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, 2015, 'A shortened verbal autopsy instrument for use in routine mortality surveillance systems', BMC Medicine, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12916-015-0528-8
, 2015, 'Improving performance of the Tariff Method for assigning causes of death to verbal autopsies', BMC Medicine, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12916-015-0527-9
, 2015, 'Bathroom hazards among older adults in western India: A cross-sectional study', Asian Journal of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 10, pp. 83 - 91
, 2015, 'Behaviour change strategies for reducing blood pressure-related disease burden: Findings from a global implementation research programme', Implementation Science, 10, pp. 158, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13012-015-0331-0
, 2015, 'Dialysis outcomes in India: A pilot study', Nephrology, 20, pp. 329 - 334, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nep.12404
, 2015, 'How much does a verbal autopsy based mortality surveillance system cost in rural India?', Plos One, 10, pp. e0126410, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0126410
, 2015, 'Suicide deaths in rural Andhra Pradesh - a cause for global health action', Tropical Medicine and International Health, 20, pp. 188 - 193, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/tmi.12416
, 2015, 'Deconstructing epidemiology', CHRISMED Journal of Health and Research, 2, pp. 3 - 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2348-3334.149337
, 2015, 'INTegrated Electronic General practice support tool, phaRmacy led intervention And combination Therapy Evaluation trial (INTEGRATE)', Heart, Lung and Circulation, 24, pp. S385
, 2014, 'Follow-up of blood-pressure lowering and glucose control in type 2 diabetes', New England Journal of Medicine, 371, pp. 1392 - 1406, http://dx.doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa1407963
, 2014, 'Tobacco use, smoking quit rates, and socioeconomic patterning among men and women: A cross-sectional survey in rural Andhra Pradesh, India', European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, 21, pp. 1308 - 1318, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2047487313491356
, 2014, 'Task shifting for non-communicable disease management in low and middle income countries - A systematic review', Plos One, 9, pp. e103754, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0103754
, 2014, 'Using verbal autopsy to measure causes of death: The comparative performance of existing methods', BMC Medicine, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1741-7015-12-5
, 2014, 'Effective ways to prevent recurrence of acute coronary syndrome', Medicine Today, 15, pp. 49 - 52
, 2014, 'O043 Task-shifting for cardiovascular disease management – results from a cluster randomised control trial in rural India', Global Heart, 9, pp. e11 - e11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gheart.2014.03.1258
, 2014, 'O112 How much does a non-physician healthcare worker based model of care for cardiovascular disease management cost?', Global Heart, 9, pp. e30 - e30, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gheart.2014.03.1323
, 2013, 'A multifaceted strategy using mobile technology to assist rural primary healthcare doctors and frontline health workers in cardiovascular disease risk management: Protocol for the SMARTHealth India cluster randomised controlled trial', Implementation Science, 8, pp. 137, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1748-5908-8-137
, 2013, 'Effects of the Endpoint Adjudication Process on the Results of a Randomised Controlled Trial: The ADVANCE Trial', Plos One, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0055807
, 2012, 'Mortality in People with Epilepsy: A Prospective Study in a Prevalent Epilepsy Cohort in South India', NEUROLOGY, 78, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000303204804057&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
, 2012, 'The rural Andhra Pradesh cardiovascular prevention study (RAPCAPS): A cluster randomized trial', Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 59, pp. 1188 - 1196, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2011.10.901
, 2011, 'Effects on the estimated cause-specific mortality fraction of providing physician reviewers with different formats of verbal autopsy data', Population Health Metrics, 9, pp. 33, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1478-7954-9-33
, 2011, 'Population Health Metrics Research Consortium gold standard verbal autopsy validation study: Design, implementation, and development of analysis datasets', Population Health Metrics, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1478-7954-9-27
, 2011, 'Epidemiology of sudden cardiac death in rural South India - insights from the Andhra Pradesh rural health initiative', Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Journal, 11, pp. 93 - 102
, 2011, 'Comparison of near-patient capillary glucose measurement and a risk assessment questionnaire in screening for type 2 diabetes in a high-risk population in rural India', Diabetes Care, 34, pp. 44 - 49, http://dx.doi.org/10.2337/dc10-1270
, 2010, 'Characteristics of non-fatal fall injuries in rural India', Injury Prevention, 16, pp. 166 - 171, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ip.2009.023663
, 2010, 'B vitamins in patients with recent transient ischaemic attack or stroke in the VITAmins to prevent stroke (VITATOPS) trial: A randomised, double-blind, parallel, placebo-controlled trial', Lancet Neurology, 9, pp. 855 - 865, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1474-4422(10)70187-3
, 2009, 'Routine blood pressure lowering and intensive glucose control in patiens with type 2 diabetes: The ADVANCE trial', Expert Review of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 4, pp. 111 - 118, http://dx.doi.org/10.1586/17446651.4.2.111
, 2009, 'Methodological trends in studies based on verbal autopsies before and after published guidelines', Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 87, pp. 678 - 682, http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.07.049288
, 2009, 'Rationale and design of the Rural Andhra Pradesh Cardiovascular Prevention Study (RAPCAPS): A factorial, cluster-randomized trial of 2 practical cardiovascular disease prevention strategies developed for rural Andhra Pradesh, India', American Heart Journal, 158, pp. 349 - 355, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2009.05.034
, 2009, 'Trials of cardiovascular risk factor management in type 2 diabetes', Current Opinion in Cardiology, 24, pp. 288 - 294, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/HCO.0b013e32832a7b01
, 2009, 'Reply', Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 54, pp. 91 - 92, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2009.03.039
, 2009, 'Recalibration of a Framingham risk equation for a rural population in India', Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 63, pp. 379 - 385, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jech.2008.077057
, 2009, 'Fatal and nonfatal cardiovascular disease and the use of therapies for secondary prevention in a rural region of india', Circulation, 119, pp. 1950 - 1955, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.819201
, 2009, 'An electronic clinical decision support tool to assist primary care providers in cardiovascular disease risk management: Development and mixed methods evaluation', Journal of Medical Internet Research, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/jmir.1258
, 2009, 'Validity of self-reported cardiovascular disease', Internal Medicine Journal, 39, pp. 5 - 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1445-5994.2008.01859.x
, 2009, 'Verbal autopsy coding: Are multiple coders better than one?', Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 87, pp. 51 - 57, http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.08.051250
, 2009, 'A novel electronic decision support system to assist General Practitioners in cardiovascular disease risk management—A pilot evaluation', Heart, Lung and Circulation, 18, pp. S269
, 2009, 'Vascular death in rural Andhra Pradesh, India', Heart, Lung and Circulation, 18, pp. S286 - S286, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2009.05.702
, 2008, 'Global Inequalities in Access to Cardiovascular Health Care. Our Greatest Challenge', Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 52, pp. 1817 - 1825, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2008.08.049
, 2008, 'The burden of fatal and non-fatal injury in rural India', Injury Prevention, 14, pp. 232 - 237, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ip.2007.018259
, 2008, 'Intensive blood glucose control and vascular outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes', New England Journal of Medicine, 358, pp. 2560 - 2572, http://dx.doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa0802987
, 2008, 'Significant lipid, adiposity and metabolic abnormalities amongst 4535 Indians from a developing region of rural Andhra Pradesh', Atherosclerosis, 196, pp. 943 - 952, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2007.02.027
, 2008, 'Blood pressure lowering with fixed combination perindopril-indapamide: key findings from ADVANCE.', Journal of Hypertension Supplement Official Journal of the International Society of Hypertension, 26, pp. S11 - S15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.hjh.0000320754.38732.46
, 2008, 'Efficacy and safety of fixed combination of perindopril and indapamide in type 2 diabetes: Results from ADVANCE in context of available evidence', Journal of Hypertension, 26, pp. S21 - S27, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.hjh.0000334074.42823.77
, 2008, 'Efficacité et tolérance de lʼassociation fixe perindopril / indapamide dans le diabète de type 2: résultats de lʼétude ADVANCE', Journal of Hypertension, 26, pp. S23 - S30, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.hjh.0000334603.78628.33
, 2007, 'Effects of a fixed combination of perindopril and indapamide on macrovascular and microvascular outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (the ADVANCE trial): a randomised controlled trial', Lancet, 370, pp. 829 - 840, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(07)61303-8
, 2007, 'New insights from ADVANCE.', Journal of hypertension. Supplement : official journal of the International Society of Hypertension, 25 Suppl 1
, 2007, 'Which health-related quality of life score? A comparison of alternative utility measures in patients with Type 2 diabetes in the ADVANCE trial', Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 5, pp. 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7525-5-21
, 2007, 'The challenge of balancing methodological research rigour and practical needs in low-income setttings: What we are doing and what we need to do better', Critical Public Health, 17, pp. 81 - 89, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09581590601045238
, 2007, 'Cardiovascular Morbidity and Mortality in a Rural Developing Region of Andhra Pradesh, India', Heart, Lung and Circulation, 16, pp. S90 - S90, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2007.06.230