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Arsenic Exposure During Pregnancy and Size at Birth: A Prospective Cohort Study in Bangladesh by Rahman, Anisur, Vahter, Marie, Smith, Allan H., Nermell, Barbro, Yunus, Mohammed, El Arifeen, Shams, Persson, Lars-Åke, Ekström, Eva-Charlotte

“…The authors evaluated the association of prenatal arsenic exposure with size at birth (birth weight, birth length, head and chest circumferences). This…”
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In utero arsenic exposure is associated with impaired thymic function in newborns possibly via oxidative stress and apoptosis by Ahmed, Sultan, Ahsan, Khalid Bin, Kippler, Maria, Mily, Akhirunnesa, Wagatsuma, Yukiko, Hoque, A M Waheedul, Ngom, Pa Tamba, El Arifeen, Shams, Raqib, Rubhana, Vahter, Marie

“…Prenatal arsenic exposure is associated with increased infant morbidity and reduced thymus size, indicating arsenic-related developmental immunotoxicity. We…”
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Factors influencing intestinal cadmium uptake in pregnant Bangladeshi women—A prospective cohort study by Kippler, M., Goessler, W., Nermell, B., Ekström, E.C., Lönnerdal, B., El Arifeen, S., Vahter, M.

“…Experimental studies indicate that zinc (Zn) and calcium (Ca) status, in addition to iron (Fe) status, affect gastrointestinal absorption of cadmium (Cd), an…”
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'What gets measured gets managed': revisiting the indicators for maternal and newborn health programmes by Moran, A C, Moller, A B, Chou, D, Morgan, A, El Arifeen, S, Hanson, C, Say, L, Diaz, T, Askew, I, Costello, A

“…The health of women and children are critical for global development. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) agenda and the Global Strategy for Women's,…”
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Effect of community-based newborn care on cause-specific neonatal mortality in Sylhet district, Bangladesh: findings of a cluster-randomized controlled trial by Baqui, A H, Williams, E, El-Arifeen, S, Applegate, J A, Mannan, I, Begum, N, Rahman, S M, Ahmed, S, Black, R E, Darmstadt, G L

“…Objectives: Community-based maternal and newborn intervention packages have been shown to reduce neonatal mortality in resource-constrained settings. This…”
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High titre of anti-Ascaris immunoglobulin E associated with bronchial asthma symptoms in 5-year-old rural Bangladeshi children by Takeuchi, H., Zaman, K., Takahashi, J., Yunus, M., Chowdhury, H. R., Arifeen, S. El, Baqui, A., Wakai, S., Iwata, T.

“…Summary Background Increasing interest has arisen whether helminthic infections protect against asthma and allergy. The prevalence of wheezing among…”
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Preterm birth and neonatal mortality in a rural Bangladeshi cohort: implications for health programs by Baqui, A H, Rosen, H E, Lee, A C C, Applegate, J A, El Arifeen, S, Rahman, S M, Begum, N, Shah, R, Darmstadt, G L, Black, R E

“…Objective: To estimate the burden of prematurity, determine gestational age (GA)-specific neonatal mortality rates and provide recommendations for country…”
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Supplementing iron and zinc: double blind, randomized evaluation of separate or combined delivery by Chang, S, El Arifeen, S, Bari, S, Wahed, M.A, Rahman, K.M, Rahman, M.T, Mahmud, A.B.A, Begum, N, Zaman, K, Baqui, A.H, Black, R.E

“…Background/Objectives: Many children have diets deficient in both iron and zinc, but there has been some evidence of negative interactions when they are…”
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Newborn umbilical cord and skin care in Sylhet District, Bangladesh: implications for the promotion of umbilical cord cleansing with topical chlorhexidine by Alam, M A, Ali, N A, Sultana, N, Mullany, L C, Teela, K C, Khan, N U Z, Baqui, A H, El Arifeen, S, Mannan, I, Darmstadt, G L, Winch, P J

“…Newborn cord care practices may directly contribute to infections, which account for a large proportion of the four million annual global neonatal deaths. This…”
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The development and evaluation of a community-based clinical diagnosis tool and treatment regimen for postpartum sepsis in Bangladesh and Pakistan by Bartlett, L A, LeFevre, A E, Mir, F, Soofi, S, Arif, S, Mitra, D K, Quaiyum, M A, Shakoor, S, Islam, M S, Connor, N E, Winch, P J, Reller, M E, Shah, R, El Arifeen, S, Baqui, A H, Bhutta, Z A, Zaidi, A, Saha, S, Ahmed, S A

“…Postpartum sepsis accounts for most maternal deaths between three and seven days postpartum, when most mothers, even those who deliver in facilities, are at…”
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Low-dose weekly supplementation of iron and or zinc does not affect growth among Bangladeshi infants by Fischer Walker, C L, Baqui, A H, Ahmed, S, Zaman, K, El Arifeen, S, Begum, N, Yunus, M, Black, R E, Caulfield, L E

“…Objectives: To determine the effect of low-dose weekly supplementation with iron, zinc or both on growth of infants from 6 to 12 months of age…”
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Measures matter: A scoping review of maternal and newborn indicators by Moller, Ann-Beth, Newby, Holly, Hanson, Claudia, Morgan, Alison, El Arifeen, Shams, Chou, Doris, Diaz, Theresa, Say, Lale, Askew, Ian, Moran, Allisyn C

“…A variety of global-level monitoring initiatives have recommended indicators for tracking progress in maternal and newborn health. As a first step supporting…”
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Early Life Environmental Exposure to Cadmium, Lead, and Arsenic and Age at Menarche: A Longitudinal Mother-Child Cohort Study in Bangladesh by Malin Igra, Annachiara, Rahman, Anisur, Johansson, Anna L V, Pervin, Jesmin, Svefors, Pernilla, Arifeen, Shams El, Vahter, Marie, Persson, Lars-Åke, Kippler, Maria

“…Several metals act as endocrine disruptors, but there are few large longitudinal studies about associations with puberty onset. We evaluated whether early life…”
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A cohort study of the association between prenatal arsenic exposure and age at menarche in a rural area, Bangladesh by Rahman, Anisur, Kippler, Maria, Pervin, Jesmin, Tarafder, Chandan, Lucy, Ishrat Javeen, Svefors, Pernilla, Arifeen, Shams El, Persson, Lars Åke

“…•The first study based on individual arsenic exposure data to evaluate age at menarche.•Prenatal arsenic exposure was associated with a menarche…”
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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) exposure during pregnancy and child anthropometry from birth to 10 years of age: Sex-specific evidence from a cohort study in rural Bangladesh by Rahman, Syed Moshfiqur, Malin Igra, Annachiara, Essig, Julie Y., Ekström, Eva-Charlotte, Dreij, Kristian, Trask, Mercedes, Lindh, Christian, Arifeen, Shams El, Rahman, Anisur, Krais, Annette M., Kippler, Maria

“…Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) have endocrine disrupting properties and they cross the placental barrier, but studies on gestational exposure and…”
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Humoral Immunity in Arsenic-Exposed Children in Rural Bangladesh: Total Immunoglobulins and Vaccine-Specific Antibodies by Raqib, Rubhana, Ahmed, Sultan, Ahsan, Khalid Bin, Kippler, Maria, Akhtar, Evana, Roy, Anjan Kumar, Lu, Ying, Arifeen, Shams El, Wagatsuma, Yukiko, Vahter, Marie

“…Early-life arsenic exposure has been associated with reduced cell-mediated immunity, but little is known about its effects on humoral immunity. We evaluated…”
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Kidney function and blood pressure in preschool-aged children exposed to cadmium and arsenic - potential alleviation by selenium by Skröder, Helena, Hawkesworth, Sophie, Kippler, Maria, El Arifeen, Shams, Wagatsuma, Yukiko, Moore, Sophie E., Vahter, Marie

“…Early-life exposure to toxic compounds may cause long-lasting health effects, but few studies have investigated effects of childhood exposure to nephrotoxic…”
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Arsenic Exposure and Risk of Spontaneous Abortion, Stillbirth, and Infant Mortality by Rahman, Anisur, Persson, Lars-Åke, Nermell, Barbro, Arifeen, Shams El, Ekström, Eva-Charlotte, Smith, Allan H., Vahter, Marie

“…Background: Millions of people worldwide are drinking water with elevated arsenic concentrations. Epidemiologic studies, mainly cross-sectional in design, have…”
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Measuring the effectiveness of an integrated intervention package to improve the level of infection prevention and control: a multi-centre study in Bangladesh by Ahmed, A., Hossain, L., Banik, G., Sayeed, A., Sajib, M.R.U.-Z., Hasan, M.M., Hoque, D.E., Hasan, A.S.M., Raghuyamshi, V., Zaman, Shamsuz, Akter, E., Nusrat, N., Rahman, F., Raza, S., Hasan, M.R., Uddin, J., Sarkar, S., Adnan, S.D., Rahman, A., Ameen, S., Jabeen, S., El Arifeen, S., Rahman, A.E.

“…Infection prevention and control (IPC) is a critical component of delivering safe, effective and high-quality healthcare services, and eliminating avoidable…”
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Effects of prenatal micronutrient and early food supplementation on metabolic status of the offspring at 4.5 years of age. The MINIMat randomized trial in rural Bangladesh by Ekström, Eva-Charlotte, Lindström, Emma, Raqib, Rubhana, El Arifeen, Shams, Basu, Samar, Brismar, Kerstin, Selling, Katarina, Persson, Lars-Åke

“…Fetal nutritional insults may alter the later metabolic phenotype. We hypothesized that early timing of prenatal food supplementation and multiple…”
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