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Stephen S Lim; Alan D Lopez; Christopher Jl Murray; Theo Vos; Emily Carnahan; Goodarz Danaei; Majid Ezzatti
Annual deaths attributable to physical inactivity: whither the missing 2 million? - Authors' reply.
Rafael Lozano; Alan D Lopez; Katrina F Ortblad; Christopher Jl Murray
Mortality from HIV in the Global Burden of Disease study - Authors' reply.
Haidong Wang; Julie Knoll Rajaratnam; Laura Dwyer-Lindgren; Alison Levin-Rector; Carly E Levitz; Katherine T Lofgren; Alan D Lopez; Jacob R Marcus; Christopher J L Murray
Age-specific and sex-specific mortality in 187 countries, 1970-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010.

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2013: Stephen S Lim; Alan D Lopez; Christopher Jl Murray; Theo Vos; Emily Carnahan; Goodarz Danaei; Majid Ezzatti
Annual deaths attributable to physical inactivity: whither the missing 2 million? - Authors' reply.
Lancet 2013;381(9871):993.
2013: Rafael Lozano; Alan D Lopez; Katrina F Ortblad; Christopher Jl Murray
Mortality from HIV in the Global Burden of Disease study - Authors' reply.
Lancet 2013;381(9871):991-2.
2012: Haidong Wang; Julie Knoll Rajaratnam; Laura Dwyer-Lindgren; Alison Levin-Rector; Carly E Levitz; Katherine T Lofgren; Alan D Lopez; Jacob R Marcus; Christopher J L Murray
Age-specific and sex-specific mortality in 187 countries, 1970-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010.
Lancet 2012;380(9859):2071-94.
2012: Christopher J L Murray; Mohsen Naghavi; Joshua A Salomon; Kenji Shibuya; Theo Vos; Daniel Wikler; Majid Ezzati; Abraham D Flaxman; Stephen Lim; Rafael Lozano; Catherine Michaud; Alan D Lopez
GBD 2010: design, definitions, and metrics.
Lancet 2012;380(9859):2063-6.
2012: Christopher J L Murray; Mohsen Naghavi; Joshua A Salomon; Kenji Shibuya; Theo Vos; Majid Ezzati; Abraham D Flaxman; Stephen Lim; Rafael Lozano; Catherine Michaud; Alan D Lopez
GBD 2010: a multi-investigator collaboration for global comparative descriptive epidemiology.
Lancet 2012;380(9859):2055-8.
2012: T Adair; Z Dettrick; D Hoy; Alan D Lopez
100 years of mortality due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Australia: the role of tobacco consumption.
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2012;16(12):1699-705.
2012: Tim Adair; Zoe Dettrick; Damian Hoy; Alan D Lopez
Tobacco consumption and pancreatic cancer mortality: what can we conclude from historical data in Australia?
European journal of public health 2012;22(2):243-7.
2012: Christopher J L Murray; Mohsen Naghavi; Lisa C Rosenfeld; Rafael Lozano; Kathryn G Andrews; Kyle J Foreman; Nancy Fullman; Diana Haring; Stephen S Lim; Alan D Lopez
Global malaria mortality between 1980 and 2010: a systematic analysis.
Lancet 2012;379(9814):413-31.
2012: Jané Joubert; Debbie Bradshaw; Rob E Dorrington; Chalapati Rao; Theo Vos; Alan D Lopez
Characteristics, availability and uses of vital registration and other mortality data sources in post-democracy South Africa.
Global health action 2012;5(0):1-19.
2012: Sione Hufanga; Alan D Lopez; Chalapati Rao; Karen L Carter; Richard Taylor
Mortality trends in Tonga: an assessment based on a synthesis of local data.
Population health metrics 2012;10(1):14.
2012: Karen L Carter; Alan D Lopez; Chalapati Rao; Richard Taylor
Mortality and cause-of-death reporting and analysis systems in seven Pacific Island countries.
BMC public health 2012;12():436.
2012: Karen Carter; Sione Hufanga; Alan D Lopez; Rasika Rampatige; Chalapati Rao; Sione Akauola; Richard Taylor
Causes of death in Tonga: quality of certification and implications for statistics.
Population health metrics 2012;10(1):4.
2012: Kyle J Foreman; Alan D Lopez; Rafael Lozano; Christopher Jl Murray
Modeling causes of death: an integrated approach using CODEm.
Population health metrics 2012;10():1.
2011: Chalapati Rao; S Soemantri; S Suhardi; Y Usman; T Adair; D Bisara; S Djaja; Soewarta Kosen; Alan D Lopez
Tuberculosis mortality differentials in Indonesia during 2007-2008: evidence for health policy and monitoring.
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2011;15(12):1608-14.
2011: Mohammad H Forouzanfar; Alan D Lopez; Rafael Lozano; Christopher J L Murray; Allyne M Delossantos; Kyle J Foreman; Mohsen Naghavi
Breast and cervical cancer in 187 countries between 1980 and 2010: a systematic analysis.
Lancet 2011;378(9801):1461-84.
2011: Karen Carter; Margaret Cornelius; Ramneek Goundar; Vasemaca Lewai; Alan D Lopez; Chalapati Rao; Richard Taylor; Shareen S Ali; Claire Mowry
Mortality trends in Fiji.
Australian and New Zealand journal of public health 2011;35(5):412-20.
2011: Rafael Lozano; Jake R Marcus; Charles Atkinson; Laura Dwyer-Lindgren; Kyle J Foreman; Katherine T Lofgren; Alan D Lopez; Mohsen Naghavi; David Phillips; Julie Knoll Rajaratnam; Haidong Wang; Christopher J L Murray
Progress towards Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5 on maternal and child mortality: an updated systematic analysis.
Lancet 2011;378(9797):1139-65.
2011: Tim Adair; Zoe Dettrick; Damian Hoy; Alan D Lopez
Reconstruction of long-term tobacco consumption trends in Australia and their relationship to lung cancer mortality.
Cancer causes & control : CCC 2011;22(7):1047-53.
2011: Tim Adair; Damian Hoy; Zoe Dettrick; Alan D Lopez
Trends in oral, pharyngeal and oesophageal cancer mortality in Australia: the comparative importance of tobacco, alcohol and other risk factors.
Australian and New Zealand journal of public health 2011;35(3):212-9.
2011: Shefali Oza; Michael J Thun; S Jane Henley; Alan D Lopez; Majid Ezzati
How many deaths are attributable to smoking in the United States? Comparison of methods for estimating smoking-attributable mortality when smoking prevalence changes.
Preventive medicine 2011;52(6):428-33.
2011: Rafael Lozano; Christopher Jl Murray; Benjamin Campbell; Abraham D Flaxman; Michael K Freeman; Spencer L James; Alan D Lopez
Performance of InterVA for assigning causes of death to verbal autopsies: multisite validation study using clinical diagnostic gold standards.
Population health metrics 2011;9():50.
2011: Christopher Jl Murray; Alireza Vahdatpour; Abraham D Flaxman; Rafael Lozano; Alan D Lopez
Robust metrics for assessing the performance of different verbal autopsy cause assignment methods in validation studies.
Population health metrics 2011;9():28.
2011: Rafael Lozano; Christopher Jl Murray; Mohsen Naghavi; Charles Atkinson; Abraham D Flaxman; Alan D Lopez
Performance of physician-certified verbal autopsies: multisite validation study using clinical diagnostic gold standards.
Population health metrics 2011;9():32.
2011: Christopher Jl Murray; Jeanette K Birnbaum; Michael K Freeman; Spencer L James; Alan D Lopez; Rafael Lozano
Simplified Symptom Pattern Method for verbal autopsy analysis: multisite validation study using clinical diagnostic gold standards.
Population health metrics 2011;9():30.
2011: Christopher Jl Murray; Kenji Shibuya; Alan D Lopez; Rafael Lozano
Verbal autopsy: advancing science, facilitating application.
Population health metrics 2011;9():18.
2011: Karen Carter; Taniela Sunia Soakai; Richard Taylor; Ipia Gadabu; Chalapati Rao; Kiki Thoma; Alan D Lopez
Mortality trends and the epidemiological transition in Nauru.
Asia-Pacific journal of public health / Asia-Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health 2011;23(1):10-23.
2010: Emmanuela Gakidou; Alan D Lopez
What do children die from in India today?
Lancet 2010;376(9755):1810-1.
2010: Julie Knoll Rajaratnam; Jake R Marcus; Abraham D Flaxman; Haidong Wang; Alison Levin-Rector; Laura Dwyer; Megan Costa; Alan D Lopez; Christopher J L Murray
Neonatal, postneonatal, childhood, and under-5 mortality for 187 countries, 1970-2010: a systematic analysis of progress towards Millennium Development Goal 4.
Lancet 2010;375(9730):1988-2008.
2010: Alan D Lopez
Sharing data for public health: where is the vision?
Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2010;88(6):467.
2010: Julie Knoll Rajaratnam; Jake R Marcus; Alison Levin-Rector; Andrew N Chalupka; Haidong Wang; Laura Dwyer; Megan Costa; Alan D Lopez; Christopher J L Murray
Worldwide mortality in men and women aged 15-59 years from 1970 to 2010: a systematic analysis.
Lancet 2010;375(9727):1704-20.
2010: Margaret C Hogan; Kyle J Foreman; Mohsen Naghavi; Stephanie Y Ahn; Mengru Wang; Susanna M Makela; Alan D Lopez; Rafael Lozano; Christopher J L Murray
Maternal mortality for 181 countries, 1980-2008: a systematic analysis of progress towards Millennium Development Goal 5.
Lancet 2010;375(9726):1609-23.
2010: Julie Knoll Rajaratnam; Linda N Tran; Alan D Lopez; Christopher J L Murray
Measuring under-five mortality: validation of new low-cost methods.
PLoS medicine 2010;7(4):e1000253.
2010: Ziad Obermeyer; Julie Knoll Rajaratnam; Chang H Park; Emmanuela Gakidou; Margaret C Hogan; Alan D Lopez; Christopher J L Murray
Measuring adult mortality using sibling survival: a new analytical method and new results for 44 countries, 1974-2006.
PLoS medicine 2010;7(4):e1000260.
2010: Christopher J L Murray; Julie Knoll Rajaratnam; Jacob Marcus; Thomas Laakso; Alan D Lopez
What can we conclude from death registration? Improved methods for evaluating completeness.
PLoS medicine 2010;7(4):e1000262.
2010: Christopher J L Murray; Alan D Lopez
Production and analysis of health indicators: the role of academia.
PLoS medicine 2010;7(11):e1001004.
2010: Chalapati Rao; Soeharsono Soemantri; Yuana Wiryawan; Lamria Pangaribuan; Timothy Adair; Sarimawar Djaja; Joko Irianto; Soewarta Kosen; Alan D Lopez
Mortality in Central Java: results from the indonesian mortality registration system strengthening project.
BMC research notes 2010;3():325.
2010: Yawarat Porapakkham; Chalapati Rao; Junya Pattaraarchachai; Warangkana Polprasert; Theo Vos; Timothy Adair; Alan D Lopez
Estimated causes of death in Thailand, 2005: implications for health policy.
Population health metrics 2010;8():14.
2010: Warangkana Polprasert; Chalapati Rao; Timothy Adair; Junya Pattaraarchachai; Yawarat Porapakkham; Alan D Lopez
Cause-of-death ascertainment for deaths that occur outside hospitals in Thailand: application of verbal autopsy methods.
Population health metrics 2010;8():13.
2010: Junya Pattaraarchachai; Chalapati Rao; Warangkana Polprasert; Yawarat Porapakkham; Wansa Pao-In; Noppcha Singwerathum; Alan D Lopez
Cause-specific mortality patterns among hospital deaths in Thailand: validating routine death certification.
Population health metrics 2010;8():12.
2010: Chalapati Rao; Yawarat Porapakkham; Junya Pattaraarchachai; Warangkana Polprasert; Narumol Swampunyalert; Alan D Lopez
Verifying causes of death in Thailand: rationale and methods for empirical investigation.
Population health metrics 2010;8():11.
2009: Theo Vos; Bridget Barker; Stephen Begg; Lucy Stanley; Alan D Lopez
Burden of disease and injury in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples: the Indigenous health gap.
International journal of epidemiology 2009;38(2):470-7.
2008: Ardeshir Khosravi; Chalapati Rao; Mohsen Naghavi; Richard Taylor; Nahid Jafari; Alan D Lopez
Impact of misclassification on measures of cardiovascular disease mortality in the Islamic Republic of Iran: a cross-sectional study.
Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2008;86(9):688-96.
2008: Daniel Chandramohan; Kenji Shibuya; Philip W Setel; Sandy Cairncross; Alan D Lopez; Christopher J L Murray; Basia Zaba; Robert W Snow; Fred Binka
Should data from demographic surveillance systems be made more widely available to researchers?
PLoS medicine 2008;5(2):e57.
2008: Stephen Begg; Theo Vos; Bridget Barker; Lucy Stanley; Alan D Lopez
Burden of disease and injury in Australia in the new millennium: measuring health loss from diseases, injuries and risk factors.
The Medical journal of Australia 2008;188(1):36-40.
2007: Seval Akgün; Chalapati Rao; Nazan Yardim; Berrak Bora Basara; Ozlem Aydin; Salih Mollahaliloglu; Alan D Lopez
Estimating mortality and causes of death in Turkey: methods, results and policy implications.
European journal of public health 2007;17(6):593-9.
2007: Alan D Lopez; Carla AbouZahr; Kenji Shibuya; Laragh Gollogly
Keeping count: births, deaths, and causes of death.
Lancet 2007;370(9601):1744-6.
2007: Ardeshir Khosravi; Richard Taylor; Mohsen Naghavi; Alan D Lopez
Mortality in the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1964-2004.
Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2007;85(8):607-14.
2007: Frank Baiden; Ayaga A Bawah; Sidu Biai; Fred Binka; Ties Boerma; Peter Byass; Daniel Chandramohan; Somnath Chatterji; Cyril Engmann; Dieltiens Greet; Robert Jakob; Kathleen Kahn; Osamu Kunii; Alan D Lopez; Christopher J L Murray; Bernard L Nahlen; Chalapati Rao; Osman Sankoh; Philip W Setel; Kenji Shibuya; Nadia Soleman; Linda Wright; Gonghuan Yang
Setting international standards for verbal autopsy.
Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2007;85(8):570-1.
2007: Andrew Page; Stephen Begg; Richard Taylor; Alan D Lopez
Global comparative assessments of life expectancy: the impact of migration with reference to Australia.
Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2007;85(6):474-81.
2007: Lijun Wang; Gonghuan Yang; Ma Jiemin; Chalapati Rao; Xia Wan; G Dubrovsky; Alan D Lopez
Evaluation of the quality of cause of death statistics in rural China using verbal autopsies.
Journal of epidemiology and community health 2007;61(6):519-26.
2007: Chalapati Rao; Gonghuan Yang; Jianping Hu; Jiemin Ma; Wan Xia; Alan D Lopez
Validation of cause-of-death statistics in urban China.
International journal of epidemiology 2007;36(3):642-51.
2007: Kenneth Hill; Patama Vapattanawong; Pramote Prasartkul; Yawarat Porapakkham; Stephen S Lim; Alan D Lopez
Epidemiologic transition interrupted: a reassessment of mortality trends in Thailand, 1980-2000.
International journal of epidemiology 2007;36(2):374-84.
2007: Patama Vapattanawong; Margaret C Hogan; Piya Hanvoravongchai; Emmanuela Gakidou; Theo Vos; Alan D Lopez; Stephen S Lim
Reductions in child mortality levels and inequalities in Thailand: analysis of two censuses.
Lancet 2007;369(9564):850-5.
2007: Colin D Mathers; Majid Ezzati; Alan D Lopez
Measuring the burden of neglected tropical diseases: the global burden of disease framework.
PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2007;1(2):e114.
2007: Ardeshir Khosravi; Richard Taylor; Mohsen Naghavi; Alan D Lopez
Differential mortality in Iran.
Population health metrics 2007;5():7.
2006: David R Whiting; Philip W Setel; Daniel Chandramohan; Lara J Wolfson; Yusuf Hemed; Alan D Lopez
Estimating cause-specific mortality from community- and facility-based data sources in the United Republic of Tanzania: options and implications for mortality burden estimates.
Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2006;84(12):940-8.
2006: Philip W Setel; Chalapati Rao; Yusuf Hemed; David R Whiting; Gonghuan Yang; Daniel Chandramohan; K G M M Alberti; Alan D Lopez
Core verbal autopsy procedures with comparative validation results from two countries.
PLoS medicine 2006;3(8):e268.
2006: Alan D Lopez; Colin D Mathers
Measuring the global burden of disease and epidemiological transitions: 2002-2030.
Annals of tropical medicine and parasitology 2006;100(5-6):481-99.
2006: Gonghuan Yang; Chalapati Rao; Jiemin Ma; Lijun Wang; Xia Wan; Guillermo Dubrovsky; Alan D Lopez
Validation of verbal autopsy procedures for adult deaths in China.
International journal of epidemiology 2006;35(3):741-8.
2006: Alan D Lopez; Colin D Mathers; Majid Ezzati; Dean T Jamison; Christopher J L Murray
Global and regional burden of disease and risk factors, 2001: systematic analysis of population health data.
Lancet 2006;367(9524):1747-57.
2006: Philip W Setel; David R Whiting; Yusuf Hemed; Daniel Chandramohan; Lara J Wolfson; K G M M Alberti; Alan D Lopez
Validity of verbal autopsy procedures for determining cause of death in Tanzania.
Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH 2006;11(5):681-96.
2006: Alan D Lopez; K Shibuya; Chalapati Rao; Colin D Mathers; A L Hansell; Leonhard Held; V Schmid; S Buist
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: current burden and future projections.
The European respiratory journal : official journal of the European Society for Clinical Respiratory Physiology 2006;27(2):397-412.
2005: Goodarz Danaei; Stephen Vander Hoorn; Alan D Lopez; Christopher J L Murray; Majid Ezzati
Causes of cancer in the world: comparative risk assessment of nine behavioural and environmental risk factors.
Lancet 2005;366(9499):1784-93.
2005: Kenji Shibuya; Mie Inoue; Alan D Lopez
Statistical modeling and projections of lung cancer mortality in 4 industrialized countries.
International journal of cancer. Journal international du cancer 2005;117(3):476-85.
2005: Majid Ezzati; S Jane Henley; Alan D Lopez; Michael J Thun
Role of smoking in global and regional cancer epidemiology: current patterns and data needs.
International journal of cancer. Journal international du cancer 2005;116(6):963-71.
2005: Stephen Begg; Chalapati Rao; Alan D Lopez
Design options for sample-based mortality surveillance.
International journal of epidemiology 2005;34(5):1080-7.
2005: Chalapati Rao; Alan D Lopez; Gonghuan Yang; Stephen Begg; Jiemin Ma
Evaluating national cause-of-death statistics: principles and application to the case of China.
Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2005;83(8):618-25.
2005: Philip W Setel; Osman Sankoh; Chalapati Rao; Victoria A Velkoff; Colin D Mathers; Yang Gonghuan; Yusuf Hemed; Prabhat Jha; Alan D Lopez
Sample registration of vital events with verbal autopsy: a renewed commitment to measuring and monitoring vital statistics.
Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2005;83(8):611-7.
2005: Majid Ezzati; S Jane Henley; Michael J Thun; Alan D Lopez
Role of smoking in global and regional cardiovascular mortality.
Circulation 2005;112(4):489-97.
2005: Majid Ezzati; Stephen Vander Hoorn; Carlene M M Lawes; Rachel Leach; W P T James; Alan D Lopez; Anthony Rodgers; Christopher J L Murray
Rethinking the "diseases of affluence" paradigm: global patterns of nutritional risks in relation to economic development.
PLoS medicine 2005;2(5):e133.
2005: Colin D Mathers; Doris Ma Fat; Mie Inoue; Chalapati Rao; Alan D Lopez
Counting the dead and what they died from: an assessment of the global status of cause of death data.
Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2005;83(3):171-7.
2004: Majid Ezzati; Alan D Lopez
Regional, disease specific patterns of smoking-attributable mortality in 2000.
Tobacco control 2004;13(4):388-95.
2004: Anthony Rodgers; Majid Ezzati; Stephen Vander Hoorn; Alan D Lopez; Ruey-Bin Lin; Christopher J L Murray
Distribution of major health risks: findings from the Global Burden of Disease study.
PLoS medicine 2004;1(1):e27.
2004: Emmanuela Gakidou; Margaret Hogan; Alan D Lopez
Adult mortality: time for a reappraisal.
International journal of epidemiology 2004;33(4):710-7.
2003: Alan D Lopez
Commentary: Estimating the causes of child deaths.
International journal of epidemiology 2003;32(6):1052-3.
2003: Majid Ezzati; Alan D Lopez
Estimates of global mortality attributable to smoking in 2000.
Lancet 2003;362(9387):847-52.
2003: Colin D Mathers; Christopher J L Murray; Joshua Salomon; Ritu Sadana; Ajay Tandon; Alan D Lopez; Bedirhan Ustün; Somnath Chatterji
Healthy life expectancy: comparison of OECD countries in 2001.
Australian and New Zealand journal of public health 2003;27(1):5-11.
2002: Colin D Mathers; Kenji Shibuya; Cynthia Boschi-Pinto; Alan D Lopez; Christopher J L Murray
Global and regional estimates of cancer mortality and incidence by site: I. Application of regional cancer survival model to estimate cancer mortality distribution by site.
BMC cancer 2002;2():36.
2002: Kenji Shibuya; Colin D Mathers; Cynthia Boschi-Pinto; Alan D Lopez; Christopher J L Murray
Global and regional estimates of cancer mortality and incidence by site: II. Results for the global burden of disease 2000.
BMC cancer 2002;2():37.
2002: Majid Ezzati; Alan D Lopez; Anthony Rodgers; Stephen Vander Hoorn; Christopher J L Murray
Selected major risk factors and global and regional burden of disease.
Lancet 2002;360(9343):1347-60.
2002: Colin D Mathers; Christopher J L Murray; Alan D Lopez; Ritu Sadana; Joshua Salomon
Global patterns of healthy life expectancy for older women.
Journal of women & aging 2002;14(1-2):99-117.
2001: Colin D Mathers; Ritu Sadana; Joshua Salomon; Christopher J L Murray; Alan D Lopez
Healthy life expectancy in 191 countries, 1999.
Lancet 2001;357(9269):1685-91.
2000: O B Ahmad; Alan D Lopez; Mie Inoue
The decline in child mortality: a reappraisal.
Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2000;78(10):1175-91.
2000: Christopher J L Murray; Alan D Lopez
Progress and directions in refining the global burden of disease approach: a response to Williams.
Health economics 2000;9(1):69-82.
1999: Alan D Lopez
Measuring the health hazards of tobacco: commentary.
Bulletin of the World Health Organization 1999;77(1):82-3.
1997: Christopher J L Murray; Alan D Lopez
Alternative projections of mortality and disability by cause 1990-2020: Global Burden of Disease Study.
Lancet 1997;349(9064):1498-504.
1997: Christopher J L Murray; Alan D Lopez
Global mortality, disability, and the contribution of risk factors: Global Burden of Disease Study.
Lancet 1997;349(9063):1436-42.
1997: Christopher J L Murray; Alan D Lopez
Regional patterns of disability-free life expectancy and disability-adjusted life expectancy: global Burden of Disease Study.
Lancet 1997;349(9062):1347-52.
1997: Christopher J L Murray; Alan D Lopez
Mortality by cause for eight regions of the world: Global Burden of Disease Study.
Lancet 1997;349(9061):1269-76.