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Anuraj H Shankar

- Verified email at ndm.ox.ac.uk - Cited by 13781

Aparna Shankar

- Verified email at flame.edu.in - Cited by 7371

[HTML][HTML] Zinc and immune function: the biological basis of altered resistance to infection

AH Shankar, AS Prasad - The American journal of clinical nutrition, 1998 - Elsevier
Zinc is known to play a central role in the immune system, and zinc-deficient persons
experience increased susceptibility to a variety of pathogens. The immunologic mechanisms …

Anaemia in low-income and middle-income countries

Y Balarajan, U Ramakrishnan, E Özaltin, AH Shankar… - The lancet, 2011 - thelancet.com
Anaemia affects a quarter of the global population, including 293 million (47%) children
younger than 5 years and 468 million (30%) non-pregnant women. In addition to anaemia's …

Universal health coverage in Indonesia: concept, progress, and challenges

…, F Wirawan, S Sungkar, P Sudarmono, AH Shankar… - The Lancet, 2019 - thelancet.com
Indonesia is a rapidly growing middle-income country with 262 million inhabitants from
more than 300 ethnic and 730 language groups spread over 17 744 islands, and presents …

The pattern of the maxillofacial fractures–A multicentre retrospective study

AN Shankar, VN Shankar, N Hegde, R Prasad - Journal of cranio …, 2012 - Elsevier
Aim of the present study was to report on the survey of fractures, frequency of presentation,
sex and age distributions, aetiology, site distributions, associated injuries & modalities of …

Social isolation, loneliness, and all-cause mortality in older men and women

A Steptoe, A Shankar… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
Both social isolation and loneliness are associated with increased mortality, but it is uncertain
whether their effects are independent or whether loneliness represents the emotional …

WLAN location determination via clustering and probability distributions

…, A Agrawala, AU Shankar - Proceedings of the First …, 2003 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present a WLAN location determination technique, the Joint Clustering technique, that
uses: (1) signal strength probability distributions to address the noisy wireless channel, and (2…

Loneliness, social isolation, and behavioral and biological health indicators in older adults.

A Shankar, A McMunn, J Banks, A Steptoe - Health psychology, 2011 - psycnet.apa.org
Objective: A number of mechanisms have been proposed through which social isolation
and loneliness may affect health, including health-related behavioral and biological factors. …

[HTML][HTML] Prevention of diarrhea and pneumonia by zinc supplementation in children in developing countries: pooled analysis of randomized controlled trials

…, SK Roy, M Ruel, S Sazawal, A Shankar… - The Journal of …, 1999 - Elsevier
Objectives: This study assessed the effects of zinc supplementation in the prevention of
diarrhea and pneumonia with the use of a pooled analysis of randomized controlled trials in …

Decline in estimated glomerular filtration rate and subsequent risk of end-stage renal disease and mortality

…, CP Kovesdy, A Marks, T Ohkubo, V Shalev, A Shankar… - Jama, 2014 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The established chronic kidney disease (CKD) progression end point of end-stage
renal disease (ESRD) or a doubling of serum creatinine concentration (corresponding to …

Comparison of risk prediction using the CKD-EPI equation and the MDRD study equation for estimated glomerular filtration rate

…, TH Jafar, SH Jee, KR Polkinghorne, A Shankar… - Jama, 2012 - jamanetwork.com
Context The Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI) equation more
accurately estimates glomerular filtration rate (GFR) than the Modification of Diet in Renal …