Articles in Peer Reviewed Journals

1. Agha A, Parviz S, Younus M, Fatmi Z. Socio-economic and demographic factors associated with Injecting Drug Use among drug user in Karachi, Pakistan J Pak Med Assoc 2003 Nov;53 (11) :511-16.
   
2. Ahmed Z, Akhtar S.  Role of maternal antibodies in protection against infectious bursal disease in commercial broilers. International Journal of Poultry Science 2003; 2(4): 251-255.
   
3. Akhtar S, White F.  Animal disease surveillance: prospects for development in Pakistan. J Scientifique et Technique de l' Office International Epizooties 2003; 22: 977-87.
   
4. Alam M; Akhtar YN; Ali SS; Ahmed M; Atiq M; Ansar, A; Chaudhry FA; Bashir H; Bangash MA; Awais A; Safdar A; Hasnain SF; Zafar A Seasonal variation in bacterial pathogens isolated from stool samples in Karachi, Pakistan'. Paper published in Journal of Pakistan Medical Association J Pak Med Assoc. 2003 Mar;53(3):125-9.
   
5. Ali NS, Azam SI, Noor R: Women's perception about food properties in a Tertiary Care Hospital, Journal College Physician Surgeon Pakistan, September 2003, 13(9), 501-503.
   
6. Ali SS, Rabbani F, Siddiqui U.N, Zaidi A.H, Sophie A,  Virani S.J,  Younus NA, Tuberculosis: do we know enough? A study of patients and their families at an out-patient hospital setting in Karachi, Pakistan. The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. 2003 ; (11): 1052-8.
   
7. Altaf. A Injection Safety in Pakistan: Auto Disable (AD) syringes in the curative sector.   Editorial  JPMA Vol 53, No. 11, Nov 2003.
   
8. Emmanuel F, Akhtar S, Rahbar MH.  Factors associated with heroin addiction  among male adults in Lahore, Pakistan. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs 2003; 35(2):  219-226.
   
9. Hatcher J, Dover D "Trends in Histopathology of Lung Cancer in Alberta" Canadian Journal of Public Health 2003 Jul-Aug;94(4):292-6.
   
10. Dover D, Hatcher J, “Checking Registry Linkages in the presence of Unique Identifiers – The Alberta Cancer Registry Experience” Journal of Registry Management (2003)
    
11. Darma-Wardene MW, de Gara CJ, Au HJ, Hanson J, Hatcher J. “Ageism in rectal cancer? Treatment and outcome variations” .Int J Gastrointest Cancer. (2003)
    
12. Hussain H, Akhtar S, Nanan D. Prevalence of and risk factors associated with Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in prisoners, North West Frontier Province, Pakistan. International Journal of Epidemiology 2003; 32(5): 794 -799.
    
13. Israr S.M. “Is Ministry of Health Fully Prepared to Implement An Effective DOTS Program in Pakistan? An Operations Research on TB Control Program in the Public Health Sector in Sindh”. J Pak Med Assoc. 2003 Aug; 53(8):324-327.
    
14. Jafar TH, Chaturvedi N, Gul A, Khan AQ, Schmid CH, and Levey AS. Ethnic Differences and Determinants Of Proteinuria Among South Asian Subgroups In Pakistan. Kidney International 2003 Oct;64(4):1437-44.
    
15. Jafar TH, Levey A, Jafary F, White F, Gul A, Rahbar M, Khan A, Hadden W, Hattersley A, Schmid C, Chaturvedi N. Ethnic aspects of hypertension in Pakistan. Journal of Hypertension. 2003 21:905-12.
    
16. Jafar TH, Levey AS,  White F, Jafary FH, Gul A,  Rahbar MH, Khan AQ, Hattersley A, Schmid CH, and Chaturvedi N. Ethnic Subgroup Differences in Hypertension in Pakistan. Journal of Hypertension 2003 May;21(5):905-912.
    
17. Jafar TH, Schmid CH, Toto R, de Jong PE, Remuzzi G, Ruggenenti P, Perna A, Zuchelli P, Himmelmann A, Maschio G, Marcantoni C, and Levey AS, for the AIPRD Study Group. ACE inhibitors retard renal progression in both genders. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2003 Oct;18(10):2047-53
    
18. Jafar TH, Stark PC, Schmid CH, Landa M, Maschio G,  de Jong PE, de Zeeuw D, Shahinfar S, Toto R, and Levey  ASfor the AIPRD Study Group. Progression of chronic kidney disease: the role of blood pressure control, proteinuria, and angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition: a patient-level meta-analysis. Ann Intern Med. 2003 Aug 19;139(4):244-52.
    
19. Kadir MM, Khan A , Fikree F. "Do Mothers-in-Law Matter?: Fertility and Family Dynamics in Urban Squatter-settlements of Karachi, Pakistan”. Journal Biosocial Science (2003) 35, 545-558
    
20. Khatri A,, Iannaccone ST, Ilyas MS, Abdullah M, Saleem S. Epidemiology of Eilepsy in Pakistan: review of literature. JPMA 2003 53(12) :594-596
    
21. Khuwaja AK, Fatmi Z, Soomro WA, Khuwaja NK. Risk factors for cardiovascular disease in school children – a pilot study J Pak Med Assoc. 2003 Sep;53(9):396-400.
    
22. Mujeeb SA, Altaf  A “Let it be sexual health: healthcare transmission of AIDS in Africa was ignored.”  Letter to the Editor.  .  Int J STD AIDS. 2003 Aug;14(8):572-3.
    
23. Mujeeb SA, Altaf A. “Antiretroviral therapy where resources are limited”.  Letter to the editor.  N Engl J Med. 2003 Aug 21;349(8):814-5.
    
24. Mujeeb SA, Adil MM, Altaf A, Shah SA, Hutin Y, Luby S.Recycling of injection equipment in Pakistan.   Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2003 Feb;24(2):145-6.
    
25. Mujeeb SA, Adil MM, Altaf A, Shah SA, Luby S. Infection Control Practices in Clinical Laboratories in Pakistan.  Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2003 Feb;24(2):141-2.
    
26. Nanan D, White F, Azam I, Afsar H, Hozabri S.  Evaluation of a water, sanitation and hygiene education intervention on diarrhoea in Northern Pakistan. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 2003; 81: 160-5.
    
27. Nanan D, White F.  Clinical decision making.  Part II: Why diagnostic procedures vary in performance.  Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association. 2003, 53 (5): 194-197.
    
28. Nisar N, White F. Factors affecting utilization of antenatal care among reproductive age group women (15-49 yrs) in an urban squatter settlement of Karachi. Journal of the Pakistan Medical  Association 2003, 53:47-53.
    
29. Paul R, White F, Luby S. Trends in Lead Content of Petrol in Pakistan.  Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 2003, 81: 468.
    
30. Qidwai W., Saleheen D., Saleem S., Andrades M.,  S.I. Azam:Are our people health conscious? Results of  a patients survey in Karachi, Pakistan, Journal Ayub Medical College, Abbottabad, January-March 2003, 15(1).
    
31. Sajid R, Adil SN, Fadoo Z, Sabir S, Khurshid  M. Use of Intravenous anti-D in patients with refractory and relapsed Immune Thrombocytopenic Purupra Journal of Pakistan Medical Association Vol:53, No.11, Nov.2003.
    
32. Schmid CH, Landa M, Jafar TH, Giatras I, Karim T, Reddy M, Stark PC, and Levey ASfor the Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibition in Progressive Renal Disease (AIPRD) Study Group. Constructing a Database of Individual Clinical Trials for Longitudinal Analysis. Controlled Clinical Trials. 2003 Jun;24(3):324-40
    
33. Usman HR, Akhtar S, Rahbar MH, Hamid S, Moattar T, Luby SP.  Injections in health care settings: a risk factor for acute hepatitis B virus infection in Karachi, Pakistan. Epidemiology and Infection 2003; 130: 293-300.
    
34. White F, Nanan D. Clinical decision making. Part I: Errors of Commission and Omission. Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association.2003, 53 (4): 157-159.
    
35. White F. Can International Public Health Law help to prevent war?  Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 2003; 81: 228.
    
36. Avan BI, Raza SA, Hamza H, Khokhar S, Awan F. Factors influencing the selection of surgical specialty among Pakistani medical graduates. J Postgrad Med. 2003 Jul-Sep;49(3):197-201.