1-10 Effects on Coronary Heart Disease of Increasing Polyunsaturated Fat in Place of Saturated Fat: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
by Dariush Mozaffarian & Renata Micha & Sarah Wallace - 1-10 Accelerating Policy Decisions to Adopt Haemophilus influenzae Type b Vaccine: A Global, Multivariable Analysis
by Jessica C Shearer & Meghan L Stack & Marcie R Richmond & Allyson P Bear & Rana A Hajjeh & David M Bishai - 1-13 Drivers of Inequality in Millennium Development Goal Progress: A Statistical Analysis
by David Stuckler & Sanjay Basu & Martin McKee - 1-13 The Promise of Prevention: The Effects of Four Preventable Risk Factors on National Life Expectancy and Life Expectancy Disparities by Race and County in the United States
by Goodarz Danaei & Eric B Rimm & Shefali Oza & Sandeep C Kulkarni & Christopher J L Murray & Majid Ezzati
February 2010, Volume 7, Issue 2
- 1-4 Ghostwriting at Elite Academic Medical Centers in the United States
by Jeffrey R Lacasse & Jonathan Leo - 1-6 The Global Research Neglect of Unassisted Smoking Cessation: Causes and Consequences
by Simon Chapman & Ross MacKenzie - 1-7 Packages of Care for Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
by Alan J Flisher & Katherine Sorsdahl & Sean Hatherill & Sonia Chehil - 1-10 Event Rates, Hospital Utilization, and Costs Associated with Major Complications of Diabetes: A Multicountry Comparative Analysis
by Philip M Clarke & Paul Glasziou & Anushka Patel & John Chalmers & Mark Woodward & Stephen B Harrap & Joshua A Salomon & on behalf of the ADVANCE Collaborative Group - 1-10 Can Broader Diffusion of Value-Based Insurance Design Increase Benefits from US Health Care without Increasing Costs? Evidence from a Computer Simulation Model
by R Scott Braithwaite & Cynthia Omokaro & Amy C Justice & Kimberly Nucifora & Mark S Roberts
January 2010, Volume 7, Issue 1
- 1-2 Neonatal Circumcision for HIV Prevention: Cost, Culture, and Behavioral Considerations
by Seth C Kalichman - 1-3 The Global Health System: Strengthening National Health Systems as the Next Step for Global Progress
by Julio Frenk - 1-4 Meeting the Demand for Results and Accountability: A Call for Action on Health Data from Eight Global Health Agencies
by Margaret Chan & Michel Kazatchkine & Julian Lob-Levyt & Thoraya Obaid & Julian Schweizer & Michel Sidibe & Ann Veneman & Tadataka Yamada - 1-4 The Global Health System: Actors, Norms, and Expectations in Transition
by Nicole A Szlezák & Barry R Bloom & Dean T Jamison & Gerald T Keusch & Catherine M Michaud & Suerie Moon & William C Clark - 1-5 Are Patents Impeding Medical Care and Innovation?
by E Richard Gold & Warren Kaplan & James Orbinski & Sarah Harland-Logan & Sevil N-Marandi - 1-5 The Global Health System: Lessons for a Stronger Institutional Framework
by Suerie Moon & Nicole A Szlezák & Catherine M Michaud & Dean T Jamison & Gerald T Keusch & William C Clark & Barry R Bloom - 1-10 Male Circumcision at Different Ages in Rwanda: A Cost-Effectiveness Study
by Agnes Binagwaho & Elisabetta Pegurri & Jane Muita & Stefano Bertozzi - 1-17 “Working the System”—British American Tobacco's Influence on the European Union Treaty and Its Implications for Policy: An Analysis of Internal Tobacco Industry Documents
by Katherine E Smith & Gary Fooks & Jeff Collin & Heide Weishaar & Sema Mandal & Anna B Gilmore - 1-20 The Relationship between Anti-merozoite Antibodies and Incidence of Plasmodium falciparum Malaria: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
by Freya J I Fowkes & Jack S Richards & Julie A Simpson & James G Beeson
December 2009, Volume 6, Issue 12
- 1-5 Global Health Delivery 2.0: Using Open-Access Technologies for Transparency and Operations Research
by Duncan Smith-Rohrberg Maru & Aditya Sharma & Jason Andrews & Sanjay Basu & Jhapat Thapa & Shefali Oza & Chhitij Bashyal & Bibhav Acharya & Ryan Schwarz - 1-10 A Comparison of Cost Effectiveness Using Data from Randomized Trials or Actual Clinical Practice: Selective Cox-2 Inhibitors as an Example
by Tjeerd-Pieter van Staa & Hubert G Leufkens & Bill Zhang & Liam Smeeth - 1-12 The Severity of Pandemic H1N1 Influenza in the United States, from April to July 2009: A Bayesian Analysis
by Anne M Presanis & Daniela De Angelis & The New York City Swine Flu Investigation Team 3 ¶ & Angela Hagy & Carrie Reed & Steven Riley & Ben S Cooper & Lyn Finelli & Paul Biedrzycki & Marc Lipsitch
November 2009, Volume 6, Issue 11
- 1-3 Time for a “Third Wave” of Malaria Activism to Tackle the Drug Stock-out Crisis
by The PLoS Medicine Editors - 1-3 The Unequal World of Health Data
by Peter Byass - 1-5 Mandatory Disclosure of Pharmaceutical Industry-Funded Events for Health Professionals
by Jane Robertson & Ray Moynihan & Emily Walkom & Lisa Bero & David Henry - 1-9 Packages of Care for Dementia in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
by Martin J Prince & Daisy Acosta & Erico Castro-Costa & Jim Jackson & K S Shaji - 1-9 Multiyear Climate Variability and Dengue—El Niño Southern Oscillation, Weather, and Dengue Incidence in Puerto Rico, Mexico, and Thailand: A Longitudinal Data Analysis
by Michael A Johansson & Derek A T Cummings & Gregory E Glass
October 2009, Volume 6, Issue 10
- 1-2 Lost but Not Forgotten—The Economics of Improving Patient Retention in AIDS Treatment Programs
by Gregory P Bisson & Jeffrey S A Stringer - 1-7 Packages of Care for Alcohol Use Disorders in Low- And Middle-Income Countries
by Vivek Benegal & Prabhat K Chand & Isidore S Obot - 1-7 Packages of Care for Depression in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
by Vikram Patel & Gregory Simon & Neerja Chowdhary & Sylvia Kaaya & Ricardo Araya - 1-7 Packages of Care for Epilepsy in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
by Caroline K Mbuba & Charles R Newton - 1-8 Packages of Care for Schizophrenia in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
by Jair de Jesus Mari & Denise Razzouk & Rangaswamy Thara & Julian Eaton & Graham Thornicroft - 1-11 Cost-Effectiveness of Preventing Loss to Follow-up in HIV Treatment Programs: A Côte d'Ivoire Appraisal
by Elena Losina & Hapsatou Touré & Lauren M Uhler & Xavier Anglaret & A David Paltiel & Eric Balestre & Rochelle P Walensky & Eugène Messou & Milton C Weinstein & François Dabis & Kenneth A Freedberg & for the ART-LINC Collaboration of International Epidemiological Databases to Evaluate AIDS (IeDEA) & and the CEPAC International investigators
September 2009, Volume 6, Issue 9
- 1-3 Grading Quality of Evidence and Strength of Recommendations: A Perspective
by Mohammed T Ansari & Alexander Tsertsvadze & David Moher
August 2009, Volume 6, Issue 8
- 1-6 Evaluating eHealth Interventions: The Need for Continuous Systemic Evaluation
by Lorraine Catwell & Aziz Sheikh - 1-8 Can We Systematically Review Studies That Evaluate Complex Interventions?
by Sasha Shepperd & Simon Lewin & Sharon Straus & Mike Clarke & Martin P Eccles & Ray Fitzpatrick & Geoff Wong & Aziz Sheikh - 1-8 Twenty-Five Years of Convoluted Health Reforms in Mexico
by Núria Homedes & Antonio Ugalde - 1-10 The Effect of Alternative Summary Statistics for Communicating Risk Reduction on Decisions about Taking Statins: A Randomized Trial
by Cheryl L L Carling & Doris Tove Kristoffersen & Victor M Montori & Jeph Herrin & Holger J Schünemann & Shaun Treweek & Elie A Akl & Andrew D Oxman - 1-12 Prolonged Grief Disorder: Psychometric Validation of Criteria Proposed for DSM-V and ICD-11
by Holly G Prigerson & Mardi J Horowitz & Selby C Jacobs & Colin M Parkes & Mihaela Aslan & Karl Goodkin & Beverley Raphael & Samuel J Marwit & Camille Wortman & Robert A Neimeyer & George Bonanno & Susan D Block & David Kissane & Paul Boelen & Andreas Maercker & Brett T Litz & Jeffrey G Johnson & Michael B First & Paul K Maciejewski - 1-15 Schizophrenia and Violence: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
by Seena Fazel & Gautam Gulati & Louise Linsell & John R Geddes & Martin Grann
July 2009, Volume 6, Issue 7
- 1-4 Can the Relationship between Doctors and Drug Companies Ever Be a Healthy One?
by Emma D'Arcy & Ray Moynihan - 1-5 Focusing on Quality Patient Care in the New Global Subsidy for Malaria Medicines
by Suerie Moon & Carmen Pérez Casas & Jean-Marie Kindermans & Martin de Smet & Tido von Schoen-Angerer - 1-6 Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: The PRISMA Statement
by David Moher & Alessandro Liberati & Jennifer Tetzlaff & Douglas G Altman & The PRISMA Group - 1-6 Conflict, Crisis, and Abuse in Dharavi, Mumbai: Experiences from Six Years at a Centre for Vulnerable Women and Children
by Nayreen Daruwalla & Armida Fernandez & Jenny Salam & Nikhat Shaikh & David Osrin - 1-11 Cost-Effectiveness of Interventions to Promote Physical Activity: A Modelling Study
by Linda J Cobiac & Theo Vos & Jan J Barendregt - 1-28 The PRISMA Statement for Reporting Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses of Studies That Evaluate Health Care Interventions: Explanation and Elaboration
by Alessandro Liberati & Douglas G Altman & Jennifer Tetzlaff & Cynthia Mulrow & Peter C Gøtzsche & John P A Ioannidis & Mike Clarke & P J Devereaux & Jos Kleijnen & David Moher
June 2009, Volume 6, Issue 6
- 1-2 Can We “Hedge” against the Development of Antiviral Resistance among Pandemic Influenza Viruses?
by David K Shay & Benjamin J Ridenhour - 1-3 Funding for Reproductive Health in Conflict and Post-Conflict Countries: A Familiar Story of Inequity and Insufficient Data
by Paul B Spiegel & Nadine Cornier & Marian Schilperoord - 1-4 Seasonal Hunger: A Neglected Problem with Proven Solutions
by Bapu Vaitla & Stephen Devereux & Samuel Hauenstein Swan - 1-5 Will the Public's Health Fall Victim to the Home Foreclosure Epidemic?
by Gary G Bennett & Melissa Scharoun-Lee & Reginald Tucker-Seeley - 1-13 Tracking Official Development Assistance for Reproductive Health in Conflict-Affected Countries
by Preeti Patel & Bayard Roberts & Samantha Guy & Louise Lee-Jones & Lesong Conteh
May 2009, Volume 6, Issue 5
- 1-6 Preventing Bias in Cluster Randomised Trials
by Bruno Giraudeau & Philippe Ravaud - 1-11 Hedging against Antiviral Resistance during the Next Influenza Pandemic Using Small Stockpiles of an Alternative Chemotherapy
by Joseph T Wu & Gabriel M Leung & Marc Lipsitch & Ben S Cooper & Steven Riley
April 2009, Volume 6, Issue 4
- 1-5 Global Health Actors Claim To Support Health System Strengthening—Is This Reality or Rhetoric?
by Bruno Marchal & Anna Cavalli & Guy Kegels - 1-23 The Preventable Causes of Death in the United States: Comparative Risk Assessment of Dietary, Lifestyle, and Metabolic Risk Factors
by Goodarz Danaei & Eric L Ding & Dariush Mozaffarian & Ben Taylor & Jürgen Rehm & Christopher J L Murray & Majid Ezzati
March 2009, Volume 6, Issue 3
- 1-6 Setting Research Priorities To Reduce Global Mortality from Childhood Diarrhoea by 2015
by Olivier Fontaine & Margaret Kosek & Shinjini Bhatnagar & Cynthia Boschi-Pinto & Kit Yee Chan & Christopher Duggan & Homero Martinez & Hugo Ribeiro & Nigel C Rollins & Mohammed A Salam & Mathuram Santosham & John D Snyder & Alexander C Tsai & Beth Vargas & Igor Rudan - 1-7 Systematic Reviews of Genetic Association Studies
by Gurdeep S Sagoo & Julian Little & Julian P T Higgins - 1-9 Advanced Paternal Age Is Associated with Impaired Neurocognitive Outcomes during Infancy and Childhood
by Sukanta Saha & Adrian G Barnett & Claire Foldi & Thomas H Burne & Darryl W Eyles & Stephen L Buka & John J McGrath - 1-17 A World Malaria Map: Plasmodium falciparum Endemicity in 2007
by Simon I Hay & Carlos A Guerra & Peter W Gething & Anand P Patil & Andrew J Tatem & Abdisalan M Noor & Caroline W Kabaria & Bui H Manh & Iqbal R F Elyazar & Simon Brooker & David L Smith & Rana A Moyeed & Robert W Snow
February 2009, Volume 6, Issue 2
- 1-3 An Unbiased Scientific Record Should Be Everyone's Agenda
by The PLoS Medicine Editors - 1-4 How Do Courts Set Health Policy? The Case of the Colombian Constitutional Court
by Alicia Ely Yamin & Oscar Parra-Vera - 1-4 What Should Be Done To Tackle Ghostwriting in the Medical Literature?
by Peter C Gøtzsche & Jerome P Kassirer & Karen L Woolley & Elizabeth Wager & Adam Jacobs & Art Gertel & Cindy Hamilton
January 2009, Volume 6, Issue 1
- 1-1 Effect of Removing Direct Payment for Health Care on Utilisation and Health Outcomes in Ghanaian Children: A Randomised Controlled Trial
by Evelyn Korkor Ansah & Solomon Narh-Bana & Sabina Asiamah & Vivian Dzordzordzi & Kingsley Biantey & Kakra Dickson & John Owusu Gyapong & Kwadwo Ansah Koram & Brian M Greenwood & Anne Mills & Christopher J M Whitty - 1-3 Abolishing User Fees in Africa
by Valéry Ridde & Slim Haddad - 1-3 Data Sources for Improving Estimates of the Global Burden of Injuries: Call for Contributors
by Kavi Bhalla & James Harrison & Jerry Abraham & Nagesh N Borse & Ronan Lyons & Soufiane Boufous & Limor Aharonson-Daniel & on behalf of the Global Burden of Disease Injury Expert Group - 1-5 Condom Access in South African Schools: Law, Policy, and Practice
by Juliana Han & Michael L Bennish - 1-7 Explaining Adherence Success in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Ethnographic Study
by Norma C Ware & John Idoko & Sylvia Kaaya & Irene Andia Biraro & Monique A Wyatt & Oche Agbaji & Guerino Chalamilla & David R Bangsberg
December 2008, Volume 5, Issue 12
- 1-1 Ovarian Carcinoma Subtypes Are Different Diseases: Implications for Biomarker Studies
by Martin Köbel & Steve E Kalloger & Niki Boyd & Steven McKinney & Erika Mehl & Chana Palmer & Samuel Leung & Nathan J Bowen & Diana N Ionescu & Ashish Rajput & Leah M Prentice & Dianne Miller & Jennifer Santos & Kenneth Swenerton & C Blake Gilks & David Huntsman - 1-2 The Disconnect between China's Public Health and Public Security Responses to Injection Drug Use, and the Consequences for Human Rights
by Stephen Koester - 1-2 Poverty and Cataract—A Deeper Look at a Complex Issue
by Susan Lewallen - 1-2 Mental Disorders among Homeless People in Western Countries
by Helen Herrman - 1-2 The Dirty War Index: Statistical Issues, Feasibility, and Interpretation
by Nathan Taback - 1-13 A Case-Control Study to Assess the Relationship between Poverty and Visual Impairment from Cataract in Kenya, the Philippines, and Bangladesh
by Hannah Kuper & Sarah Polack & Cristina Eusebio & Wanjiku Mathenge & Zakia Wadud & Allen Foster
November 2008, Volume 5, Issue 11
- 1-2 Mathematical Models for a New Era of Malaria Eradication
by Maciej F Boni & Caroline O Buckee & Nicholas J White - 1-5 Is Private Health Care the Answer to the Health Problems of the World's Poor?
by Kara Hanson & Lucy Gilson & Catherine Goodman & Anne Mills & Richard Smith & Richard Feachem & Neelam Sekhri Feachem & Tracey Perez Koehlmoos & Heather Kinlaw - 1-8 The Chilling Effect: How Do Researchers React to Controversy?
by Joanna Kempner - 1-10 Reporting Bias in Drug Trials Submitted to the Food and Drug Administration: Review of Publication and Presentation
by Kristin Rising & Peter Bacchetti & Lisa Bero
October 2008, Volume 5, Issue 10
- 1-2 Reform Should Make Health the First Item of Business
by The PLoS Medicine Editors - 1-5 Why Current Publication Practices May Distort Science
by Neal S Young & John P A Ioannidis & Omar Al-Ubaydli
September 2008, Volume 5, Issue 9
- 1-2 Tobacco Control Yields Clear Dividends for Health and Wealth
by Kelley Lee - 1-3 Making Sense of Non-Financial Competing Interests
by The PLoS Medicine Editors - 1-5 Towards a Data Sharing Culture: Recommendations for Leadership from Academic Health Centers
by Heather A Piwowar & Michael J Becich & Howard Bilofsky & Rebecca S Crowley & on behalf of the caBIG Data Sharing and Intellectual Capital Workspace - 1-13 Key Issues in Conducting a Meta-Analysis of Gene Expression Microarray Datasets
by Adaikalavan Ramasamy & Adrian Mondry & Chris C Holmes & Douglas G Altman
August 2008, Volume 5, Issue 8
- 1-3 Developing a Prognostic Model for Traumatic Brain Injury—A Missed Opportunity?
by Neil H Young & Peter J D Andrews - 1-6 Mendelian Randomisation and Causal Inference in Observational Epidemiology
by Nuala A Sheehan & Vanessa Didelez & Paul R Burton & Martin D Tobin - 1-9 Effect of the California Tobacco Control Program on Personal Health Care Expenditures
by James M Lightwood & Alexis Dinno & Stanton A Glantz - 1-9 Inflammation, Insulin Resistance, and Diabetes—Mendelian Randomization Using CRP Haplotypes Points Upstream
by Eric J Brunner & Mika Kivimäki & Daniel R Witte & Debbie A Lawlor & George Davey Smith & Jackie A Cooper & Michelle Miller & Gordon D O Lowe & Ann Rumley & Juan P Casas & Tina Shah & Steve E Humphries & Aroon D Hingorani & Michael G Marmot & Nicholas J Timpson & Meena Kumari - 1-15 Greater Response to Placebo in Children Than in Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis in Drug-Resistant Partial Epilepsy
by Sylvain Rheims & Michel Cucherat & Alexis Arzimanoglou & Philippe Ryvlin