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Overview

Dorairaj Prabhakaran is affiliated with the Centre for Chronic Disease Control in India. Their research primarily falls within the field of Medicine, with a focus on several subfields including Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Epidemiology. The scholar's work encompasses diverse topics central to chronic disease and public health.

Their research topics prominently cover:

  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
  • Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors
  • Chronic Disease Management Strategies
  • Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins

Dorairaj Prabhakaran has contributed to a number of recent publications, including papers published in well-known peer-reviewed journals and venues. Notable papers include:

  • "2020 International Society of Hypertension Global Hypertension Practice Guidelines," 2020, Hypertension
  • "2020 International Society of Hypertension global hypertension practice guidelines," 2020, Journal of Hypertension
  • "Advancing the global public health agenda for NAFLD: a consensus statement," 2021, Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology
  • "Health and economic impact of air pollution in the states of India: the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019," 2020, The Lancet Planetary Health
  • "May Measurement Month 2019," 2020, Hypertension

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Nikhil Tandon
  • Dimple Kondal
  • Sailesh Mohan
  • Viswanathan Mohan
  • Mohammed K. Ali

Publications by Dorairaj Prabhakaran have appeared repeatedly in several venues, illustrating a concentration of research output. These venues include:

  • ISEE Conference Abstracts
  • Global Heart
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Hypertension
  • Circulation

Best Publications

  • Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 328 diseases and injuries for 195 countries, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Theo Vos;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Cristiana Abbafati

  • Global, regional, and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adults during 1980–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Marie Ng;Tom P Fleming;Margaret W. Robinson;Blake Thomson

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Mohammad H Forouzanfar;Lily Alexander;H Ross Anderson;Victoria F Bachman

  • Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188 countries, 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Theo Vos;Ryan M. Barber;Brad Bell;Amelia Bertozzi-Villa

  • Global, regional, and national age-sex specific all-cause and cause-specific mortality for 240 causes of death, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Mohsen Naghavi;Haidong Wang;Rafael Lozano;Adrian Davis

  • Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 310 diseases and injuries, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Theo Vos;Christine Allen;Megha Arora;Ryan M Barber

  • Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Haidong Wang;Mohsen Naghavi;Christine Allen;Ryan M Barber

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017 : a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Jeffrey D. Stanaway;Ashkan Afshin;Emmanuela Gakidou;Stephen S. Lim

  • Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 333 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Simon I Hay;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Cristiana Abbafati

  • 2020 International Society of Hypertension global hypertension practice guidelines.

    Thomas Unger;Claudio Borghi;Fadi Charchar;Nadia A Khan

  • Alcohol use and burden for 195 countries and territories, 1990-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Max G Griswold;Nancy Fullman;Caitlin Hawley;Nicholas Arian

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013

    Mohammad H. Forouzanfar;Lily Alexander;H. Ross Anderson;Victoria F. Bachman

  • Genetic variants in novel pathways influence blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk

    Georg B. Ehret;Georg B. Ehret;Georg B. Ehret;Patricia B. Munroe;Kenneth M. Rice;Murielle Bochud

  • Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 333 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 195 countries and territories, 1990-2016

    Simon I. Hay;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Cristiana Abbafati

  • Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 306 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 188 countries, 1990-2013 : quantifying the epidemiological transition

    Christopher J. L. Murray;Ryan M. Barber;Kyle J. Foreman;Ayse Abbasoglu Ozgoren

  • Coronary-Artery Bypass Surgery in Patients with Left Ventricular Dysfunction

    Eric J. Velazquez;Kerry L. Lee;Marek A. Deja;Anil Jain

  • Drinking to death: the changing face of liver disease

    MG Griswold;N Fullman;C Hawley;N Arian

  • Relation of serial changes in childhood body-mass index to impaired glucose tolerance in young adulthood

    Santosh K. Bhargava;Harshpal Singh Sachdev;Caroline H.D. Fall;Clive Osmond

  • The genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes

    Christian Fuchsberger;Christian Fuchsberger;Jason A. Flannick;Jason A. Flannick;Tanya M. Teslovich;Anubha Mahajan

  • Prasugrel versus clopidogrel for acute coronary syndromes without revascularization

    Matthew T. Roe;Paul W. Armstrong;Keith A.A. Fox;Harvey D. White

Frequent Co-Authors

Nikhil Tandon
Nikhil Tandon All India Institute of Medical Sciences
K. Srinath Reddy
K. Srinath Reddy Public Health Foundation of India
K.M. Venkat Narayan
K.M. Venkat Narayan Emory University
Shah Ebrahim
Shah Ebrahim London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Viswanathan Mohan
Viswanathan Mohan Madras Diabetes Research Foundation
Harvey D. White
Harvey D. White Auckland City Hospital
Matthew T. Roe
Matthew T. Roe Duke University
Keith A.A. Fox
Keith A.A. Fox University of Edinburgh
Paul W. Armstrong
Paul W. Armstrong University of Alberta
George Davey Smith
George Davey Smith University of Bristol

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