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2013, 'India's rejection of Novartis's patent is but a small step in the right direction.', BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 346, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.f2412
,2013, 'Ban on smoking in workplaces in India has led to more smoke free homes.', BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 346, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.f2186
,2013, 'Study estimates 390 million dengue cases a year in world, with India having highest burden.', BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 346, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.f2339
,2013, 'Swine flu grips northern and western India.', BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 346, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.f1802
,2013, 'Child mortality: will India achieve the 2015 target?', BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 346, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.f1502
,2013, 'Increase to India's health budget is not enough, say doctors.', BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 346, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.f1428
,2013, 'Indian cabinet defers decision on National Urban Health Mission.', BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 346, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.f1216
,2013, 'National Human Rights Commission issues notice to Delhi's Safdarjung Hospital over deaths of children.', BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 346, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.f1081
,2013, 'Private member's bill proposes plain packaging of tobacco products in India.', BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 346, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.f953
,2013, 'Cardiologists are putting in stents needlessly, doctors say.', BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 346, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.f739
,2013, 'Oxfam calls for new regulations to reduce unnecessary hysterectomies in private hospitals.', BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 346, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.f852
,2013, 'Medical regulator urges doctors to prescribe generic drugs.', BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 346, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.f564
,2013, 'BRICS nations agree to collaborate on research and public health challenges.', BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 346, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.f369
,2013, 'India launches stroke registry to combat "epidemic".', BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 346, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.f223
,2013, 'Health implications of untested hormone-disrupting chemicals', NATIONAL MEDICAL JOURNAL OF INDIA, 26, pp. 125 - 125, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000340321700017&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2013, 'Putting humanity back into medicine', Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 106, pp. 79, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0141076813480617
,2013, 'Indian medical experts Shun chemical castration for rapists.', BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 346, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.f64
,2013, 'Malnutrition remains major threat to Indian women, even though mean BMI is rising', BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL, 346, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.f689
,2013, 'Snakebite: A forgotten problem', BMJ (Online), 346, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.f628
,2013, 'Missing the target -- infant mortality in India.', CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne, 185, http://dx.doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-4366
,2013, 'Editorial policies of MEDLINE indexed Indian journals on clinical trial registration', Indian Pediatrics, 50, pp. 339 - 340, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13312-013-0092-2
,2013, 'Health-care information: Access or implementation? Authors' reply', The Lancet Global Health, 1, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(13)70093-7
,2013, 'India establishes Asia's first biosafety level-4 laboratory', NATIONAL MEDICAL JOURNAL OF INDIA, 26, pp. 61 - 61, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000340321500024&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2013, 'Indian doctors condemn move to fund treatments abroad for civil servants.', BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 347, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.f5677
,2013, 'Malaria funds drying up: World Malaria Report 2012.', The National medical journal of India, 26, pp. 62
,2013, 'Mental health bill is set to decriminalise suicide in India.', BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 347, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.f5349
,2013, 'Unbanked direct blood transfusions should be legal, say Indian surgeons.', BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 347, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.f5623
,2012, 'mHealth initiative to tackle non-communicable diseases', NATIONAL MEDICAL JOURNAL OF INDIA, 25, pp. 380 - 380, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000209023400026&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2012, 'From outlier to trendsetter.', CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne, 184, http://dx.doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-4246
,2012, 'India's "rural doctor" proposal stirs criticism.', CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne, 184, http://dx.doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-4253
,2012, 'Twin Ebola outbreaks in Africa: Uganda and Democratic Republic of Congo affected.', The National medical journal of India, 25, pp. 317
,2012, 'India makes tuberculosis a notifiable disease.', CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne, 184, http://dx.doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-4213
,2012, 'Diesel engine fumes declared carcinogenic by the International Agency for Research on Cancer', NATIONAL MEDICAL JOURNAL OF INDIA, 25, pp. 254 - 255, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000313397600030&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2012, 'WHO warns about mercury in cosmetics', NATIONAL MEDICAL JOURNAL OF INDIA, 25, pp. 255 - 255, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000313397600031&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2012, 'India's Union health budget 2012-13: More funds, especially for women and child development', NATIONAL MEDICAL JOURNAL OF INDIA, 25, pp. 189 - 189, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000307488100025&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2012, 'Snake-bite deaths in West Bengal', NATIONAL MEDICAL JOURNAL OF INDIA, 25, pp. 190 - 190, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000307488100028&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2012, 'Awareness in Vegetative State', JOURNAL OF PIONEERING MEDICAL SCIENCES, 2, pp. 43 - 43, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000409745100005&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2012, 'Lebrikizumab: A new monoclonal antibody for asthmatics', JOURNAL OF PIONEERING MEDICAL SCIENCES, 2, pp. 42 - 42, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000409745100004&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2012, 'News Tidbits', JOURNAL OF PIONEERING MEDICAL SCIENCES, 2, pp. 44 - 45, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000409745100006&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2012, 'Data used to justify Indian HPV vaccination trial questioned.', The lancet oncology, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s1470-2045(12)70299-1
,2012, 'Free medicine for all in India.', CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne, 184, http://dx.doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-4279
,2012, 'India outlines plans for National Urban Health Mission', The Lancet, 380, pp. 550, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61313-0
,2012, 'India's attempt to reform medical councils sparks protest', The Lancet, 379, pp. 2414, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61049-6
,2012, 'Police target doctors over strike action in Pakistan', The Lancet, 380, pp. 97, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61161-1
,2012, 'Rabies after corneal transplantation: Non-canine rabies and eye banking', National Medical Journal of India, 25, pp. 249
,2012, 'Vitamin D supplementation for tuberculosis', Indian Pediatrics, 49, pp. 931, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13312-012-0205-3
,2012, 'Polio eradication: Current status and challenges.', J Family Med Prim Care, 1, pp. 84 - 85, http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2249-4863.104936
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