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December 2012, Volume 9, Issue 12
- 1-4 Preventing Pandemics Via International Development: A Systems Approach
by Tiffany L Bogich & Rumi Chunara & David Scales & Emily Chan & Laura C Pinheiro & Aleksei A Chmura & Dennis Carroll & Peter Daszak & John S Brownstein - 1-6 PRIME: A Programme to Reduce the Treatment Gap for Mental Disorders in Five Low- and Middle-Income Countries
by Crick Lund & Mark Tomlinson & Mary De Silva & Abebaw Fekadu & Rahul Shidhaye & Mark Jordans & Inge Petersen & Arvin Bhana & Fred Kigozi & Martin Prince & Graham Thornicroft & Charlotte Hanlon & Ritsuko Kakuma & David McDaid & Shekhar Saxena & Dan Chisholm & Shoba Raja & Sarah Kippen-Wood & Simone Honikman & Lara Fairall & Vikram Patel - 1-9 Effect of Flexible Sigmoidoscopy-Based Screening on Incidence and Mortality of Colorectal Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
by B Joseph Elmunzer & Rodney A Hayward & Philip S Schoenfeld & Sameer D Saini & Amar Deshpande & Akbar K Waljee - 1-12 Progress toward Global Reduction in Under-Five Mortality: A Bootstrap Analysis of Uncertainty in Millennium Development Goal 4 Estimates
by Leontine Alkema & Jin Rou New - 1-14 Uptake of Home-Based Voluntary HIV Testing in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
by Kalpana Sabapathy & Rafael Van den Bergh & Sarah Fidler & Richard Hayes & Nathan Ford - 1-17 Research on Implementation of Interventions in Tuberculosis Control in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review
by Frank Cobelens & Sanne van Kampen & Eleanor Ochodo & Rifat Atun & Christian Lienhardt - 1-22 Food Pricing Strategies, Population Diets, and Non-Communicable Disease: A Systematic Review of Simulation Studies
by Helen Eyles & Cliona Ni Mhurchu & Nhung Nghiem & Tony Blakely
November 2012, Volume 9, Issue 11
- 1-2 Screening for Chronic Kidney Disease: Preventing Harm or Harming the Healthy?
by Maarten W Taal - 1-2 The Case against a Smoker's License
by Jeff Collin - 1-3 Maternal Health Is Women's Health: A Call for Papers for Year 2 of the Maternal Health Task Force–PLOS Collection
by Samantha R Lattof & Mary Nell Wegner & Ana Langer & the PLOS Medicine Editors - 1-4 Chinese-Style Decentralization and Health System Reform
by David Hipgrave & Sufang Guo & Yan Mu & Yan Guo & Fei Yan & Robert Scherpbier & Hana Brixi - 1-5 The Case for a Smoker's License
by Simon Chapman - 1-9 The Ottawa Statement on the Ethical Design and Conduct of Cluster Randomized Trials
by Charles Weijer & Jeremy M Grimshaw & Martin P Eccles & Andrew D McRae & Angela White & Jamie C Brehaut & Monica Taljaard & Ottawa Ethics of Cluster Randomized Trials Consensus Group - 1-12 The Brazil SimSmoke Policy Simulation Model: The Effect of Strong Tobacco Control Policies on Smoking Prevalence and Smoking-Attributable Deaths in a Middle Income Nation
by David Levy & Liz Maria de Almeida & Andre Szklo - 1-16 Screening and Rapid Molecular Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in Prisons in Russia and Eastern Europe: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
by Daniel E Winetsky & Diana M Negoescu & Emilia H DeMarchis & Olga Almukhamedova & Aizhan Dooronbekova & Dilshod Pulatov & Natalia Vezhnina & Douglas K Owens & Jeremy D Goldhaber-Fiebert - 1-17 Population Health Impact and Cost-Effectiveness of Tuberculosis Diagnosis with Xpert MTB/RIF: A Dynamic Simulation and Economic Evaluation
by Nicolas A Menzies & Ted Cohen & Hsien-Ho Lin & Megan Murray & Joshua A Salomon - 1-18 Risk Models to Predict Chronic Kidney Disease and Its Progression: A Systematic Review
by Justin B Echouffo-Tcheugui & Andre P Kengne - 1-31 The Long-Term Health Consequences of Child Physical Abuse, Emotional Abuse, and Neglect: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
by Rosana E Norman & Munkhtsetseg Byambaa & Rumna De & Alexander Butchart & James Scott & Theo Vos
October 2012, Volume 9, Issue 10
- 1-1 Psychosocial Factors That Shape Patient and Carer Experiences of Dementia Diagnosis and Treatment: A Systematic Review of Qualitative Studies
by Frances Bunn & Claire Goodman & Katie Sworn & Greta Rait & Carol Brayne & Louise Robinson & Elaine McNeilly & Steve Iliffe - 1-2 Bringing Clarity to the Reporting of Health Equity
by The PLOS Medicine Editors - 1-4 Developing a National Mental Health Policy: A Case Study from Uganda
by Joshua Ssebunnya & Fred Kigozi & Sheila Ndyanabangi - 1-7 PRISMA-Equity 2012 Extension: Reporting Guidelines for Systematic Reviews with a Focus on Health Equity
by Vivian Welch & Mark Petticrew & Peter Tugwell & David Moher & Jennifer O'Neill & Elizabeth Waters & Howard White & the PRISMA-Equity Bellagio group - 1-7 Serious and Life-Threatening Pregnancy-Related Infections: Opportunities to Reduce the Global Burden
by Courtney A Gravett & Michael G Gravett & Emily T Martin & Jeffrey D Bernson & Sadaf Khan & David S Boyle & Sophia M R Lannon & Janna Patterson & Craig E Rubens & Matthew S Steele - 1-10 Genetic Predictors of Response to Serotonergic and Noradrenergic Antidepressants in Major Depressive Disorder: A Genome-Wide Analysis of Individual-Level Data and a Meta-Analysis
by Katherine E Tansey & Michel Guipponi & Nader Perroud & Guido Bondolfi & Enrico Domenici & David Evans & Stephanie K Hall & Joanna Hauser & Neven Henigsberg & Xiaolan Hu & Borut Jerman & Wolfgang Maier & Ole Mors & Michael O'Donovan & Tim J Peters & Anna Placentino & Marcella Rietschel & Daniel Souery & Katherine J Aitchison & Ian Craig & Anne Farmer & Jens R Wendland & Alain Malafosse & Peter Holmans & Glyn Lewis & Cathryn M Lewis & Tine Bryan Stensbøl & Shitij Kapur & Peter McGuffin & Rudolf Uher - 1-10 Associations between Mode of HIV Testing and Consent, Confidentiality, and Referral: A Comparative Analysis in Four African Countries
by Carla Makhlouf Obermeyer & Melissa Neuman & Alice Desclaux & Rhoda Wanyenze & Odette Ky-Zerbo & Peter Cherutich & Ireen Namakhoma & Anita Hardon - 1-15 The Potential Impact of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis for HIV Prevention among Men Who Have Sex with Men and Transwomen in Lima, Peru: A Mathematical Modelling Study
by Gabriela B Gomez & Annick Borquez & Carlos F Caceres & Eddy R Segura & Robert M Grant & Geoff P Garnett & Timothy B Hallett - 1-17 Donor Funding for Newborn Survival: An Analysis of Donor-Reported Data, 2002–2010
by Catherine Pitt & Joy E Lawn & Meghna Ranganathan & Anne Mills & Kara Hanson
September 2012, Volume 9, Issue 9
- 1-2 The Challenges and Possibilities of Reducing Deaths from Cryptococcal Meningitis in Sub-Saharan Africa
by Andrew W K Farlow - 1-2 Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplements: How Can They Combat Child Malnutrition?
by Kathryn G Dewey & Mary Arimond - 1-2 Statins and Venous Thrombosis: A Story Too Good to Be True?
by Frits R Rosendaal - 1-5 Who Sets the Global Health Research Agenda? The Challenge of Multi-Bi Financing
by Devi Sridhar - 1-10 A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Utility-Based Quality of Life in Chronic Kidney Disease Treatments
by Melanie Wyld & Rachael Lisa Morton & Andrew Hayen & Kirsten Howard & Angela Claire Webster - 1-10 Cryptococcal Meningitis Treatment Strategies in Resource-Limited Settings: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
by Radha Rajasingham & Melissa A Rolfes & Kate E Birkenkamp & David B Meya & David R Boulware - 1-11 The Effect of Adding Ready-to-Use Supplementary Food to a General Food Distribution on Child Nutritional Status and Morbidity: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial
by Lieven Huybregts & Freddy Houngbé & Cécile Salpéteur & Rebecca Brown & Dominique Roberfroid & Myriam Ait-Aissa & Patrick Kolsteren - 1-11 Misrepresentation of Randomized Controlled Trials in Press Releases and News Coverage: A Cohort Study
by Amélie Yavchitz & Isabelle Boutron & Aida Bafeta & Ibrahim Marroun & Pierre Charles & Jean Mantz & Philippe Ravaud - 1-13 Effect of Statins on Venous Thromboembolic Events: A Meta-analysis of Published and Unpublished Evidence from Randomised Controlled Trials
by Kazem Rahimi & Neeraj Bhala & Pieter Kamphuisen & Jonathan Emberson & Sara Biere-Rafi & Vera Krane & Michele Robertson & John Wikstrand & John McMurray
August 2012, Volume 9, Issue 8
- 1-2 The Air That We Breathe: Addressing the Risks of Global Urbanization on Health
by The PLOS Medicine Editors - 1-4 What Is the Relationship of Medical Humanitarian Organisations with Mining and Other Extractive Industries?
by Philippe Calain - 1-5 Developing and Costing Local Strategies to Improve Maternal and Child Health: The Investment Case Framework
by Eliana Jimenez Soto & Sophie La Vincente & Andrew Clark & Sonja Firth & Alison Morgan & Zoe Dettrick & Prarthna Dayal & Bernardino M Aldaba & Beena Varghese & Laksono Trisnantoro & Yogendra Prasai & Investment Case Team for India, Indonesia, Nepal, Papua New Guinea and the Philippines - 1-6 An Alternative Framework for Analyzing Financial Protection in Health
by Jennifer Prah Ruger - 1-6 Why We Need Urban Health Equity Indicators: Integrating Science, Policy, and Community
by Jason Corburn & Alison K Cohen - 1-9 Conflict of Interest Reporting by Authors Involved in Promotion of Off-Label Drug Use: An Analysis of Journal Disclosures
by Aaron S Kesselheim & Bo Wang & David M Studdert & Jerry Avorn - 1-13 Neonatal Mortality Risk Associated with Preterm Birth in East Africa, Adjusted by Weight for Gestational Age: Individual Participant Level Meta-Analysis
by Tanya Marchant & Barbara Willey & Joanne Katz & Siân Clarke & Simon Kariuki & Feiko ter Kuile & John Lusingu & Richard Ndyomugyenyi & Christentze Schmiegelow & Deborah Watson-Jones & Joanna Armstrong Schellenberg - 1-13 Child Mortality Estimation: Appropriate Time Periods for Child Mortality Estimates from Full Birth Histories
by Jon Pedersen & Jing Liu - 1-14 Effects of Intensive Blood Pressure Lowering on Cardiovascular and Renal Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
by Jicheng Lv & Bruce Neal & Parya Ehteshami & Toshiharu Ninomiya & Mark Woodward & Anthony Rodgers & Haiyan Wang & Stephen MacMahon & Fiona Turnbull & Graham Hillis & John Chalmers & Vlado Perkovic - 1-14 Child Mortality Estimation: Consistency of Under-Five Mortality Rate Estimates Using Full Birth Histories and Summary Birth Histories
by Romesh Silva - 1-15 Child Mortality Estimation: A Global Overview of Infant and Child Mortality Age Patterns in Light of New Empirical Data
by Michel Guillot & Patrick Gerland & François Pelletier & Ameed Saabneh - 1-16 Multidrug Resistant Pulmonary Tuberculosis Treatment Regimens and Patient Outcomes: An Individual Patient Data Meta-analysis of 9,153 Patients
by Shama D Ahuja & David Ashkin & Monika Avendano & Rita Banerjee & Melissa Bauer & Jamie N Bayona & Mercedes C Becerra & Andrea Benedetti & Marcos Burgos & Rosella Centis & Eward D Chan & Chen-Yuan Chiang & Helen Cox & Lia D'Ambrosio & Kathy DeRiemer & Nguyen Huy Dung & Donald Enarson & Dennis Falzon & Katherine Flanagan & Jennifer Flood & Maria L Garcia-Garcia & Neel Gandhi & Reuben M Granich & Maria G Hollm-Delgado & Timothy H Holtz & Michael D Iseman & Leah G Jarlsberg & Salmaan Keshavjee & Hye-Ryoun Kim & Won-Jung Koh & Joey Lancaster & Christophe Lange & Wiel C M de Lange & Vaira Leimane & Chi Chiu Leung & Jiehui Li & Dick Menzies & Giovanni B Migliori & Sergey P Mishustin & Carole D Mitnick & Masa Narita & Philly O'Riordan & Madhukar Pai & Domingo Palmero & Seung-kyu Park & Geoffrey Pasvol & Jose Peña & Carlos Pérez-Guzmán & Maria I D Quelapio & Alfredo Ponce-de-Leon & Vija Riekstina & Jerome Robert & Sarah Royce & H Simon Schaaf & Kwonjune J Seung & Lena Shah & Tae Sun Shim & Sonya S Shin & Yuji Shiraishi & José Sifuentes-Osornio & Giovanni Sotgiu & Matthew J Strand & Payam Tabarsi & Thelma E Tupasi & Robert van Altena & Martie Van der Walt & Tjip S Van der Werf & Mario H Vargas & Pirett Viiklepp & Janice Westenhouse & Wing Wai Yew & Jae-Joon Yim & Collaborative Group for Meta-Analysis of Individual Patient Data in MDR-TB - 1-18 Child Mortality Estimation: A Comparison of UN IGME and IHME Estimates of Levels and Trends in Under-Five Mortality Rates and Deaths
by Leontine Alkema & Danzhen You
July 2012, Volume 9, Issue 7
- 1-2 Thinking Forward: The Quicksand of Appeasing the Food Industry
by Kelly D Brownell - 1-2 Medical Device Regulation: Time to Improve Performance
by Sanket S Dhruva & Rita F Redberg - 1-3 Researching New Methods of Screening for Adverse Pregnancy Outcome: Lessons from Pre-eclampsia
by Gordon C S Smith - 1-4 The Co-Management of Tuberculosis and Diabetes: Challenges and Opportunities in the Developing World
by Timothy Sullivan & Yanis Ben Amor - 1-5 The Impact of Transnational “Big Food” Companies on the South: A View from Brazil
by Carlos A Monteiro & Geoffrey Cannon - 1-5 HIV Treatment as Prevention: Issues in Economic Evaluation
by Till Bärnighausen & Joshua A Salomon & Nalinee Sangrujee - 1-6 Treatment of Young Children with HIV Infection: Using Evidence to Inform Policymakers
by Andrew J Prendergast & Martina Penazzato & Mark Cotton & Philippa Musoke & Veronica Mulenga & Elaine J Abrams & Diana M Gibb - 1-6 Social Entrepreneurship for Sexual Health (SESH): A New Approach for Enabling Delivery of Sexual Health Services among Most-at-Risk Populations
by Joseph D Tucker & Kevin A Fenton & Robert Peckham & Rosanna W Peeling - 1-7 Integrating Mental Health and Development: A Case Study of the BasicNeeds Model in Nepal
by Shoba Raja & Chris Underhill & Padam Shrestha & Uma Sunder & Saju Mannarath & Sarah Kippen Wood & Vikram Patel - 1-7 HIV Treatment as Prevention: Principles of Good HIV Epidemiology Modelling for Public Health Decision-Making in All Modes of Prevention and Evaluation
by Wim Delva & David P Wilson & Laith Abu-Raddad & Marelize Gorgens & David Wilson & Timothy B Hallett & Alex Welte - 1-8 United States Private-Sector Physicians and Pharmaceutical Contract Research: A Qualitative Study
by Jill A Fisher & Corey A Kalbaugh - 1-8 HIV Treatment as Prevention: Models, Data, and Questions—Towards Evidence-Based Decision-Making
by The HIV Modelling Consortium Treatment as Prevention Editorial Writing Group - 1-10 HIV Treatment as Prevention: Considerations in the Design, Conduct, and Analysis of Cluster Randomized Controlled Trials of Combination HIV Prevention
by Marie-Claude Boily & Benoît Mâsse & Ramzi Alsallaq & Nancy S Padian & Jeffrey W Eaton & Juan F Vesga & Timothy B Hallett - 1-10 How Does Medical Device Regulation Perform in the United States and the European Union? A Systematic Review
by Daniel B Kramer & Shuai Xu & Aaron S Kesselheim - 1-10 HIV Treatment as Prevention: Modelling the Cost of Antiretroviral Treatment—State of the Art and Future Directions
by Gesine Meyer-Rath & Mead Over - 1-11 Reduction in Clostridium difficile Infection Rates after Mandatory Hospital Public Reporting: Findings from a Longitudinal Cohort Study in Canada
by Nick Daneman & Therese A Stukel & Xiaomu Ma & Marian Vermeulen & Astrid Guttmann - 1-14 Effect of a Community-Based Nursing Intervention on Mortality in Chronically Ill Older Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial
by Kenneth D Coburn & Sherry Marcantonio & Robert Lazansky & Maryellen Keller & Nancy Davis - 1-15 Antiretroviral Therapy for Prevention of Tuberculosis in Adults with HIV: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
by Amitabh B Suthar & Stephen D Lawn & Julia del Amo & Haileyesus Getahun & Christopher Dye & Delphine Sculier & Timothy R Sterling & Richard E Chaisson & Brian G Williams & Anthony D Harries & Reuben M Granich - 1-19 Risk of Venous Thromboembolism in Patients with Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
by Freesia Horsted & Joe West & Matthew J Grainge - 1-20 HIV Treatment as Prevention: Systematic Comparison of Mathematical Models of the Potential Impact of Antiretroviral Therapy on HIV Incidence in South Africa
by Jeffrey W Eaton & Leigh F Johnson & Joshua A Salomon & Till Bärnighausen & Eran Bendavid & Anna Bershteyn & David E Bloom & Valentina Cambiano & Christophe Fraser & Jan A C Hontelez & Salal Humair & Daniel J Klein & Elisa F Long & Andrew N Phillips & Carel Pretorius & John Stover & Edward A Wenger & Brian G Williams & Timothy B Hallett
June 2012, Volume 9, Issue 6
- 1-2 PLoS Medicine Series on Big Food: The Food Industry Is Ripe for Scrutiny
by The PLoS Medicine Editors - 1-4 Food Sovereignty: Power, Gender, and the Right to Food
by Rajeev C Patel - 1-4 Protecting Clinical Trial Participants and Protecting Data Integrity: Are We Meeting the Challenges?
by Susan S Ellenberg - 1-5 Why Human Health and Health Ethics Must Be Central to Climate Change Deliberations
by Jerome Amir Singh - 1-8 Manufacturing Epidemics: The Role of Global Producers in Increased Consumption of Unhealthy Commodities Including Processed Foods, Alcohol, and Tobacco
by David Stuckler & Martin McKee & Shah Ebrahim & Sanjay Basu - 1-11 A Multifaceted Intervention to Improve the Quality of Care of Children in District Hospitals in Kenya: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
by Edwine W Barasa & Philip Ayieko & Susan Cleary & Mike English - 1-14 Comparative Performance of Private and Public Healthcare Systems in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review
by Sanjay Basu & Jason Andrews & Sandeep Kishore & Rajesh Panjabi & David Stuckler - 1-14 Analysing Recent Socioeconomic Trends in Coronary Heart Disease Mortality in England, 2000–2007: A Population Modelling Study
by Madhavi Bajekal & Shaun Scholes & Hande Love & Nathaniel Hawkins & Martin O'Flaherty & Rosalind Raine & Simon Capewell - 1-14 Global Health Governance and the Commercial Sector: A Documentary Analysis of Tobacco Company Strategies to Influence the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
by Heide Weishaar & Jeff Collin & Katherine Smith & Thilo Grüning & Sema Mandal & Anna Gilmore - 1-16 Long-Term Risk of Incident Type 2 Diabetes and Measures of Overall and Regional Obesity: The EPIC-InterAct Case-Cohort Study
by The InterAct Consortium - 1-16 Tobacco Industry Manipulation of Tobacco Excise and Tobacco Advertising Policies in the Czech Republic: An Analysis of Tobacco Industry Documents
by Risako Shirane & Katherine Smith & Hana Ross & Karin E Silver & Simon Williams & Anna Gilmore
May 2012, Volume 9, Issue 5
- 1-2 A New Deal for Global Health R&D? The Recommendations of the Consultative Expert Working Group on Research and Development (CEWG)
by John-Arne Røttingen & Claudia Chamas - 1-5 Innovation and Access to Medicines for Neglected Populations: Could a Treaty Address a Broken Pharmaceutical R&D System?
by Suerie Moon & Jorge Bermudez & Ellen 't Hoen - 1-7 Does Development Assistance for Health Really Displace Government Health Spending? Reassessing the Evidence
by Rajaie Batniji & Eran Bendavid - 1-13 Reporting and Methods in Clinical Prediction Research: A Systematic Review
by Walter Bouwmeester & Nicolaas P A Zuithoff & Susan Mallett & Mirjam I Geerlings & Yvonne Vergouwe & Ewout W Steyerberg & Douglas G Altman & Karel G M Moons - 1-13 Prevalence and Risk of Violence and the Physical, Mental, and Sexual Health Problems Associated with Human Trafficking: Systematic Review
by Siân Oram & Heidi Stöckl & Joanna Busza & Louise M Howard & Cathy Zimmerman - 1-13 The Effect of Elevated Body Mass Index on Ischemic Heart Disease Risk: Causal Estimates from a Mendelian Randomisation Approach
by Børge G Nordestgaard & Tom M Palmer & Marianne Benn & Jeppe Zacho & Anne Tybjærg-Hansen & George Davey Smith & Nicholas J Timpson - 1-32 Reporting Recommendations for Tumor Marker Prognostic Studies (REMARK): Explanation and Elaboration
by Douglas G Altman & Lisa M McShane & Willi Sauerbrei & Sheila E Taube
April 2012, Volume 9, Issue 4
- 1-2 Does Conflict of Interest Disclosure Worsen Bias?
by The PLoS Medicine Editors - 1-2 Open Clinical Trial Data for All? A View from Regulators
by Hans-Georg Eichler & Eric Abadie & Alasdair Breckenridge & Hubert Leufkens & Guido Rasi - 1-6 The Imperative to Share Clinical Study Reports: Recommendations from the Tamiflu Experience
by Peter Doshi & Tom Jefferson & Chris Del Mar - 1-7 Where There Is No Health Research: What Can Be Done to Fill the Global Gaps in Health Research?
by Martin McKee & David Stuckler & Sanjay Basu - 1-10 Reappraisal of Metformin Efficacy in the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes: A Meta-Analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials
by Rémy Boussageon & Irène Supper & Theodora Bejan-Angoulvant & Nadir Kellou & Michel Cucherat & Jean-Pierre Boissel & Behrouz Kassai & Alain Moreau & François Gueyffier & Catherine Cornu - 1-11 Long-Term Exposure to Silica Dust and Risk of Total and Cause-Specific Mortality in Chinese Workers: A Cohort Study
by Weihong Chen & Yuewei Liu & Haijiao Wang & Eva Hnizdo & Yi Sun & Liangping Su & Xiaokang Zhang & Shaofan Weng & Frank Bochmann & Frank J Hearl & Jingqiong Chen & Tangchun Wu - 1-11 Prioritizing CD4 Count Monitoring in Response to ART in Resource-Constrained Settings: A Retrospective Application of Prediction-Based Classification
by Livio Azzoni & Andrea S Foulkes & Yan Liu & Xiaohong Li & Margaret Johnson & Collette Smith & Adeeba bte Kamarulzaman & Julio Montaner & Karam Mounzer & Michael Saag & Pedro Cahn & Carina Cesar & Alejandro Krolewiecki & Ian Sanne & Luis J Montaner - 1-16 Induction of Labor versus Expectant Management in Women with Preterm Prelabor Rupture of Membranes between 34 and 37 Weeks: A Randomized Controlled Trial
by David P van der Ham & Sylvia M C Vijgen & Jan G Nijhuis & Johannes J van Beek & Brent C Opmeer & Antonius L M Mulder & Rob Moonen & Mariët Groenewout & Mariëlle G van Pampus & Gerald D Mantel & Kitty W M Bloemenkamp & Wim J van Wijngaarden & Marko Sikkema & Monique C Haak & Paula J M Pernet & Martina Porath & Jan F M Molkenboer & Simone Kuppens & Anneke Kwee & Michael E Kars & Mallory Woiski & Martin J N Weinans & Hajo I J Wildschut & Bettina M C Akerboom & Ben W J Mol & Christine Willekes & on behalf of the PPROMEXIL trial group
March 2012, Volume 9, Issue 3
- 1-3 To VBAC or Not to VBAC
by Catherine Y Spong - 1-3 Better Guidance Is Welcome, but without Blinders
by David H Peters & Sara Bennett - 1-4 A Comparison of DSM-IV and DSM-5 Panel Members' Financial Associations with Industry: A Pernicious Problem Persists
by Lisa Cosgrove & Sheldon Krimsky - 1-5 Improving Ethical Review of Research Involving Incentives for Health Promotion
by Alex John London & David A Borasky Jr & Anant Bhan & for the Ethics Working Group of the HIV Prevention Trials Network - 1-8 Guidance for Evidence-Informed Policies about Health Systems: Rationale for and Challenges of Guidance Development
by Xavier Bosch-Capblanch & John N Lavis & Simon Lewin & Rifat Atun & John-Arne Røttingen & Daniel Dröschel & Lise Beck & Edgardo Abalos & Fadi El-Jardali & Lucy Gilson & Sandy Oliver & Kaspar Wyss & Peter Tugwell & Regina Kulier & Tikki Pang & Andy Haines - 1-8 Guidance for Evidence-Informed Policies about Health Systems: Assessing How Much Confidence to Place in the Research Evidence
by Simon Lewin & Xavier Bosch-Capblanch & Sandy Oliver & Elie A Akl & Gunn E Vist & John N Lavis & Davina Ghersi & John-Arne Røttingen & Peter Steinmann & Metin Gulmezoglu & Peter Tugwell & Fadi El-Jardali & Andy Haines - 1-15 Care Seeking for Neonatal Illness in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review
by Hadley K Herbert & Anne CC Lee & Aruna Chandran & Igor Rudan & Abdullah H Baqui - 1-17 Publication Bias in Antipsychotic Trials: An Analysis of Efficacy Comparing the Published Literature to the US Food and Drug Administration Database
by Erick H Turner & Daniel Knoepflmacher & Lee Shapley
February 2012, Volume 9, Issue 2
- 1-2 The Evolving Landscape of the Economics of HIV Treatment and Prevention
by Bohdan Nosyk & Julio S G Montaner - 1-4 Why Does Mental Health Not Get the Attention It Deserves? An Application of the Shiffman and Smith Framework
by Mark Tomlinson & Crick Lund - 1-12 Homocysteine and Coronary Heart Disease: Meta-analysis of MTHFR Case-Control Studies, Avoiding Publication Bias
by Robert Clarke & Derrick A Bennett & Sarah Parish & Petra Verhoef & Mariska Dötsch-Klerk & Mark Lathrop & Peng Xu & Børge G Nordestgaard & Hilma Holm & Jemma C Hopewell & Danish Saleheen & Toshihiro Tanaka & Sonia S Anand & John C Chambers & Marcus E Kleber & Willem H Ouwehand & Yoshiji Yamada & Clara Elbers & Bas Peters & Alexandre F R Stewart & Muredach M Reilly & Barbara Thorand & Salim Yusuf & James C Engert & Themistocles L Assimes & Jaspal Kooner & John Danesh & Hugh Watkins & Nilesh J Samani & Rory Collins & Richard Peto & for the MTHFR Studies Collaborative Group - 1-14 Socioeconomic Factors and All Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality among Older People in Latin America, India, and China: A Population-Based Cohort Study
by Cleusa P Ferri & Daisy Acosta & Mariella Guerra & Yueqin Huang & Juan J Llibre-Rodriguez & Aquiles Salas & Ana Luisa Sosa & Joseph D Williams & Ciro Gaona & Zhaorui Liu & Lisseth Noriega-Fernandez & A T Jotheeswaran & Martin J Prince
January 2012, Volume 9, Issue 1
- 1-3 A United Nations General Assembly Special Session for Mental, Neurological, and Substance Use Disorders: The Time Has Come
by Judith K Bass & Thomas H Bornemann & Matthew Burkey & Sonia Chehil & Lenis Chen & John R M Copeland & William W Eaton & Vijay Ganju & Erin Hayward & Rebecca S Hock & Rubeena Kidwai & Kavitha Kolappa & Patrick T Lee & Harry Minas & Flora Or & Giuseppe J Raviola & Benedetto Saraceno & Vikram Patel - 1-9 Trends in Compulsory Licensing of Pharmaceuticals Since the Doha Declaration: A Database Analysis
by Reed Beall & Randall Kuhn - 1-13 The Role of Health Systems Factors in Facilitating Access to Psychotropic Medicines: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of the WHO-AIMS in 63 Low- and Middle-Income Countries
by Ryan McBain & Daniel J Norton & Jodi Morris & M Taghi Yasamy & Theresa S Betancourt - 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 - 1-20 Ensemble Modeling of the Likely Public Health Impact of a Pre-Erythrocytic Malaria Vaccine
by Thomas Smith & Amanda Ross & Nicolas Maire & Nakul Chitnis & Alain Studer & Diggory Hardy & Alan Brooks & Melissa Penny & Marcel Tanner
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 Role of Group Dynamics in Scientific Inconsistencies: A Case Study of a Research Consortium
by Judith G M Rosmalen & Albertine J Oldehinkel - 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 What Research Is Needed to Stop TB? Introducing the TB Research Movement
by Christian Lienhardt & Marcos Espinal & Madhukar Pai & Dermot Maher & Mario C Raviglione - 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 - 1-13 Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision: A Framework Analysis of Policy and Program Implementation in Eastern and Southern Africa
by Kim E Dickson & Nhan T Tran & Julia L Samuelson & Emmanuel Njeuhmeli & Peter Cherutich & Bruce Dick & Tim Farley & Caroline Ryan & Catherine A Hankins - 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
- 1-2 HIV Self-testing and the Missing Linkage
by Rochelle P Walensky & Ingrid V Bassett - 1-4 Educating a New Generation of Doctors to Improve the Health of Populations in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
by Francesca Celletti & Teri A Reynolds & Anna Wright & Aaron Stoertz & Manuel Dayrit - 1-10 A Statistical Model of the International Spread of Wild Poliovirus in Africa Used to Predict and Prevent Outbreaks
by Kathleen M O'Reilly & Claire Chauvin & R Bruce Aylward & Chris Maher & Sam Okiror & Chris Wolff & Deo Nshmirimana & Christl A Donnelly & Nicholas C Grassly - 1-10 Measuring the Performance of Vaccination Programs Using Cross-Sectional Surveys: A Likelihood Framework and Retrospective Analysis
by Justin Lessler & C Jessica E Metcalf & Rebecca F Grais & Francisco J Luquero & Derek A T Cummings & Bryan T Grenfell - 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 - 1-11 The Uptake and Accuracy of Oral Kits for HIV Self-Testing in High HIV Prevalence Setting: A Cross-Sectional Feasibility Study in Blantyre, Malawi
by Augustine Talumba Choko & Nicola Desmond & Emily L Webb & Kondwani Chavula & Sue Napierala-Mavedzenge & Charlotte A Gaydos & Simon D Makombe & Treza Chunda & S Bertel Squire & Neil French & Victor Mwapasa & Elizabeth L Corbett - 1-12 STrengthening the Reporting of OBservational studies in Epidemiology – Molecular Epidemiology (STROBE-ME): An Extension of the STROBE Statement
by Valentina Gallo & Matthias Egger & Valerie McCormack & Peter B Farmer & John P A Ioannidis & Micheline Kirsch-Volders & Giuseppe Matullo & David H Phillips & Bernadette Schoket & Ulf Stromberg & Roel Vermeulen & Christopher Wild & Miquel Porta & Paolo Vineis
September 2011, Volume 8, Issue 9
- 1-2 Why Drug Safety Should Not Take a Back Seat to Efficacy
by The PLoS Medicine Editors - 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 - 1-4 Strengthening the Informed Consent Process in International Health Research through Community Engagement: The KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme Experience
by Mwanamvua Boga & Alun Davies & Dorcas Kamuya & Samson M Kinyanjui & Ester Kivaya & Francis Kombe & Trudie Lang & Vicki Marsh & Bibi Mbete & Albert Mlamba & Sassy Molyneux & Stephen Mulupi & Salim Mwalukore - 1-5 Research Priorities for Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Humanitarian Settings
by Wietse A Tol & Vikram Patel & Mark Tomlinson & Florence Baingana & Ananda Galappatti & Catherine Panter-Brick & Derrick Silove & Egbert Sondorp & Michael Wessells & Mark van Ommeren - 1-6 Towards Improved Measurement of Financial Protection in Health
by Rodrigo Moreno-Serra & Christopher Millett & Peter C Smith - 1-6 Assessing and Strengthening African Universities' Capacity for Doctoral Programmes
by Imelda Bates & Richard Phillips & Ruby Martin-Peprah & Gibson Kibiki & Oumar Gaye & Kamija Phiri & Harry Tagbor & Sue Purnell - 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 Ghostwriting Revisited: New Perspectives but Few Solutions in Sight
by The PLoS Medicine Editors - 1-2 Being the Ghost in the Machine: A Medical Ghostwriter's Personal View
by Linda Logdberg - 1-2 Can Mobile Phone Data Improve Emergency Response to Natural Disasters?
by Peter W Gething & Andrew J Tatem - 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 Legal Remedies for Medical Ghostwriting: Imposing Fraud Liability on Guest Authors of Ghostwritten Articles
by Simon Stern & Trudo Lemmens - 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 Population Density, Water Supply, and the Risk of Dengue Fever in Vietnam: Cohort Study and Spatial Analysis
by Wolf-Peter Schmidt & Motoi Suzuki & Vu Dinh Thiem & Richard G White & Ataru Tsuzuki & Lay-Myint Yoshida & Hideki Yanai & Ubydul Haque & Le Huu Tho & Dang Duc Anh & Koya Ariyoshi - 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 - 1-11 Reporting Guidelines for Survey Research: An Analysis of Published Guidance and Reporting Practices
by Carol Bennett & Sara Khangura & Jamie C Brehaut & Ian D Graham & David Moher & Beth K Potter & Jeremy M. Grimshaw - 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 - 1-4 Global Pharmacovigilance for Antiretroviral Drugs: Overcoming Contrasting Priorities
by Nyasha Bakare & Ivor Ralph Edwards & Andy Stergachis & Shanthi Pal & Charles B Holmes & Marie Lindquist & Chris Duncombe & Alex Dodoo & Joel Novendstern & Jude Nwokike & Ricardo Kuchenbecker & Judith A Aberg & Veronica Miller & Jur Strobos - 1-4 Evidence-Based African First Aid Guidelines and Training Materials
by Stijn Van de Velde & Emmy De Buck & Philippe Vandekerckhove & Jimmy Volmink - 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 - 1-6 More and Better Information to Tackle HIV Epidemics: Towards Improved HIV Incidence Assays
by Incidence Assay Critical Path Working Group - 1-8 Energy Density, Portion Size, and Eating Occasions: Contributions to Increased Energy Intake in the United States, 1977–2006
by Kiyah J Duffey & Barry M Popkin - 1-12 Life Course Trajectories of Systolic Blood Pressure Using Longitudinal Data from Eight UK Cohorts
by Andrew K Wills & Debbie A Lawlor & Fiona E Matthews & Avan Aihie Sayer & Eleni Bakra & Yoav Ben-Shlomo & Michaela Benzeval & Eric Brunner & Rachel Cooper & Mika Kivimaki & Diana Kuh & Graciela Muniz-Terrera & Rebecca Hardy
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 - 1-13 Aripiprazole in the Maintenance Treatment of Bipolar Disorder: A Critical Review of the Evidence and Its Dissemination into the Scientific Literature
by Alexander C Tsai & Nicholas Z Rosenlicht & Jon N Jureidini & Peter I Parry & Glen I Spielmans & David Healy - 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 - 1-3 Claims about the Misuse of Insecticide-Treated Mosquito Nets: Are These Evidence-Based?
by Thomas P Eisele & Julie Thwing & Joseph Keating - 1-6 Neglect of Medical Evidence of Torture in Guantánamo Bay: A Case Series
by Vincent Iacopino & Stephen N Xenakis - 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 - 1-12 Effect of a Nutrition Supplement and Physical Activity Program on Pneumonia and Walking Capacity in Chilean Older People: A Factorial Cluster Randomized Trial
by Alan D Dangour & Cecilia Albala & Elizabeth Allen & Emily Grundy & Damian G Walker & Cristian Aedo & Hugo Sanchez & Olivia Fletcher & Diana Elbourne & Ricardo Uauy - 1-14 A Multifaceted Intervention to Implement Guidelines and Improve Admission Paediatric Care in Kenyan District Hospitals: A Cluster Randomised Trial
by Philip Ayieko & Stephen Ntoburi & John Wagai & Charles Opondo & Newton Opiyo & Santau Migiro & Annah Wamae & Wycliffe Mogoa & Fred Were & Aggrey Wasunna & Greg Fegan & Grace Irimu & Mike English
March 2011, Volume 8, Issue 3
- 1-2 How Can Institutional Review Boards Best Interpret Preclinical Data?
by James V Lavery - 1-2 On the Path to Global Open Access: A Few More Miles to Go
by The PLoS Medicine Editors - 1-2 Equity Must Accompany Economic Growth for Good Health
by K Srinath Reddy - 1-4 Towards Open and Equitable Access to Research and Knowledge for Development
by Leslie Chan & Barbara Kirsop & Subbiah Arunachalam - 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 - 1-5 Predicting Harms and Benefits in Translational Trials: Ethics, Evidence, and Uncertainty
by Jonathan Kimmelman & Alex John London - 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 - 1-2 Best Practice in Systematic Reviews: The Importance of Protocols and Registration
by The PLoS Medicine Editors