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h-index: 50
Works: 246
Citations: 9,358

Most-cited papers

Drivers of Antibiotic Use in Poultry Production in Bangladesh: Dependencies and Dynamics of a Patron-Client Relationship
A. Masud, E. Rousham, M. Islam, Mahbub Alam +5 more
2020Frontiers in Veterinary Science129 citations Open access
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What contributes to inappropriate antibiotic dispensing among qualified and unqualified healthcare providers in Bangladesh? A qualitative study
P. Nahar, L. Unicomb, P. Lucas, Mohammad Rofi Uddin +5 more
2020BMC Health Services Research82 citations Open access
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Effects of water, sanitation, handwashing and nutritional interventions on soil-transmitted helminth infections in young children: A cluster-randomized controlled trial in rural Bangladesh
A. Ercumen, J. Benjamin-Chung, B. Arnold, A. Lin +9 more
2019bioRxiv73 citations Open access
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Predictors of Enteric Pathogens in the Domestic Environment from Human and Animal Sources in Rural Bangladesh
E. Fuhrmeister, A. Ercumen, A. Pickering, Kaitlyn M. Jeanis +16 more
2019Environmental Science and Technology67 citations Open access
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Ingestion of Fecal Bacteria along Multiple Pathways by Young Children in Rural Bangladesh Participating in a Cluster-Randomized Trial of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Interventions (WASH Benefits)
L. Kwong, A. Ercumen, A. Pickering, J. Arsenault +6 more
2020Environmental Science and Technology55 citations Open access
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Age-related changes to environmental exposure: variation in the frequency that young children place hands and objects in their mouths
L. Kwong, A. Ercumen, A. Pickering, L. Unicomb +2 more
2019Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology52 citations
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Human exposure to antimicrobial resistance from poultry production: Assessing hygiene and waste-disposal practices in Bangladesh.
Mahbub Alam, Mahbubur Rahman, Abdullah-Al-Masud, Mohammad Aminul Islam +4 more
2019International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health51 citations Open access
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Effects of lipid-based nutrient supplements and infant and young child feeding counseling with or without improved water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) on anemia and micronutrient status: results from 2 cluster-randomized trials in Kenya and Bangladesh
C. Stewart, K. Dewey, A. Lin, A. Pickering +18 more
2019American Journal of Clinical Nutrition50 citations Open access
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Effect of Water, Sanitation, Handwashing, and Nutrition Interventions on Enteropathogens in Children 14 Months Old: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial in Rural Bangladesh
J. Grembi, A. Lin, Md Abdul Karim, Md Ohedul Islam +22 more
2020Journal of Infectious Diseases49 citations Open access
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Effects of water, sanitation, handwashing, and nutritional interventions on environmental enteric dysfunction in young children: a cluster-randomized controlled trial in rural Bangladesh.
A. Lin, Shahjahan Ali, B. Arnold, M. Z. Rahman +29 more
2019Clinical Infectious Diseases49 citations Open access
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Quantitative assessment of fecal contamination in multiple environmental sample types in urban communities in Dhaka, Bangladesh using SaniPath microbial approach
Nuhu Amin, Mahbubur Rahman, S. Raj, Shahjahan Ali +12 more
2019bioRxiv46 citations Open access
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Drinking Water Salinity, Urinary Macro‐Mineral Excretions, and Blood Pressure in the Southwest Coastal Population of Bangladesh
Abu Mohd. Naser, Mahbubur Rahman, L. Unicomb, Solaiman Doza +13 more
2019Journal of the American Heart Association : Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease46 citations Open access
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Pathways of antibiotic use in Bangladesh: qualitative protocol for the PAUSE study
E. Rousham, M. Islam, P. Nahar, P. Lucas +4 more
2019BMJ Open46 citations Open access
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Occurrence and genetic characteristics of mcr-1 positive colistin resistant E. coli from poultry environments in Bangladesh.
M. B. Amin, Ajrin Sultana Sraboni, M. I. Hossain, Subarna Roy +4 more
2020Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance45 citations Open access
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Hygiene in Restaurants and among Street Food Vendors in Bangladesh.
F. A. Nizame, Mahbub Alam, A. Masud, A. K. Shoab +4 more
2019American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene45 citations Open access
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Pathways to antibiotics in Bangladesh: A qualitative study investigating how and when households access medicine including antibiotics for humans or animals when they are ill
P. Lucas, Mohammad Rofi Uddin, Nirnita Khisa, S. M. Salim Akter +5 more
2019PLoS ONE44 citations Open access
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Effect of Improved Water Quality, Sanitation, Hygiene and Nutrition Interventions on Respiratory Illness in Young Children in Rural Bangladesh: A Multi-Arm Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial
Sania Ashraf, Mahfuza Islam, L. Unicomb, Mahbubur Rahman +6 more
2020American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene41 citations Open access
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Soil ingestion among young children in rural Bangladesh
L. Kwong, A. Ercumen, A. Pickering, L. Unicomb +3 more
2019Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology37 citations Open access
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Spatiotemporal distribution of antimicrobial resistant organisms in different water environments in urban and rural settings of Bangladesh.
M. Asaduzzaman, E. Rousham, L. Unicomb, M. Islam +7 more
2022Science of the Total Environment34 citations Open access
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Barriers and facilitators to adherence to national drug policies on antibiotic prescribing and dispensing in Bangladesh
F. A. Nizame, D. Shoaib, E. Rousham, S. Akter +4 more
2021Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice34 citations Open access
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Evaluation of a menstrual hygiene intervention in urban and rural schools in Bangladesh: a pilot study
Mahbub-Ul Alam, F. Sultana, E. Hunter, P. Winch +6 more
2022BMC Public Health31 citations Open access
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Human Colonization with Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase-Producing E. coli in Relation to Animal and Environmental Exposures in Bangladesh: An Observational One Health Study
E. Rousham, M. Asaduzzaman, T. A. U. Mozmader, M. B. Amin +6 more
2021Environmental Health Perspectives31 citations Open access
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Influence of community-level sanitation coverage and population density on environmental fecal contamination and child health in a longitudinal cohort in rural Bangladesh
Jesse D. Contreras, Mahfuza Islam, A. Mertens, A. Pickering +12 more
2022International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health29 citations Open access
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Influence of Temperature and Precipitation on the Effectiveness of Water, Sanitation, and Handwashing Interventions against Childhood Diarrheal Disease in Rural Bangladesh: A Reanalysis of the WASH Benefits Bangladesh Trial
A. Nguyen, J. Grembi, M. Riviere, G. Barratt Heitmann +12 more
2024Environmental Health Perspectives27 citations Open access
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Gender and urban-rural influences on antibiotic purchasing and prescription use in retail drug shops: a one health study
E. Rousham, P. Nahar, Mohammad Rofi Uddin, M. Islam +6 more
2023BMC Public Health22 citations Open access
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Teachers’ perspective on implementation of menstrual hygiene management and puberty education in a pilot study in Bangladeshi schools
Mehjabin Tishan Mahfuz, F. Sultana, E. Hunter, Farjana Jahan +8 more
2021Global Health Action21 citations Open access
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Piloting an acceptable and feasible menstrual hygiene products disposal system in urban and rural schools in Bangladesh
Farjana Jahan, M. Nuruzzaman, F. Sultana, Mehjabin Tishan Mahfuz +5 more
2020BMC Public Health20 citations Open access
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Consequences of access to water from managed aquifer recharge systems for blood pressure and proteinuria in south-west coastal Bangladesh: a stepped-wedge cluster-randomized trial
Abu Mohd. Naser, Solaiman Doza, Mahbubur Rahman, L. Unicomb +9 more
2020International Journal of Epidemiology20 citations Open access
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Engaging boys in menstrual hygiene management (MHM) interventions in Bangladeshi schools: a pilot study to assess acceptability and feasibility
Rizwana Khan, Supta Sarker, F. Sultana, Mahbub-Ul Alam +10 more
2023Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development18 citations Open access
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Longitudinal Effects of a Sanitation Intervention on Environmental Fecal Contamination in a Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial in Rural Bangladesh
Jesse D. Contreras, Mahfuza Islam, A. Mertens, A. Pickering +12 more
2021Environmental Science and Technology18 citations Open access
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Child defecation and feces management practices in rural Bangladesh: Associations with fecal contamination, observed hand cleanliness and child diarrhea
Mahfuza Islam, Mahbubur Rahman, L. Unicomb, M. A. Kafi +10 more
2020PLoS ONE17 citations Open access
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Effectiveness of a large‐scale handwashing promotion intervention on handwashing behaviour in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Wit Wichaidit, S. Biswas, F. Begum, F. Yeasmin +7 more
2019Tropical medicine & international health17 citations
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Microbiological contamination of young children’s hands in rural Bangladesh: Associations with child age and observed hand cleanliness as proxy
S. Parvez, Rashidul Azad, A. Pickering, L. Kwong +11 more
2019PLoS ONE17 citations Open access
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Influence of hydrometeorological risk factors on child diarrhea and enteropathogens in rural Bangladesh
J. Grembi, A. Nguyen, M. Riviere, G. B. Heitmann +24 more
2024PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases16 citations Open access
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Exploring customers’ perceptions of food adulteration at bazaars and supermarkets in Dhaka, Bangladesh; a qualitative exploration
D. Yeasmin, Musa Baker, A. Kamal, Md. Saiful Islam +3 more
2023BMC Public Health16 citations Open access
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Associations of drinking rainwater with macro-mineral intake and cardiometabolic health: a pooled cohort analysis in Bangladesh, 2016–2019
Abu Mohd. Naser, Mahbubur Rahman, L. Unicomb, S. Parvez +10 more
2020npj Clean Water16 citations Open access
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Effect of sanitation improvements on soil-transmitted helminth eggs in courtyard soil from rural Bangladesh: Evidence from a cluster-randomized controlled trial
L. Kwong, D. Sen, S. Islam, Sunny Shahriar +11 more
2020bioRxiv16 citations Open access
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Evaluation of an on-site sanitation intervention against childhood diarrhea and acute respiratory infection 1 to 3.5 years after implementation: Extended follow-up of a cluster-randomized controlled trial in rural Bangladesh
Jesse D. Contreras, Mahfuza Islam, A. Mertens, A. Pickering +8 more
2022PLoS Medicine15 citations Open access
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Motivating antibiotic stewardship in Bangladesh: identifying audiences and target behaviours using the behaviour change wheel
L. Unicomb, F. A. Nizame, Mohammad Rofi Uddin, P. Nahar +6 more
2020BMC Public Health15 citations Open access
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Snack food consumption among Bangladeshi children, supplementary data from a large RCT
K. Jannat, S. Luby, L. Unicomb, Mahbubur Rahman +3 more
2020Maternal and Child Nutrition14 citations Open access
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Comparison of Urinary Sodium and Blood Pressure Relationship From the Spot Versus 24‐Hour Urine Samples
Abu Mohd. Naser, Mahbubur Rahman, L. Unicomb, Solaiman Doza +5 more
2019Journal of the American Heart Association : Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease14 citations Open access
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Impact of a Large-Scale Handwashing Intervention on Reported Respiratory Illness: Findings from a Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial
Nusrat Najnin, K. Leder, A. Forbes, L. Unicomb +8 more
2019American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene14 citations Open access
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Effectiveness of Mass Media Campaigns to Improve Handwashing-Related Behavior, Knowledge, and Practices in Rural Bangladesh
Mahfuza Islam, J. Benjamin-Chung, S. Sultana, L. Unicomb +4 more
2021American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene13 citations Open access
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Achieving equitable uptake of handwashing and sanitation by addressing both supply and demand-based constraints: findings from a randomized controlled trial in rural Bangladesh
S. Parvez, M. Rahman, Rashidul Azad, Md. Mahbubur Rahman +6 more
2020International Journal for Equity in Health12 citations Open access
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Groundwater Chemistry and Blood Pressure: A Cross-Sectional Study in Bangladesh
A. M. Naser, T. Clasen, S. Luby, Mahbubur Rahman +11 more
2019International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health10 citations Open access
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Effects of complexity of handwashing instructions on handwashing procedure replication in low-income urban slums in Bangladesh: a randomized non-inferiority field trial
Nuhu Amin, Dawn D. Sagerman, F. A. Nizame, K. Das +5 more
2019Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development10 citations Open access
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Associations between weather extremes and faecal contamination along pathogen transmission pathways in rural Bangladeshi households: a prospective observational study
C. Niven, Mahfuza Islam, Anna T. Nguyen, J. Grembi +14 more
2025Lancet Planetary Health9 citations Open access
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Spatiotemporal Distribution of Antimicrobial Resistant Organisms in Different Water Environments in Urban and Rural Settings of Bangladesh
M. Asaduzzaman, E. Rousham, L. Unicomb, M. Islam +7 more
2021Social Science Research Network9 citations Open access
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Could Alcohol-Based Hand Sanitizer Be an Option for Hand Hygiene for Households in Rural Bangladesh?
D. Yeasmin, N. Dutta, F. A. Nizame, M. Rahman +7 more
2021American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene9 citations Open access
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Effect of Neighborhood Sanitation Coverage on Fecal Contamination of the Household Environment in Rural Bangladesh.
T. M. Huda, W. Schmidt, A. Pickering, L. Unicomb +3 more
2019American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene9 citations Open access
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