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Mahmoud Reza Azarpazhooh

Researcher at University of Western Ontario

Publications -  118
Citations -  5567

Mahmoud Reza Azarpazhooh is an academic researcher from University of Western Ontario. The author has contributed to research in topics: Stroke & Population. The author has an hindex of 21, co-authored 113 publications receiving 3918 citations. Previous affiliations of Mahmoud Reza Azarpazhooh include Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital & Mashhad University of Medical Sciences.

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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, +803 more
- 16 Sep 2017 - 
TL;DR: At a global level, DALYs and HALE continue to show improvements and the importance of continued health interventions, which has changed in most locations in pace with the gross domestic product per person, education, and family planning.
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Measuring progress from 1990 to 2017 and projecting attainment to 2030 of the health-related Sustainable Development Goals for 195 countries and territories: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

Rafael Lozano, +1316 more
- 10 Nov 2018 - 
TL;DR: A global attainment analysis of the feasibility of attaining SDG targets on the basis of past trends and a estimates of health-related SDG index values in countries assessed at the subnational level varied substantially, particularly in China and India, although scores in Japan and the UK were more homogeneous.
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Socioeconomic status and stroke incidence, prevalence, mortality, and worldwide burden: an ecological analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

Abolfazl Avan, +12 more
- 24 Oct 2019 - 
TL;DR: Almost half of stroke-related deaths are attributable to poor management of modifiable risk factors, and thus potentially preventable; thus, screening of people from low SES at higher stroke risk is crucial.
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Excessive incidence of stroke in Iran: evidence from the Mashhad Stroke Incidence Study (MSIS), a population-based study of stroke in the Middle East.

Mahmoud Reza Azarpazhooh, +10 more
- 01 Jan 2010 - 
TL;DR: Evidence is provided that the incidence of stroke in Iran is considerably greater than in most Western countries, with stroke occurring at younger ages than in Western countries.
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High prevalence of HTLV-I infection in Mashhad, Northeast Iran: a population-based seroepidemiology survey.

Houshang Rafatpanah, +13 more
- 01 Nov 2011 - 
TL;DR: It is demonstrated that Mashhad still remains an endemic area for HTLV-I infection despite routine blood screening, and further strategies are needed for prevention of the virus transmission in whole population.