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Research article

Prevalence, patterns, and perceived value of complementary and alternative medicine among cancer patients: a cross-sectional, descriptive study

Mandreker Bahall

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2017 17:345

Published on: 30 June 2017
Research article

Social determinants of depression and suicidal behaviour in the Caribbean: a systematic review

Catherine R Brown, Ian R Hambleton, Natasha Sobers-Grannum, Shawn M Hercules, Nigel Unwin, E Nigel Harris, Rainford Wilks, Marlene MacLeish, Louis Sullivan and Madhuvanti M Murphy

BMC Public Health 2017 17:577

Published on: 15 June 2017
Research article

Cardiovascular risk status of Afro-origin populations across the spectrum of economic development: findings from the Modeling the Epidemiologic Transition Study

Lara R. Dugas, Terrence E. Forrester, Jacob Plange-Rhule, Pascal Bovet, Estelle V. Lambert, Ramon A. Durazo-Arvizu, Guichan Cao, Richard S. Cooper, Rasha Khatib, Laura Tonino, Walter Riesen, Wolfgang Korte, Stephanie Kliethermes and Amy Luke

BMC Public Health 2017 17:438

Published on: 12 May 2017
Research article

Use of complementary and alternative medicine by patients with end-stage renal disease on haemodialysis in Trinidad: A descriptive study

Mandreker Bahall

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2017 17:250

Published on: 4 May 2017
Research article

National Alcohol Survey of households in Trinidad and Tobago (NASHTT): Alcohol use in households

R.G. Maharaj, M.S. Motilal, T. Babwah, P. Nunes, R. Brathwaite, G. Legall, S.D. Reid, M.E. Canavan and E.H. Bradley

BMC Public Health 2017 17:347

Published on: 20 April 2017
Systematic review

Social determinants of breast cancer in the Caribbean: a systematic review

Catherine R. Brown, Ian R. Hambleton, Shawn M. Hercules, Miriam Alvarado, Nigel Unwin, Madhuvanti M. Murphy, E. Nigel Harris, Rainford Wilks, Marlene MacLeish, Louis Sullivan and Natasha Sobers-Grannum

International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:60

Published on: 5 April 2017
Research article

Knowledge, attitudes, and practices among health care providers regarding complementary and alternative medicine in Trinidad and Tobago

Mandreker Bahall and George Legall

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2017 17:144

Published on: 8 March 2017
Primary research

HLBT-100: a highly potent anti-cancer flavanone from Tillandsia recurvata (L.) L.

Henry I. C. Lowe, Ngeh J. Toyang, Charah T. Watson, Kenneth N. Ayeah and Joseph Bryant

Cancer Cell International 2017 17:38

Published on: 7 March 2017
Research

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)

Aurelian Bidulescu, Trevor S. Ferguson, Ian Hambleton, Novie Younger-Coleman, Damian Francis, Nadia Bennett, Michael Griswold, Ervin Fox, Marlene MacLeish, Rainford Wilks, E. Nigel Harris and Louis W. Sullivan

International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:33

Published on: 14 February 2017
Research article

Concepts of madness in diverse settings: a qualitative study from the INTREPID project

Alex Cohen, Ramachandran Padmavati, Maia Hibben, Samuel Oyewusi, Sujit John, Oluyomi Esan, Vikram Patel, Helen Weiss, Robin Murray, Gerard Hutchinson, Oye Gureje, Rangaswamy Thara and Craig Morgan

BMC Psychiatry 2016 16:388

Published on: 9 November 2016
Study Protocol

Systems Science for Caribbean Health: the development and piloting of a model for guiding policy on diabetes in the Caribbean

L. Guariguata, C. Guell, T. A. Samuels, E. A. J. A. Rouwette, J. Woodcock, I. R. Hambleton and N. Unwin

Health Research Policy and Systems 2016 14:79

Published on: 26 October 2016
Research article

Herbal remedies and functional foods used by cancer patients attending specialty oncology clinics in Trinidad

Yuri N. Clement, Varune Mahase, Annelise Jagroop, Kelly Kissoon, Aarti Maharaj, Prashant Mathura, Chrys Mc Quan, Divya Ramadhin and Cherrista Mohammed

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2016 16:399

Published on: 21 October 2016
Research article

The social patterning of risk factors for noncommunicable diseases in five countries: evidence from the modeling the epidemiologic transition study (METS)

Silvia Stringhini, Terrence E. Forrester, Jacob Plange-Rhule, Estelle V. Lambert, Bharathi Viswanathan, Walter Riesen, Wolfgang Korte, Naomi Levitt, Liping Tong, Lara R. Dugas, David Shoham, Ramon A. Durazo-Arvizu, Amy Luke and Pascal Bovet

BMC Public Health 2016 16:956

Published on: 9 September 2016
Case Report

Multi-organ benign and malignant tumors: recognizing Cowden syndrome: a case report and review of the literature

Maria Angela Gosein, Dylan Narinesingh, Cemonne Ann-Alicia Celeste Nixon, Sanjeeva Reddy Goli, Paramanand Maharaj and Alexander Sinanan

BMC Research Notes 2016 9:388

Published on: 4 August 2016
Research article

Safety and immunogenecity of a live attenuated Rift Valley fever vaccine (CL13T) in camels

S. Daouam, F. Ghzal, Y. Naouli, K. O. Tadlaoui, M. M. Ennaji, C. Oura and M. EL Harrak

BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:154

Published on: 26 July 2016
Review

The Pan-University Network for Global Health: framework for collaboration and review of global health needs

M. S. Winchester, R. BeLue, T. Oni, U. Wittwer-Backofen, D. Deobagkar, H. Onya, T. A. Samuels, S. A. Matthews, C. Stone and C. Airhihenbuwa

Globalization and Health 2016 12:13

Published on: 21 April 2016
Research article

An epidemiological study of rates of illness in passengers and crew at a busy Caribbean cruise port

Cathy Ann Marshall, Euclid Morris and Nigel Unwin

BMC Public Health 2016 16:314

Published on: 12 April 2016
Research article

Evaluation of the effectiveness of progressive disclosure questions as an assessment tool for knowledge and skills in a problem based learning setting among third year medical students at The University of The West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago

Sehlule Vuma and Bidyadhar Sa

BMC Research Notes 2015 8:673

Published on: 13 November 2015
Research Article

Rural-urban differences in the clinico-pathologic profiles of Jamaican men with prostate cancer

William D. Aiken, Kieron S. Jones, Camille Ragin and Kenneth James

Infectious Agents and Cancer 2015 10:32

Published on: 28 September 2015
Research article

Chronic neuropathic ulcer is not the most common antecedent of lower limb infection or amputation among diabetics admitted to a regional hospital in Jamaica: results from a prospective cohort study

Jeffrey M. East, Delroy A. Fray, Dwayne E. Hall and Chapman A. Longmore

BMC Surgery 2015 15:104

Published on: 21 September 2015

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