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February 2011, Volume 8, Issue 2
- 1-11 A Randomised Controlled Trial of Ion-Exchange Water Softeners for the Treatment of Eczema in Children
by Kim S Thomas & Tara Dean & Caroline O'Leary & Tracey H Sach & Karin Koller & Anthony Frost & Hywel C Williams & the SWET Trial Team - 1-13 Adult Consequences of Late Adolescent Alcohol Consumption: A Systematic Review of Cohort Studies
by Jim McCambridge & John McAlaney & Richard Rowe - 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 Intermittent Preventive Treatment of Malaria Provides Substantial Protection against Malaria in Children Already Protected by an Insecticide-Treated Bednet in Mali: A Randomised, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial
by Alassane Dicko & Abdoulbaki I Diallo & Intimbeye Tembine & Yahia Dicko & Niawanlou Dara & Youssoufa Sidibe & Gaoussou Santara & Halimatou Diawara & Toumani Conaré & Abdoulaye Djimde & Daniel Chandramohan & Simon Cousens & Paul J Milligan & Diadier A Diallo & Ogobara K Doumbo & Brian Greenwood - 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 A Simple Novel Method for Determining Mortality Rates in HIV Treatment Programs Worldwide
by Gregory P Bisson - 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 - 1-5 Using the Delphi Technique to Determine Which Outcomes to Measure in Clinical Trials: Recommendations for the Future Based on a Systematic Review of Existing Studies
by Ian P Sinha & Rosalind L Smyth & Paula R Williamson - 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 A Research Agenda for Malaria Eradication: Monitoring, Evaluation, and Surveillance
by The malERA Consultative Group on Monitoring, Evaluation, and Surveillance - 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 - 1-9 A Research Agenda for Malaria Eradication: Modeling
by The malERA Consultative Group on Modeling - 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 - 1-11 Correcting Mortality for Loss to Follow-Up: A Nomogram Applied to Antiretroviral Treatment Programmes in Sub-Saharan Africa
by Matthias Egger & Ben D Spycher & John Sidle & Ralf Weigel & Elvin H Geng & Matthew P Fox & Patrick MacPhail & Gilles van Cutsem & Eugène Messou & Robin Wood & Denis Nash & Margaret Pascoe & Diana Dickinson & Jean-François Etard & James A McIntyre & Martin W G Brinkhof & for IeDEA East Africa, West Africa and Southern Africa - 1-12 Estimates of Pandemic Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness in Europe, 2009–2010: Results of Influenza Monitoring Vaccine Effectiveness in Europe (I-MOVE) Multicentre Case-Control Study
by Marta Valenciano & Esther Kissling & Jean-Marie Cohen & Beatrix Oroszi & Anne-Sophie Barret & Caterina Rizzo & Baltazar Nunes & Daniela Pitigoi & Amparro Larrauri Cámara & Anne Mosnier & Judith K Horvath & Joan O'Donnell & Antonino Bella & Raquel Guiomar & Emilia Lupulescu & Camelia Savulescu & Bruno C Ciancio & Piotr Kramarz & Alain Moren - 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 - 1-16 The Impact of eHealth on the Quality and Safety of Health Care: A Systematic Overview
by Ashly D Black & Josip Car & Claudia Pagliari & Chantelle Anandan & Kathrin Cresswell & Tomislav Bokun & Brian McKinstry & Rob Procter & Azeem Majeed & Aziz Sheikh
December 2010, Volume 7, Issue 12
- 1-2 The Health Crisis of Tuberculosis in Prisons Extends beyond the Prison Walls
by The PLoS Medicine Editors - 1-5 Participatory Epidemiology: Use of Mobile Phones for Community-Based Health Reporting
by Clark C Freifeld & Rumi Chunara & Sumiko R Mekaru & Emily H Chan & Taha Kass-Hout & Anahi Ayala Iacucci & John S Brownstein - 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 Tuberculosis Incidence in Prisons: A Systematic Review
by Iacopo Baussano & Brian G Williams & Paul Nunn & Marta Beggiato & Ugo Fedeli & Fabio Scano - 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 - 1-5 Why Do Evaluations of eHealth Programs Fail? An Alternative Set of Guiding Principles
by Trisha Greenhalgh & Jill Russell - 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 - 1-16 Strategies for Increasing Recruitment to Randomised Controlled Trials: Systematic Review
by Patrina H Y Caldwell & Sana Hamilton & Alvin Tan & Jonathan C Craig
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 - 1-2 An Urgent Need to Restrict Access to Pesticides Based on Human Lethality
by Matthew Miller & Kavi Bhalla - 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 Radiodiagnostic Imaging in Pregnancy and the Risk of Childhood Malignancy: Raising the Bar
by Eduardo L Franco & Guy-Anne Turgeon - 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 - 1-11 Combined Impact of Lifestyle-Related Factors on Total and Cause-Specific Mortality among Chinese Women: Prospective Cohort Study
by Sarah J Nechuta & Xiao-Ou Shu & Hong-Lan Li & Gong Yang & Yong-Bing Xiang & Hui Cai & Wong-Ho Chow & Butian Ji & Xianglan Zhang & Wanqing Wen & Yu-Tang Gao & Wei Zheng - 1-13 Persistence with Statins and Onset of Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Population-Based Cohort Study
by Gabriel Chodick & Howard Amital & Yoav Shalem & Ehud Kokia & Anthony D Heymann & Avi Porath & Varda Shalev
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 - 1-3 The Costs and Underappreciated Consequences of Research Misconduct: A Case Study
by Arthur M Michalek & Alan D Hutson & Camille P Wicher & Donald L Trump - 1-4 Harnessing Health IT for Improved Cardiovascular Risk Management
by Sue Wells & Robyn Whittaker & Enid Dorey & Chris Bullen - 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 - 1-11 Impact of Community-Based Maternal Health Workers on Coverage of Essential Maternal Health Interventions among Internally Displaced Communities in Eastern Burma: The MOM Project
by Luke C Mullany & Thomas J Lee & Lin Yone & Catherine I Lee & Katherine C Teela & Palae Paw & Eh Kalu Shwe Oo & Cynthia Maung & Heather Kuiper & Nicole F Masenior & Chris Beyrer - 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 - 1-3 Improving Implementation: Building Research Capacity in Maternal, Neonatal, and Child Health in Africa
by James Whitworth & Nelson K Sewankambo & Valerie A Snewin - 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 - 1-13 A Model for the Roll-Out of Comprehensive Adult Male Circumcision Services in African Low-Income Settings of High HIV Incidence: The ANRS 12126 Bophelo Pele Project
by Pascale Lissouba & Dirk Taljaard & Dino Rech & Sean Doyle & Daniel Shabangu & Cynthia Nhlapo & Josephine Otchere-Darko & Thabo Mashigo & Caitlin Matson & David Lewis & Scott Billy & Bertran Auvert
June 2010, Volume 7, Issue 6
- 1-6 Developing ANDI: A Novel Approach to Health Product R&D in Africa
by Solomon Nwaka & Tshinko B Ilunga & Jorge Santos Da Silva & Emiliano Rial Verde & Doan Hackley & Raymond De Vré & Tom Mboya-Okeyo & Robert G Ridley - 1-10 Gestational Age at Delivery and Special Educational Need: Retrospective Cohort Study of 407,503 Schoolchildren
by Daniel F MacKay & Gordon C S Smith & Richard Dobbie & Jill P Pell - 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 - 1-11 Revised STandards for Reporting Interventions in Clinical Trials of Acupuncture (STRICTA): Extending the CONSORT Statement
by Hugh MacPherson & Douglas G Altman & Richard Hammerschlag & Li Youping & Wu Taixiang & Adrian White & David Moher & on behalf of the STRICTA Revision Group - 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
- 1-2 Journals, Academics, and Pandemics
by The PLoS Medicine Editors - 1-3 Can Foreign Policy Make a Difference to Health?
by Sigrun Møgedal & Benedikte Louise Alveberg - 1-5 Which New Approaches to Tackling Neglected Tropical Diseases Show Promise?
by Jerry M Spiegel & Shafik Dharamsi & Kishor M Wasan & Annalee Yassi & Burton Singer & Peter J Hotez & Christy Hanson & Donald A P Bundy - 1-8 Non-Communicable Diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case for Cohort Studies
by Michelle D Holmes & Shona Dalal & Jimmy Volmink & Clement A Adebamowo & Marina Njelekela & Wafaie W Fawzi & Walter C Willett & Hans-Olov Adami - 1-11 Anatomy of the Epidemiological Literature on the 2003 SARS Outbreaks in Hong Kong and Toronto: A Time-Stratified Review
by Weijia Xing & Gilles Hejblum & Gabriel M Leung & Alain-Jacques Valleron - 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 - 1-14 The Malawi Developmental Assessment Tool (MDAT): The Creation, Validation, and Reliability of a Tool to Assess Child Development in Rural African Settings
by Melissa Gladstone & Gillian A Lancaster & Eric Umar & Maggie Nyirenda & Edith Kayira & Nynke R van den Broek & Rosalind L Smyth
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 - 1-2 Comparative Effectiveness Research: Challenges for Medical Journals
by Harold C Sox & Mark Helfand & Jeremy Grimshaw & Kay Dickersin & the PLoS Medicine Editors & David Tovey & J André Knottnerus & Peter Tugwell - 1-3 Mortality Measurement Matters: Improving Data Collection and Estimation Methods for Child and Adult Mortality
by Colin Mathers & Ties Boerma - 1-3 Does Seasonal Influenza Vaccination Increase the Risk of Illness with the 2009 A/H1N1 Pandemic Virus?
by Cécile Viboud & Lone Simonsen - 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 - 1-15 Association between the 2008–09 Seasonal Influenza Vaccine and Pandemic H1N1 Illness during Spring–Summer 2009: Four Observational Studies from Canada
by Danuta M Skowronski & Gaston De Serres & Natasha S Crowcroft & Naveed Z Janjua & Nicole Boulianne & Travis S Hottes & Laura C Rosella & James A Dickinson & Rodica Gilca & Pam Sethi & Najwa Ouhoummane & Donald J Willison & Isabelle Rouleau & Martin Petric & Kevin Fonseca & Steven J Drews & Anuradha Rebbapragada & Hugues Charest & Marie-Ève Hamelin & Guy Boivin & Jennifer L Gardy & Yan Li & Trijntje L Kwindt & David M Patrick & Robert C Brunham & for the Canadian SAVOIR Team - 1-17 Measuring Adult Mortality Using Sibling Survival: A New Analytical Method and New Results for 44 Countries, 1974–2006
by Ziad Obermeyer & Julie Knoll Rajaratnam & Chang H Park & Emmanuela Gakidou & Margaret C Hogan & Alan D Lopez & Christopher J L Murray - 1-17 What Can We Conclude from Death Registration? Improved Methods for Evaluating Completeness
by Christopher J L Murray & Julie Knoll Rajaratnam & Jacob Marcus & Thomas Laakso & Alan D Lopez - 1-24 Measuring Under-Five Mortality: Validation of New Low-Cost Methods
by Julie Knoll Rajaratnam & Linda N Tran & Alan D Lopez & Christopher J L Murray
March 2010, Volume 7, Issue 3
- 1-4 Protecting Vulnerable Road Users from Injury
by Aymery Constant & Emmanuel Lagarde - 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
- 1-2 A New Policy on Tobacco Papers
by The PLoS Medicine Editors - 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 - 1-9 Guidance for Developers of Health Research Reporting Guidelines
by David Moher & Kenneth F Schulz & Iveta Simera & Douglas G Altman - 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 - 1-2 Science Must Be Responsible to Society, Not to Politics
by The PLoS Medicine Editors - 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 - 1-6 The Global Health System: Linking Knowledge with Action—Learning from Malaria
by Gerald T Keusch & Wen L Kilama & Suerie Moon & Nicole A Szlezák & Catherine M Michaud - 1-9 Relationship between Vehicle Emissions Laws and Incidence of Suicide by Motor Vehicle Exhaust Gas in Australia, 2001–06: An Ecological Analysis
by David M Studdert & Lyle C Gurrin & Uma Jatkar & Jane Pirkis - 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
- 1-2 A New Year's Wish List for Authors, Reviewers, Readers—and Ourselves
by The PLoS Medicine Editors - 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 - 1-5 Rape with Extreme Violence: The New Pathology in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo
by Denis Mukengere Mukwege & Cathy Nangini - 1-8 The APPLe Study: A Randomized, Community-Based, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Azithromycin for the Prevention of Preterm Birth, with Meta-Analysis
by Nynke R van den Broek & Sarah A White & Mark Goodall & Chikondi Ntonya & Edith Kayira & George Kafulafula & James P Neilson - 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 - 1-4 Ethical Data Release in Genome-Wide Association Studies in Developing Countries
by Michael Parker & Susan J Bull & Jantina de Vries & Tsiri Agbenyega & Ogobara K Doumbo & Dominic P Kwiatkowski - 1-5 Mandatory Disclosure of Pharmaceutical Industry-Funded Events for Health Professionals
by Jane Robertson & Ray Moynihan & Emily Walkom & Lisa Bero & David Henry - 1-5 Evaluating eHealth: How to Make Evaluation More Methodologically Robust
by Richard James Lilford & Jo Foster & Mike Pringle - 1-6 How Can We Support the Use of Systematic Reviews in Policymaking?
by John N Lavis - 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 - 1-10 Impact Monitoring of the National Scale Up of Zinc Treatment for Childhood Diarrhea in Bangladesh: Repeat Ecologic Surveys
by Charles P Larson & Unnati Rani Saha & Hazera Nazrul
October 2009, Volume 6, Issue 10
- 1-2 Five Years of Access and Activism
by The PLoS Medicine Editors - 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 - 1-11 A Prospective Nested Case-Control Study of Dengue in Infants: Rethinking and Refining the Antibody-Dependent Enhancement Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever Model
by Daniel H Libraty & Luz P Acosta & Veronica Tallo & Edelwisa Segubre-Mercado & Analisa Bautista & James A Potts & Richard G Jarman & In-Kyu Yoon & Robert V Gibbons & Job D Brion & Rosario Z Capeding - 1-12 Task Shifting for Scale-up of HIV Care: Evaluation of Nurse-Centered Antiretroviral Treatment at Rural Health Centers in Rwanda
by Fabienne Shumbusho & Johan van Griensven & David Lowrance & Innocent Turate & Mark A Weaver & Jessica Price & Agnes Binagwaho
September 2009, Volume 6, Issue 9
- 1-2 Ghostwriting: The Dirty Little Secret of Medical Publishing That Just Got Bigger
by The PLoS Medicine Editors - 1-2 Ensuring Integrity in Comparative Effectiveness Research: Accentuate the Negative
by The PLoS Medicine Editors - 1-2 Inflammatory Markers and Outcomes in Cardiovascular Disease
by Leonard Kritharides - 1-3 Grading Quality of Evidence and Strength of Recommendations: A Perspective
by Mohammed T Ansari & Alexander Tsertsvadze & David Moher - 1-6 Considering Usual Medical Care in Clinical Trial Design
by Liza Dawson & Deborah A Zarin & Ezekiel J Emanuel & Lawrence M Friedman & Bimal Chaudhari & Steven N Goodman - 1-9 Trial Publication after Registration in ClinicalTrials.Gov: A Cross-Sectional Analysis
by Joseph S Ross & Gregory K Mulvey & Elizabeth M Hines & Steven E Nissen & Harlan M Krumholz - 1-14 Standardized Treatment of Active Tuberculosis in Patients with Previous Treatment and/or with Mono-resistance to Isoniazid: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
by Dick Menzies & Andrea Benedetti & Anita Paydar & Sarah Royce & Madhukar Pai & William Burman & Andrew Vernon & Christian Lienhardt
August 2009, Volume 6, Issue 8
- 1-2 Making the “Right” Health Care Decisions: Why Values Matter
by The PLoS Medicine Editors - 1-5 Consequences of Ongoing Civil Conflict in Somalia: Evidence for Public Health Responses
by Debarati Guha-Sapir & Ruwan Ratnayake - 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 - 1-9 Sleep-Disordered Breathing and Mortality: A Prospective Cohort Study
by Naresh M Punjabi & Brian S Caffo & James L Goodwin & Daniel J Gottlieb & Anne B Newman & George T O'Connor & David M Rapoport & Susan Redline & Helaine E Resnick & John A Robbins & Eyal Shahar & Mark L Unruh & Jonathan M Samet - 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
- 1-2 Ethics Without Borders
by The PLoS Medicine Editors - 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 - 1-6 Research Ethics Review in Humanitarian Contexts: The Experience of the Independent Ethics Review Board of Médecins Sans Frontières
by Doris Schopper & Ross Upshur & Francine Matthys & Jerome Amir Singh & Sunita Sheel Bandewar & Aasim Ahmad & Els van Dongen - 1-11 Cost-Effectiveness of Interventions to Promote Physical Activity: A Modelling Study
by Linda J Cobiac & Theo Vos & Jan J Barendregt - 1-14 The Preclinical Natural History of Serous Ovarian Cancer: Defining the Target for Early Detection
by Patrick O Brown & Chana Palmer - 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
- 1-5 Evaluation and Recommendations on Good Clinical Laboratory Practice Guidelines for Phase I–III Clinical Trials
by Marcella Sarzotti-Kelsoe & Josephine Cox & Naana Cleland & Thomas Denny & John Hural & Leila Needham & Daniel Ozaki & Isaac R Rodriguez-Chavez & Gwynneth Stevens & Timothy Stiles & Tony Tarragona-Fiol & Anita Simkins - 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 - 1-13 Pneumococcal Serotypes and Mortality following Invasive Pneumococcal Disease: A Population-Based Cohort Study
by Zitta B Harboe & Reimar W Thomsen & Anders Riis & Palle Valentiner-Branth & Jens Jørgen Christensen & Lotte Lambertsen & Karen A Krogfelt & Helle B Konradsen & Thomas L Benfield
April 2009, Volume 6, Issue 4
- 1-2 A Medical Journal for the World's Health Priorities
by The PLoS Medicine Editors - 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
- 1-2 Contrasting Effects of Maternal and Paternal Age on Offspring Intelligence
by Mary Cannon - 1-2 Media Portrayals of Suicide
by The PLoS Medicine Editors - 1-2 The Need for Outreach in Preventing Suicide among Young Veterans
by Jitender Sareen & Shay-Lee Belik - 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 - 1-8 Inadequate Dissemination of Phase I Trials: A Retrospective Cohort Study
by Evelyne Decullier & An-Wen Chan & François Chapuis - 1-10 Neglected Disease Research and Development: How Much Are We Really Spending?
by Mary Moran & Javier Guzman & Anne-Laure Ropars & Alina McDonald & Nicole Jameson & Brenda Omune & Sam Ryan & Lindsey Wu - 1-13 STrengthening the REporting of Genetic Association Studies (STREGA)— An Extension of the STROBE Statement
by Julian Little & Julian PT Higgins & John PA Ioannidis & David Moher & France Gagnon & Erik von Elm & Muin J Khoury & Barbara Cohen & George Davey-Smith & Jeremy Grimshaw & Paul Scheet & Marta Gwinn & Robin E Williamson & Guang Yong Zou & Kim Hutchings & Candice Y Johnson & Valerie Tait & Miriam Wiens & Jean Golding & Cornelia van Duijn & John McLaughlin & Andrew Paterson & George Wells & Isabel Fortier & Matthew Freedman & Maja Zecevic & Richard King & Claire Infante-Rivard & Alex Stewart & Nick Birkett
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 - 1-5 Improving Maternal and Child Health in Difficult Environments: The Case For “Cross-Border” Health Care
by Gijs Walraven & Semira Manaseki-Holland & Abid Hussain & John B Tomaro