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Schizophrenia in Thailand: prevalence and burden of disease
Pudtan Phanthunane, Theo Vos, Harvey Whiteford, Melanie Bertram, Pichet Udomratn Population Health Metrics 2010, 8:24 (17 August 2010)
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A comparison of physicians and medical assistants in interpreting verbal autopsy interviews for allocating cause of neonatal death in Matlab, Bangladesh: can medical assistants be considered an alternative to physicians?
Hafizur R Chowdhury, Sandra C Thompson, Mohammed Ali, Nurul Alam, Mohammed Yunus, Peter K Streatfield Population Health Metrics 2010, 8:23 (17 August 2010)
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The effect of participant nonresponse on HIV prevalence estimates in a population-based survey in two informal settlements in Nairobi city
Abdhalah K Ziraba, Nyovani J Madise, Mwau Matilu, Eliya Zulu, John Kebaso, Samoel Khamadi, Vincent Okoth, Alex C Ezeh Population Health Metrics 2010, 8:22 (22 July 2010)
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Verbal autopsy interpretation: a comparative analysis of the InterVA model versus physician review in determining causes of death in the Nairobi DSS
Samuel O Oti, Catherine Kyobutungi Population Health Metrics 2010, 8:21 (29 June 2010)
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Consistency and precision of cancer reporting in a multiwave national panel survey
Anna Zajacova, Jennifer Dowd, Robert F Schoeni, Robert B Wallace Population Health Metrics 2010, 8:20 (25 June 2010)
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Designing verbal autopsy studies
Gary King, Ying Lu, Kenji Shibuya Population Health Metrics 2010, 8:19 (23 June 2010)
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A set of indicators for decomposing the secular increase of life expectancy
Valentin Rousson, Fred Paccaud Population Health Metrics 2010, 8:18 (9 June 2010)
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Thermal discomfort with cold extremities in relation to age, gender, and body mass index in a random sample of a Swiss urban population
Maneli Mozaffarieh, Paola Fontana Gasio, Andreas Schötzau, Selim Orgül, Josef Flammer, Kurt Kräuchi Population Health Metrics 2010, 8:17 (4 June 2010)
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Estimating prevalence of overweight and obesity at the neighborhood level: the value of maternal height and weight data available on birth certificate records
David A Webb, Jessica M Robbins, Joan R Bloch, Jennifer F Culhane Population Health Metrics 2010, 8:16 (25 May 2010)
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Using maternal height and weight data available from birth certificate records could be successful in identifying neighbourhoods with a relatively high or low obesity likelihood for residents.
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Early mortality experience in a large military cohort and a comparison of mortality data sources
Tomoko I Hooper, Gary D Gackstetter, Cynthia A LeardMann, Edward J Boyko, Lisa A Pearse, Besa Smith, Paul J Amoroso, Tyler C Smith, the Millennium Cohort Study Team Population Health Metrics 2010, 8:15 (24 May 2010)
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Estimated causes of death in Thailand, 2005: implications for health policy
Yawarat Porapakkham, Chalapati Rao, Junya Pattaraarchachai, Warangkana Polprasert, Theo Vos, Timothy Adair, Alan D Lopez Population Health Metrics 2010, 8:14 (18 May 2010)
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Cause-of-death ascertainment for deaths that occur outside hospitals in Thailand: application of verbal autopsy methods
Warangkana Polprasert, Chalapati Rao, Timothy Adair, Junya Pattaraarchachai, Yawarat Porapakkham, Alan D Lopez Population Health Metrics 2010, 8:13 (18 May 2010)
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Cause-specific mortality patterns among hospital deaths in Thailand: validating routine death certification
Junya Pattaraarchachai, Chalapati Rao, Warangkana Polprasert, Yawarat Porapakkham, Wansa Pao-in, Noppcha Singwerathum, Alan D Lopez Population Health Metrics 2010, 8:12 (18 May 2010)
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Verifying causes of death in Thailand: rationale and methods for empirical investigation
Chalapati Rao, Yawarat Porapakkham, Junya Pattaraarchachai, Warangkana Polprasert, Narumol Swampunyalert, Alan D Lopez Population Health Metrics 2010, 8:11 (18 May 2010)
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Integrated multisource estimates of mortality for Thailand in 2005
Peter Byass Population Health Metrics 2010, 8:10 (18 May 2010)
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Algorithms for enhancing public health utility of national causes-of-death data
Mohsen Naghavi, Susanna Makela, Kyle Foreman, Janaki O'Brien, Farshad Pourmalek, Rafael Lozano Population Health Metrics 2010, 8:9 (10 May 2010)
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Comparing population health in the United States and Canada
David Feeny, Mark S Kaplan, Nathalie Huguet, Bentson H McFarland Population Health Metrics 2010, 8:8 (29 April 2010)
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Comparison of the two populations shows that Canadians on average live longer and have better quality of life than their US counterparts, and this could be related to easier access to healthcare and lower levels of socioeconomic inequalities.
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Analysis of five-year trends in self-reported language preference and issues of item non-response among Hispanic persons in a large cross-sectional health survey: implications for the measurement of an ethnic minority population
William S Pearson, William S Garvin, Earl S Ford, Lina S Balluz Population Health Metrics 2010, 8:7 (22 April 2010)
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Deaths from heart failure: using coarsened exact matching to correct cause-of-death statistics
Gretchen A Stevens, Gary King, Kenji Shibuya Population Health Metrics 2010, 8:6 (13 April 2010)
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The burden of injuries in Iranian children in 2005
Mohsen Naghavi, Farshad Pourmalek, Saeid Shahraz, Nahid Jafari, Bahram Delavar, Mohammad Motlagh Population Health Metrics 2010, 8:5 (31 March 2010)
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The United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran: the path to preventing traffic injuries?
Ali H Mokdad Population Health Metrics 2010, 8:4 (31 March 2010)
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Statistical modeling of volume of alcohol exposure for epidemiological studies of population health: the US example
Jürgen Rehm, Tara Kehoe, Gerrit Gmel, Fred Stinson, Bridget Grant, Gerhard Gmel Population Health Metrics 2010, 8:3 (4 March 2010)
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Using breath carbon monoxide to validate self-reported tobacco smoking in remote Australian Indigenous communities
David J MacLaren, Katherine M Conigrave, Jan A Robertson, Rowena G Ivers, Sandra Eades, Alan R Clough Population Health Metrics 2010, 8:2 (20 February 2010)
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The Summary Index of Malaria Surveillance (SIMS): a stable index of malaria within India
Alan A Cohen, Neeraj Dhingra, Raju M Jotkar, Peter S Rodriguez, Vinod P Sharma, Prabhat Jha Population Health Metrics 2010, 8:1 (11 February 2010)
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Temporal analysis of the incidence of meningitis in the Tehran metropolitan area, 1999-2005
Alireza Mosavi-Jarrahi, Abdolreza Esteghamati, Freshteh Asgari, Mohammadali Heidarnia, Yasamin Mousavi-Jarrahi, Mohammadmehdi Goya Population Health Metrics 2009, 7:19 (23 December 2009)
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