• Tobacco control in the Eastern Mediterranean region: implementation progress and persisting challenges 

      Abu-Rmeileh, Niveen M E; Khader, Yousef Saleh; Abdul Rahim, Hanan; Mostafa, Aya; Nakkash, Rima T; ... more authors ( BMJ Publishing Group , 2022 , Article Review)
      Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable mortality worldwide, projected to claim 1 billion lives in the twenty-first century.1 Tobacco prevalence rates are expected to decrease across all the WHO regions by 2025 as ...
    • Worldwide trends in blood pressure from 1975 to 2015: a pooled analysis of 1479 population-based measurement studies with 19·1 million participants 

      Bin, Zhou; Bentham, James; Di Cesare, Mariachiara; Bixby, Honor; Danaei, Goodarz; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2017 , Article)
      BackgroundRaised blood pressure is an important risk factor for cardiovascular diseases and chronic kidney disease. We estimated worldwide trends in mean systolic and mean diastolic blood pressure, and the prevalence of, ...