Publications

(2023). The Potential for Healthy, Sustainable, and Equitable Transport Systems in Africa and the Caribbean: A Mixed-Methods Systematic Review and Meta-Study.. Sustainability.

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(2023). Active travel and paratransit use in African cities: Mixed-method systematic review and meta-ethnography. Journal of Transport & Health.

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(2022). Spleen size in homozygous sickle cell disease: trends in a birth cohort using ultrasound. The British journal of radiology.

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(2022). Newborn screening for abnormal haemoglobins in Jamaica: Practical issues in an island programme.. Journal of medical screening.

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(2022). Inhaled bronchodilators for acute chest syndrome in people with sickle cell disease.. The Cochrane database of systematic reviews.

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(2022). Interventions and policies aimed at improving nutrition in Small Island Developing States: a rapid review.. Pan American journal of public health.

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(2022). Dietary Patterns, Food Insecurity, and Their Relationships with Food Sources and Social Determinants in Two Small Island Developing States. Nutrients.

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(2022). Children and the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: a Caribbean perspective. Pan American journal of public health.

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(2022). Direct healthcare services cost of non-healing diabetic foot wounds in an African origin population in Barbados.. Diabetic medicine.

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(2022). Perspectives on strengthening local food systems in Small Island Developing States.. Food security.

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(2022). Socioeconomic and gendered inequities in travel behaviour in Africa: Mixed-method systematic review and meta-ethnography.. Social science & medicine.

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(2022). Adaptation of a community-based type-2 diabetes mellitus remission intervention during COVID-19: empowering persons living with diabetes to take control.. Implementation science communications.

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(2021). Retained Splenic Function in an Indian Population with Homozygous Sickle Cell Disease May Have Important Clinical Significance. Indian journal of community medicine.

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(2021). Assessing the effectiveness and implementation of a chronic disease self-management programme in faith-based organisations in Barbados: protocol for a cluster randomised parallel trial.. BMJ open.

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(2021). Anthropometric cut-offs to identify hyperglycemia in an Afro-Caribbean population: a cross-sectional population-based study from Barbados.. BMJ open diabetes research & care.

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(2021). Impact of COVID-19 contact tracing on human resources for health - A Caribbean perspective.. Preventive medicine reports.

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(2021). Pregnancy Outcome In Homozygous Sickle Cell Disease: Observations From The Jamaican Birth Cohort.. BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology.

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(2021). A cross-sectional analysis of investigator needs for non-communicable disease research at the University of the West Indies, Mona.. Revista panamericana de salud publica = Pan American journal of public health.

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(2020). The global diet and activity research (GDAR) network: a global public health partnership to address upstream NCD risk factors in urban low and middle-income contexts.. Globalization and health.

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(2020). Food Sources and Dietary Quality in Small Island Developing States: Development of Methods and Policy Relevant Novel Survey Data from the Pacific and Caribbean.. Nutrients.

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(2020). COVID-19 in the Caribbean small island developing states: lessons learnt from extreme weather events.. The Lancet. Global health.

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(2020). COVID-19 in Children in the United States: Intensive Care Admissions, Estimated Total Infected, and Projected Numbers of Severe Pediatric Cases in 2020.. Journal of public health management and practice : JPHMP.

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(2020). Foot ulceration and its association with mortality in diabetes mellitus: a meta-analysis.. Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association.

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(2019). Pharmacological interventions for painful sickle cell vaso-occlusive crises in adults.. The Cochrane database of systematic reviews.

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(2019). Regular long-term red blood cell transfusions for managing chronic chest complications in sickle cell disease.. The Cochrane database of systematic reviews.

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(2019). Comparison of Dual Therapies for Lowering Blood Pressure in Black Africans.. The New England journal of medicine.

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(2019). Assessing the impact of the Barbados sugar-sweetened beverage tax on beverage sales: an observational study.. The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity.

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(2019). Are there gender differences in acute management and secondary prevention of acute coronary syndromes in Barbados? A cohort study.. BMJ open.

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(2018). Sodium and potassium excretion in an adult Caribbean population of African descent with a high burden of cardiovascular disease.. BMC public health.

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(2018). Social determinants of prostate cancer in the Caribbean: a systematic review and meta-analysis.. BMC public health.

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(2018). Does peak expiratory flow measured sitting differ from that measured standing? A cross-over study in primary care in Barbados.. BJGP open.

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(2018). Managing acute ischaemic stroke in a small island developing state: meeting the guidelines in Barbados.. BMC public health.

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(2018). Premature mortality from cardiovascular disease and diabetes in the Caribbean and associations with health care expenditure, 2001 - 2011.. Revista panamericana de salud publica = Pan American journal of public health.

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(2018). Causes of death and early life determinants of survival in homozygous sickle cell disease: The Jamaican cohort study from birth.. PloS one.

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(2018). An updated systematic review and meta-analysis on the social determinants of diabetes and related risk factors in the Caribbean.. Revista panamericana de salud publica = Pan American journal of public health.

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(2017). Trends in beverage prices following the introduction of a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages in Barbados.. Preventive medicine.

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(2017). Prevalence and phenotype of diabetes and prediabetes using fasting glucose vs HbA1c in a Caribbean population.. Journal of global health.

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(2017). Human papillomavirus genotype distribution in cervical samples among vaccine naïve Barbados women.. Cancer causes & control : CCC.

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(2017). The Barbados Insulin Matters (BIM) study: Barriers to insulin therapy among a population-based sample of people with type 2 diabetes in the Caribbean island of Barbados.. Journal of clinical & translational endocrinology.

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(2017). Social determinants of depression and suicidal behaviour in the Caribbean: a systematic review.. BMC public health.

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(2017). A Plea for the Newborn Diagnosis of Hb S-Hereditary Persistence of Fetal Hemoglobin.. Hemoglobin.

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(2017). Social determinants of breast cancer in the Caribbean: a systematic review.. International journal for equity in health.

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(2017). Barbados Insulin Matters (BIM) study: Perceptions on insulin initiation by primary care doctors in the Caribbean island of Barbados.. Primary care diabetes.

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(2017). Educational health disparities in hypertension and diabetes mellitus among African descent populations in the Caribbean and the USA: a comparative analysis from the Spanish town cohort (Jamaica) and the Jackson heart study (USA).. International journal for equity in health.

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(2017). Monitoring Caribbean tobacco use: baseline adolescent smoking prevalence and regional disparities.. Salud publica de Mexico.

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(2017). Educational Health Disparities in Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors: Findings from Jamaica Health and Lifestyle Survey 2007-2008.. Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine.

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(2016). The Effect of Psychosocial and Neuropsychiatric Factors on Medication Adherence in a Cohort of Women With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.. Journal of clinical rheumatology : practical reports on rheumatic & musculoskeletal diseases.

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(2016). Systems Science for Caribbean Health: the development and piloting of a model for guiding policy on diabetes in the Caribbean.. Health research policy and systems.

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(2016). A cross-sectional study of physical activity and sedentary behaviours in a Caribbean population: combining objective and questionnaire data to guide future interventions.. BMC public health.

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(2016). Inhaled bronchodilators for acute chest syndrome in people with sickle cell disease.. The Cochrane database of systematic reviews.

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(2016). A checklist that enhances the provision of education during insulin initiation simulation: a randomized controlled trial.. Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association.

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(2016). Neighbourhood of residence and the risk of type 2 diabetes.. The lancet. Diabetes & endocrinology.

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(2016). Regular long-term red blood cell transfusions for managing chronic chest complications in sickle cell disease.. The Cochrane database of systematic reviews.

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(2016). Exploring the transition of undergraduate medical students into a clinical clerkship using organizational socialization theory.. Perspectives on medical education.

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(2016). Establishing national noncommunicable disease surveillance in a developing country: a model for small island nations.. Revista panamericana de salud publica = Pan American journal of public health.

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(2016). Predicting the burden of acute myocardial infarction in a country with limited resources: combining data from routine sources.. International health.

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(2016). Ethnic and Gender Disparities in Premature Adult Mortality in Belize 2008-2010.. PloS one.

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(2015). Social distribution of diabetes, hypertension and related risk factors in Barbados: a cross-sectional study.. BMJ open.

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(2015). The Chhattisgarh state screening programme for the sickle cell gene: a cost-effective approach to a public health problem.. Journal of community genetics.

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(2015). Intravenous infusion of haptoglobin for the prevention of adverse clinical outcome in Sickle Cell Disease.. Medical hypotheses.

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(2015). Global trends in dietary quality.. The Lancet. Global health.

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(2015). Newborn Screening for Sickle Cell Disease: Jamaican Experience.. The West Indian medical journal.

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(2015). Cause-of-death disparities in the African diaspora: exploring differences among shared-heritage populations.. American journal of public health.

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(2015). Priapism in Homozygous Sickle Cell Disease: A 40-year Study of the Natural History.. The West Indian medical journal.

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(2015). Disparities in diabetes mellitus among Caribbean populations: a scoping review.. International journal for equity in health.

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(2015). Trends in Longevity in the Americas: Disparities in Life Expectancy in Women and Men, 1965-2010.. PloS one.

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(2014). The extensive inpatient burden of diabetes and diabetes-related foot disease in Barbados.. Clinical medicine (London, England).

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(2014). Inhaled bronchodilators for acute chest syndrome in people with sickle cell disease.. The Cochrane database of systematic reviews.

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(2014). Iron Deficiency among Jamaican Adolescents.. The West Indian medical journal.

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(2014). Global estimates of diabetes prevalence for 2013 and projections for 2035.. Diabetes research and clinical practice.

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(2014). Diabetes in North America and the Caribbean: an update.. Diabetes research and clinical practice.

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(2014). Clinical findings associated with homozygous sickle cell disease in the Barbadian population--do we need a national SCD registry?. BMC research notes.

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(2014). Regular long-term red blood cell transfusions for managing chronic chest complications in sickle cell disease.. The Cochrane database of systematic reviews.

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(2013). Prevalence and risk factors for inter-generational sex: a cross-sectional cluster survey of Barbadian females aged 15-19.. BMC women’s health.

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(2013). Ten year trends in community HIV viral load in Barbados: implications for treatment as prevention.. PloS one.

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(2013). Plasmin Activation of Glial Cells through Protease-Activated Receptor 1.. Pathology research international.

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(2013). Comparison of the systemic lupus erythematosus activity questionnaire and the systemic lupus erythematosus disease activity index in a black barbadian population.. International journal of rheumatology.

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(2012). Homozygous sickle cell disease in Uganda and Jamaica a comparison of Bantu and Benin haplotypes.. The West Indian medical journal.

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(2012). Systemic lupus erythematosus in an African Caribbean population: incidence, clinical manifestations, and survival in the Barbados National Lupus Registry.. Arthritis care & research.

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(2012). Inhaled bronchodilators for acute chest syndrome in people with sickle cell disease.. The Cochrane database of systematic reviews.

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(2012). Dry collection and culture methods for recovery of methicillin-susceptible and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains from indoor home environments.. Applied and environmental microbiology.

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(2012). Screening for the beta-thalassaemia trait: hazards among populations of West African Ancestry.. Journal of community genetics.

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(2011). Regular long-term red blood cell transfusions for managing chronic chest complications in sickle cell disease.. The Cochrane database of systematic reviews.

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(2011). A comparison of outcome for stroke patients in Barbados and South London.. International journal of stroke : official journal of the International Stroke Society.

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(2011). Prostate cancer incidence and mortality in barbados, west indies.. Prostate cancer.

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(2011). Pattern of pregnancy weight gain in homozygous sickle cell disease and effect on birth size.. The West Indian medical journal.

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(2011). Hb S-β-thalassemia: molecular, hematological and clinical comparisons.. Hemoglobin.

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(2011). A preliminary examination of the effects of genetic variants of redox enzymes on susceptibility to oedematous malnutrition and on percentage cytotoxicity in response to oxidative stress in vitro.. Annals of tropical paediatrics.

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(2010). Association of schistosomiasis with false-positive HIV test results in an African adolescent population.. Journal of clinical microbiology.

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(2010). Are women who work in bars, guesthouses and similar facilities a suitable study population for vaginal microbicide trials in Africa?. PloS one.

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(2009). The changing face of homozygous sickle cell disease: 102 patients over 60 years.. International journal of laboratory hematology.

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(2009). Rate of change of sickle allele frequency may be influenced by total fertility rate: a sesquicentenary reflection on human micro-evolution.. British journal of haematology.

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(2009). Measurement and predictors of adherence in a trial of HSV suppressive therapy in Tanzania.. Contemporary clinical trials.

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(2009). Anaesthetic morbidity at the University Hospital of the West Indies.. The West Indian medical journal.

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(2009). Retained placenta in homozygous sickle cell disease.. Obstetrics and gynecology.

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(2009). Outcome analysis of surgery for Blount disease.. Journal of pediatric orthopedics.

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(2009). Bacterial vaginosis in female facility workers in north-western Tanzania: prevalence and risk factors.. Sexually transmitted infections.

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(2009). Auto-adjusting positive airway pressure in children with sickle cell anemia: results of a phase I randomized controlled trial.. Haematologica.

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(2009). Ethnic differences in F cell levels in Jamaica: a potential tool for identifying new genetic loci controlling fetal haemoglobin.. British journal of haematology.

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(2009). Differences in risk factors between black Caribbean patients with stroke in Barbados and South london.. Stroke.

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(2009). All-cause mortality after diabetes-related amputation in Barbados: a prospective case-control study.. Diabetes care.

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(2009). Risk factors for breast cancer in a black population--the Barbados National Cancer Study.. International journal of cancer.

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(2009). Breast cancer incidence and mortality in a Caribbean population: comparisons with African-Americans.. International journal of cancer.

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(2009). A comparison of acute and long-term management of stroke patients in Barbados and South London.. Cerebrovascular diseases (Basel, Switzerland).

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(2008). Interpersonal violence in three Caribbean countries: Barbados, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago.. Revista panamericana de salud publica = Pan American journal of public health.

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(2008). Inflammatory bowel disease: incidence, prevalence, and disease characteristics in Barbados, West Indies.. Inflammatory bowel diseases.

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(2008). Voices of the women: feedback from women of child-bearing age who are living with HIV can help improve efficacy of psychosocial interventions.. The West Indian medical journal.

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(2008). The inflammatory effect of cardiopulmonary bypass on leukocyte extravasation in vivo.. The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery.

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(2008). Effect of herpes simplex suppression on incidence of HIV among women in Tanzania.. The New England journal of medicine.

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(2007). Validity of coital diaries in a feasibility study for the Microbicides Development Programme trial among women at high risk of HIV/AIDS in Mwanza, Tanzania.. Sexually transmitted infections.

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(2007). The mechanisms of low birth weight in infants of mothers with homozygous sickle cell disease.. Pediatrics.

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(2007). Microbicides development program, Tanzania-baseline characteristics of an occupational cohort and reattendance at 3 months.. Sexually transmitted diseases.

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(2007). Albuminuria and renal function in homozygous sickle cell disease: observations from a cohort study.. Archives of internal medicine.

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(2007). Elderly survivors with homozygous sickle cell disease.. The New England journal of medicine.

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(2006). Growth curves for normal Jamaican neonates.. The West Indian medical journal.

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(2006). Predicted declines in sickle allele frequency in Jamaica using empirical data.. American journal of hematology.

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(2006). Medical paediatric admission patterns at the University Hospital of the West Indies: issues for future planning.. The West Indian medical journal.

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(2006). The prevalence of marijuana smoking in young adults with sickle cell disease: a longitudinal study.. The West Indian medical journal.

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(2006). Comment on: Loureiro & Rozenfeld \"Epidemiology of sickle cell disease hospital admissions in Brazil\".. Revista de saude publica.

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(2006). Skin test reactivity to aeroallergens in Jamaicans: relationship to asthma.. The West Indian medical journal.

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(2006). Prevalence and risk factors associated with obesity in the elderly in Barbados.. Journal of aging and health.

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(2006). The role of inheritance and environment in predisposition to vascular disease in people of African descent.. Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

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(2006). Lupus nephritis in an Afro-Caribbean population: renal indices and clinical outcomes.. Lupus.

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(2005). Incidence and natural history of proliferative sickle cell retinopathy: observations from a cohort study.. Ophthalmology.

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(2005). Ethnic differences in arterial responses and inflammatory markers in Afro-Caribbean and Caucasian subjects.. Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology.

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(2005). The frequency of the sickle allele in Jamaica has not declined over the last 22 years.. British journal of haematology.

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(2005). Fecundity and pregnancy outcome in a cohort with sickle cell-haemoglobin C disease followed from birth.. BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology.

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(2005). Triage decisions and outcome among the critically ill at the University Hospital of the West Indies.. The West Indian medical journal.

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(2005). Anaesthesia for operative deliveries at the University Hospital of the West Indies: a change of practice.. The West Indian medical journal.

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(2005). Historical and current predictors of self-reported health status among elderly persons in Barbados.. Revista panamericana de salud publica = Pan American journal of public health.

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(2004). Uptake of interventions, outcomes and challenges in caring for HIV-exposed infants in Kingston, Jamaica.. The West Indian medical journal.

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(2004). Tuberculosis and HIV co-infections in Jamaican children.. The West Indian medical journal.

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(2004). Socio-demographic characteristics of HIV-exposed and HIV-infected Jamaican children.. The West Indian medical journal.

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(2004). CDC-defined diseases and opportunistic infections in Jamaican children with HIV/AIDS.. The West Indian medical journal.

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(2004). Antiretroviral drug therapy in HIV-infected Jamaican children.. The West Indian medical journal.

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(2004). Paravertebral anaesthesia for breast surgery an initial experience at the University Hospital of the West Indies.. The West Indian medical journal.

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(2004). Outcome of pregnancy in homozygous sickle cell disease.. Obstetrics and gynecology.

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(2004). Newborn screening for sickle cell disease in Brazil: the Campinas experience.. Clinical and laboratory haematology.

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(2003). Inhaled bronchodilators for acute chest syndrome in people with sickle cell disease.. The Cochrane database of systematic reviews.

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(2002). Chronic leg ulceration in homozygous sickle cell disease: the role of venous incompetence.. British journal of haematology.

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(2002). Paediatric HIV/AIDS in Jamaica. A hospital-based description.. The West Indian medical journal.

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(2001). Sickle cell disease and age at menarche in Jamaican girls: observations from a cohort study.. Archives of disease in childhood.

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(2001). Haematological response to parvovirus B19 infection in homozygous sickle-cell disease.. Lancet (London, England).

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(2001). Red cell antibodies in patients with homozygous sickle cell disease: a comparison of patients in Jamaica and the United Kingdom.. British journal of haematology.

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(2001). Patients' desire for peri-operative information: Jamaican attitudes.. The West Indian medical journal.

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(2001). RBC transfusion in sickle cell anemia (HbSS): experience from the Jamaican Cohort Study.. Transfusion.

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(2001). Survival estimates for patients with homozygous sickle-cell disease in Jamaica: a clinic-based population study.. Lancet (London, England).

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(2001). Significance of fever in Jamaican patients with homozygous sickle cell disease.. Archives of disease in childhood.

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(2000). Abnormal venous function in patients with homozygous sickle cell (SS) disease and chronic leg ulcers.. Clinical science (London, England : 1979).

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(2000). Psychological distress among younger siblings of patients with homozygous sickle cell disease in the Jamaican cohort study.. The West Indian medical journal.

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(2000). Gallstones in sickle cell disease: observations from The Jamaican Cohort study.. The Journal of pediatrics.

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(1999). Recurrent infections in homozygous sickle cell disease.. Archives of disease in childhood.

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(1999). Postsplenectomy course in homozygous sickle cell disease.. The Journal of pediatrics.

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(1999). Day-care management of sickle cell painful crisis in Jamaica: a model applicable elsewhere?. British journal of haematology.

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(1998). Peripheral vascular response to mild indirect cooling in patients with homozygous sickle cell (SS) disease and the frequency of painful crisis.. Clinical science (London, England : 1979).

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(1998). Comparison of responses evoked by mild indirect cooling and by sound in the forearm vasculature in patients with homozygous sickle cell disease and in normal subjects.. Clinical autonomic research : official journal of the Clinical Autonomic Research Society.

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(1997). Population-based study of risk of venous thromboembolism associated with various oral contraceptives.. Lancet (London, England).

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(1996). Oral contraceptive switching patterns in the United Kingdom: an important potential confounding variable in studies of venous thromboembolism.. The European journal of contraception & reproductive health care : the official journal of the European Society of Contraception.

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