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University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh: Dhaka, Dhaka District, BD

2020-02-01 to present | Professor and Dean of Research (Public Health)
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Omar Rahman

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health: Boston , MA, US

2015 to present | Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology & Demography (Global Health and Population )
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Omar Rahman

Independent University: Dhaka, Dhaka District, BD

2012-01-26 to 2020-01-26 | Vice Chancellor
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Omar Rahman

Independent University: Dhaka, Dhaka District, BD

2006-04 to 2011-12 | Pro Vice Chancellor
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Omar Rahman

Education and qualifications (4)

Harvard School of Public Health: Boston, MA, US

1987-09 to 1990-11 | DSc (Epidemiology)
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Omar Rahman

Harvard School of Public Health: Boston, MA, US

1986-09 to 1987-06 | MPH (Health Policy )
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Omar Rahman

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine: Chicago, IL, US

1979-09 to 1983-06 | MD
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Omar Rahman

Harvard College: Cambridge, MA, US

1975-09 to 1979-06 | AB (Biochemistry )
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Facilitators of and barriers to mobile phone-based interventions for perinatal mental conditions in low- and middle-income countries: A qualitative systematic review (Preprint)

2024-02-04 | Preprint
Contributors: - Mahmudunnabi; Ahmed Waqas; Omar Rahman; Din M. Sumon Rahman; Siham Sikander; Atif Rahman
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Cardiovascular disease, mortality, and their associations with modifiable risk factors in a multi-national South Asia cohort: a PURE substudy

European Heart Journal
2022-08-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Philip Joseph; Vellappillil Raman Kutty; Viswanathan Mohan; Rajesh Kumar; Prem Mony; Krishnapillai Vijayakumar; Shofiqul Islam; Romaina Iqbal; Khawar Kazmi; Omar Rahman et al.
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Analysis of OpenStreetMap Data Quality at Different Stages of a Participatory Mapping Process: Evidence from Slums in Africa and Asia

ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information
2021-04 | Journal article | Author
Contributors: Godwin Yeboah; Albuquerque, João Porto de; Rafael Troilo; Grant Tregonning; Shanaka Perera; Syed A. K. Shifat Ahmed; Motunrayo Ajisola; Ornob Alam; Navneet Aujla; Syed Iqbal Azam et al.
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

Health effects of household solid fuel use: Findings from 11 countries within the prospective urban and rural epidemiology study

Environmental Health Perspectives
2019 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85065764436

Contributors: Hystad, P.; Duong, M.; Brauer, M.; Larkin, A.; Arku, R.; Kurmi, O.P.; Qi Fan, W.; Avezum, A.; Azam, I.; Chifamba, J. et al.
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Omar Rahman via Scopus - Elsevier

Protocol for establishing a child and adolescent twin register for mental health research and capacity building in Sri Lanka and other low and middle-income countries in South Asia

BMJ Open
2019-10 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2044-6055
Part of ISSN: 2044-6055
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Modifiable risk factors, cardiovascular disease, and mortality in 155 722 individuals from 21 high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries (PURE): a prospective cohort study

The Lancet
2019-09 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0140-6736
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Omar Rahman

Variations in common diseases, hospital admissions, and deaths in middle-aged adults in 21 countries from five continents (PURE): a prospective cohort study

The Lancet
2019-09 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0140-6736
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Omar Rahman

Mortality and cardiovascular and respiratory morbidity in individuals with impaired FEV1 (PURE): an international, community-based cohort study

The Lancet Global Health
2019-05 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2214-109X
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Association of dietary nutrients with blood lipids and blood pressure in 18 countries: a cross-sectional analysis from the PURE study

The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85028461102

Contributors: Mente, A.; Dehghan, M.; Rangarajan, S.; McQueen, M.; Dagenais, G.; Wielgosz, A.; Lear, S.; Li, W.; Chen, H.; Yi, S. et al.
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Omar Rahman via Scopus - Elsevier

Association of household wealth index, educational status, and social capital with hypertension awareness, treatment, and control in South Asia

American Journal of Hypertension
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85017538643

Contributors: Gupta, R.; Kaur, M.; Islam, S.; Mohan, V.; Mony, P.; Kumar, R.; Kutty, V.R.; Iqbal, R.; Rahman, O.; Deepa, M. et al.
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Omar Rahman via Scopus - Elsevier

Associations of fats and carbohydrate intake with cardiovascular disease and mortality in 18 countries from five continents (PURE): a prospective cohort study

The Lancet
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85028462455

Contributors: Dehghan, M.; Mente, A.; Zhang, X.; Swaminathan, S.; Li, W.; Mohan, V.; Iqbal, R.; Kumar, R.; Wentzel-Viljoen, E.; Rosengren, A. et al.
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Omar Rahman via Scopus - Elsevier

Availability and affordability of blood pressure-lowering medicines and the effect on blood pressure control in high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries: an analysis of the PURE study data

The Lancet Public Health
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85028775982

Contributors: Attaei, M.W.; Khatib, R.; McKee, M.; Lear, S.; Dagenais, G.; Igumbor, E.U.; AlHabib, K.F.; Kaur, M.; Kruger, L.; Teo, K. et al.
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Omar Rahman via Scopus - Elsevier

Development of adaptive coping from mid to late life: A 70-year longitudinal study of defense maturity and its psychosocial correlates

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85022060447

Contributors: Martin-Joy, J.S.; Malone, J.C.; Cui, X.-J.; Johansen, P.-Ø.; Hill, K.P.; Rahman, M.O.; Waldinger, R.J.; Vaillant, G.E.
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Omar Rahman via Scopus - Elsevier

Does greater individual social capital improve the management of hypertension? Cross-national analysis of 61 229 individuals in 21 countries

BMJ Global Health
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85045263187

Contributors: Palafox, B.; Goryakin, Y.; Stuckler, D.; Suhrcke, M.; Balabanova, D.; Alhabib, K.F.; Avezum, A.; Bahonar, A.; Bai, X.; Chifamba, J. et al.
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Omar Rahman via Scopus - Elsevier

Effects of bidi smoking on all-cause mortality and cardiorespiratory outcomes in men from south Asia: an observational community-based substudy of the Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology Study (PURE)

The Lancet Global Health
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85009404024

Contributors: Duong, M.; Rangarajan, S.; Zhang, X.; Killian, K.; Mony, P.; Swaminathan, S.; Bharathi, A.V.; Nair, S.; Vijayakumar, K.; Mohan, I. et al.
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Omar Rahman via Scopus - Elsevier

Fruit, vegetable, and legume intake, and cardiovascular disease and deaths in 18 countries (PURE): a prospective cohort study

The Lancet
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85028451132

Contributors: Miller, V.; Mente, A.; Dehghan, M.; Rangarajan, S.; Zhang, X.; Swaminathan, S.; Dagenais, G.; Gupta, R.; Mohan, V.; Lear, S. et al.
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Omar Rahman via Scopus - Elsevier

Tobacco control environment: Cross-sectional survey of policy implementation, social unacceptability, knowledge of tobacco health harms and relationship to quit ratio in 17 low-income, middle-income and high-income countries

BMJ Open
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85016576076

Contributors: Chow, C.K.; Corsi, D.J.; Gilmore, A.B.; Kruger, A.; Igumbor, E.; Chifamba, J.; Yang, W.; Wei, L.; Iqbal, R.; Mony, P. et al.
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Omar Rahman via Scopus - Elsevier

Availability and affordability of cardiovascular disease medicines and their effect on use in high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries: An analysis of the PURE study data

The Lancet
2016 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84954376314

Contributors: Khatib, R.; McKee, M.; Shannon, H.; Chow, C.; Rangarajan, S.; Teo, K.; Wei, L.; Mony, P.; Mohan, V.; Gupta, R. et al.
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Omar Rahman via Scopus - Elsevier

Availability, affordability, and consumption of fruits and vegetables in 18 countries across income levels: findings from the Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study

The Lancet Global Health
2016 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84991585740

Contributors: Miller, V.; Yusuf, S.; Chow, C.K.; Dehghan, M.; Corsi, D.J.; Lock, K.; Popkin, B.; Rangarajan, S.; Khatib, R.; Lear, S.A. et al.
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Omar Rahman via Scopus - Elsevier

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Proceedings of 2015 3rd International Conference on Advances in Electrical Engineering, ICAEE 2015
2016 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-84981170166

Contributors: Rahman, M.O.
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Omar Rahman via Scopus - Elsevier

Reference ranges of handgrip strength from 125,462 healthy adults in 21 countries: a prospective urban rural epidemiologic (PURE) study

Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle
2016 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84963692261

Contributors: Leong, D.P.; Teo, K.K.; Rangarajan, S.; Kutty, V.R.; Lanas, F.; Hui, C.; Quanyong, X.; Zhenzhen, Q.; Jinhua, T.; Noorhassim, I. et al.
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Omar Rahman via Scopus - Elsevier

Variations in diabetes prevalence in low-, middle-, and high-income countries: Results from the prospective urban and rural epidemiological study

Diabetes Care
2016 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84964755397

Contributors: Dagenais, G.R.; Gerstein, H.C.; Zhang, X.; McQueen, M.; Lear, S.; Lopez-Jaramillo, P.; Mohan, V.; Mony, P.; Gupta, R.; Kutty, V.R. et al.
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Omar Rahman via Scopus - Elsevier

Prognostic value of grip strength: Findings from the Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study

The Lancet
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84937641667

Contributors: Leong, D.P.; Teo, K.K.; Rangarajan, S.; Lopez-Jaramillo, P.; Avezum, A.; Orlandini, A.; Seron, P.; Ahmed, S.H.; Rosengren, A.; Kelishadi, R. et al.
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Omar Rahman via Scopus - Elsevier

Socioeconomic factors and use of secondary preventive therapies for cardiovascular diseases in South Asia: The PURE study

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84944893694

Contributors: Gupta, R.; Islam, S.; Mony, P.; Kutty, V.R.; Mohan, V.; Kumar, R.; Thakur, J.S.; Shankar, V.K.; Mohan, D.; Vijayakumar, K. et al.
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Omar Rahman via Scopus - Elsevier

The environmental profile of a community’s health: A cross-sectional study on tobacco marketing in 16 countries,Profil environnemental de la santé d’une communauté: étude transversale sur le marketing du tabac dans 16 pays,El perfil ambiental de la salud de una comunidad: Un estudio transversal sobre la publicidad del tabaco en 16 países

Bulletin of the World Health Organization
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84948962084

Contributors: Savell, E.; Gilmore, A.B.; Sims, M.; Mony, P.K.; Koon, T.; Yusoff, K.; Lear, S.A.; Seron, P.; Ismail, N.; Calik, K.B.T. et al.
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Omar Rahman via Scopus - Elsevier

Cardiovascular risk and events in 17 low-, middle-, and high-income countries

New England Journal of Medicine
2014 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84907320446

Contributors: Yusuf, S.; Rangarajan, S.; Teo, K.; Islam, S.; Li, W.; Liu, L.; Bo, J.; Lou, Q.; Lu, F.; Liu, T. et al.
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Omar Rahman via Scopus - Elsevier

Work stress and hair cortisol levels among workers in a Bangladeshi ready-made garment factory - Results from a cross-sectional study

Psychoneuroendocrinology
2014 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84908402412

Contributors: Steinisch, M.; Yusuf, R.; Li, J.; Stalder, T.; Bosch, J.A.; Rahman, O.; Strümpell, C.; Ashraf, H.; Fischer, J.E.; Loerbroks, A.
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Omar Rahman via Scopus - Elsevier

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Proceedings of 2013 2nd International Conference on Advances in Electrical Engineering, ICAEE 2013
2013 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-84896465897

Contributors: Rahman, M.O.
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Omar Rahman via Scopus - Elsevier

Prevalence of a healthy lifestyle among individuals with cardiovascular disease in high-, middle- and low-income countries: The Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association
2013 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84876299685

Contributors: Teo, K.; Lear, S.; Islam, S.; Mony, P.; Dehghan, M.; Li, W.; Rosengren, A.; Lopez-Jaramillo, P.; Diaz, R.; Oliveira, G. et al.
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Omar Rahman via Scopus - Elsevier

Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study: Baseline characteristics of the household sample and comparative analyses with national data in 17 countries

American Heart Journal
2013 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84885179663

Contributors: Corsi, D.J.; Subramanian, S.V.; Chow, C.K.; McKee, M.; Chifamba, J.; Dagenais, G.; Diaz, R.; Iqbal, R.; Kelishadi, R.; Kruger, A. et al.
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Omar Rahman via Scopus - Elsevier

Work stress: Its components and its association with self-reported health outcomes in a garment factory in Bangladesh-Findings from a cross-sectional study

Health and Place
2013 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84885079790

Contributors: Steinisch, M.; Yusuf, R.; Li, J.; Rahman, O.; Ashraf, H.M.; Strümpell, C.; Fischer, J.E.; Loerbroks, A.
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Omar Rahman via Scopus - Elsevier

Use of secondary prevention drugs for cardiovascular disease in the community in high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries (the PURE Study): A prospective epidemiological survey

The Lancet
2011 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-80053563341

Contributors: Yusuf, S.; Islam, S.; Chow, C.K.; Rangarajan, S.; Dagenais, G.; Diaz, R.; Gupta, R.; Kelishadi, R.; Iqbal, R.; Avezum, A. et al.
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Omar Rahman via Scopus - Elsevier

Shared environments: A multilevel analysis of community context and child nutritional status in Bangladesh

Public Health Nutrition
2010 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-79956083520

Contributors: Corsi, D.J.; Chow, C.K.; Lear, S.A.; Rahman, M.O.; Subramanian, S.V.; Teo, K.K.
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Omar Rahman via Scopus - Elsevier

The Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study: Examining the impact of societal influences on chronic noncommunicable diseases in low-, middle-, and high-income countries

American Heart Journal
2009 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-67049146795

Contributors: Teo, K.; Chow, C.K.; Vaz, M.; Rangarajan, S.; Yusuf, S.; Islam, S.; Zhang, M.; Dehghan, M.; DeJesus, J.; Mackie, P. et al.
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Omar Rahman via Scopus - Elsevier

Out-migration of health professionals from Bangladesh: Prospects of diaspora formation for homeland development

Asian Population Studies
2007 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-34547601183

Contributors: Rahman, M.O.; Khan, R.
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Survey measures of health: How well do self-reported and observed indicators measure health and predict mortality?

Aging in Sub-Saharan Africa: Recommendations for Furthering Research
2006 | Book chapter
Part of DOI: 10.17226/11708
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2-s2.0-84937140122

Contributors: Kuhn, R.; Rahman, O.; Menken, J.
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The impact of family members on the self-reported health of older men and women in a rural area of Bangladesh

Ageing and Society
2004 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-11144300246

Contributors: Rahman, O.; Menken, J.; Kuhn, R.
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Self-Reported Health among Older Bangladeshis: How Good a Health Indicator Is It?

Gerontologist
2003 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-0347359285

Contributors: Rahman, M.O.; Barsky, A.J.
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Discontinuation of postmenopausal hormone therapy in a Massachusetts HMO

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
2001 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-0034819899

Contributors: Reynolds, R.F.; Walker, A.M.; Obermeyer, C.M.; Rahman, O.; Guilbert, D.
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Omar Rahman via Scopus - Elsevier

Gender differences in functioning for older adults in rural Bangladesh. The impact of differential reporting?

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences
2000 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-0034005875

Contributors: Rahman, M.O.; Liu, J.-H.
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Omar Rahman via Scopus - Elsevier

The impact of co-resident spouses and sons on elderly mortality in rural Bangladesh

Journal of Biosocial Science
2000 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-0033971461

Contributors: Rahman, M.O.
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Age and gender variation in the impact of household structure on elderly mortality

International Journal of Epidemiology
1999 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-0032999919

Contributors: Rahman, M.O.
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Family matters: The impact of kin on the mortality of the elderly in rural Bangladesh

Population Studies
1999 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-0032868241

Contributors: Rahman, M.O.
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Hyperglycemia during childhood diarrhea

Journal of Pediatrics
1997 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-0030729270

Contributors: Ronan, A.; Azad, A.K.; Rahman, O.; Phillips, R.E.; Bennish, M.L.
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Gender differences in adult health: An international comparison

Gerontologist
1994 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-0028108980

Contributors: Rahman, O.; Strauss, J.; Gertler, P.; Ashley, D.; Fox, K.
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Quality of care in public and private primary health care facilities: structural comparisons in Jamaica,Calidad de la atencion en establecimientos publicos y privados de atencion primaria de salud: comparaciones estructurales en Jamaica

Boletin - Oficina Sanitaria Panamericana
1994 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-0028608646

Contributors: Peabody, J.W.; Rahman, O.; Fox, K.; Gertler, P.
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Quality of care in public and private primary health care facilities: structural comparisons in Jamaica.

Bulletin of the Pan American Health Organization
1994 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-0028454785

Contributors: Peabody, J.W.; Rahman, O.; Fox, K.; Gertler, P.
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American families: policy issues.

Population index
1993 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-0027876679

Contributors: Davanzo, J.; Rahman, M.O.; Wadhwa, K.T.
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American families: trends and correlates.

Population index
1993 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-0027671410

Contributors: Davanzo, J.; Rahman, M.O.
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Determinants of pregnancy outcomes and targeting of maternal health services in Jamaica

Social Science and Medicine
1993 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-0027337750

Contributors: Gertler, P.; Rahman, O.; Feifer, C.; Ashley, D.
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