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

Miller, Victoria; Khatib, Rasha; Yusuf ali, Afzal hussein; Rahman, Omar (The Lancet, Global Health, 2016-10-01)

Summary Background Several international guidelines recommend the consumption of two servings of fruits and three servings of vegetables per day, but their intake is thought to be low worldwide. We aimed to determine the ...
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)

Duong, MyLinh; Rangarajan, Sumathy; Zhang, Xiaohe; Rahman, Omar; Yusuf, Rita (The Lancet, Global Health, 2017-02-01)

Summary Background Bidis are minimally regulated, inexpensive, hand-rolled tobacco products smoked in south Asia. We examined the effects of bidi smoking on baseline respiratory impairment, and prospectively collected ...