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Aluísio J. D. Barros | Researchclopedia

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Aluísio J. D. Barros

Universidade Federal de Pelotas ORCID

760

Works

56,432

Citations

96

h-index

423

i10-index

Research Topics

Global Maternal and Child Health Child Nutrition and Water Access Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare

Affiliations

University of Essex2017–2017

Universidade Católica de Pelotas2007–2019

University of the Philippines Los Baños2025–2025

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande2018–2018

St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center2005–2005

Top Works

Breastfeeding in the 21st century: epidemiology, mechanisms, and lifelong effect

César G. Victora,Rajiv Bahl,et al.

20167,809 citations

Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet

Breastfeeding Practices and Influences

Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults

Leandra Abarca-Gómez,Ziad Abdeen,et al.

20177,526 citations

Alternatives for logistic regression in cross-sectional studies: an empirical comparison of models that directly estimate the prevalence ratio

Aluísio J. D. Barros,Vânia Naomi Hirakata

20034,087 citations

Worldwide trends in blood pressure from 1975 to 2015: a pooled analysis of 1479 population-based measurement studies with 19·1 million participants

Bin Zhou,James Bentham,et al.

20162,612 citations

Every Newborn: progress, priorities, and potential beyond survival

Joy E Lawn,Hannah Blencowe,et al.

20141,935 citations

Global epidemiology of use of and disparities in caesarean sections

Ties Boerma,Carine Ronsmans,et al.

20181,492 citations

Equity in maternal, newborn, and child health interventions in Countdown to 2015: a retrospective review of survey data from 54 countries

Aluísio J. D. Barros,Carine Ronsmans,et al.

2012574 citations

Breastfeeding: crucially important, but increasingly challenged in a market-driven world

Rafael Pérez‐Escamilla,Cecília Tomori,et al.

2023552 citations

Bioelectrical impedance analysis: population reference values for phase angle by age and sex

Marı́a Cristina González,Aluísio J. D. Barros,et al.

2005538 citations