| [1] | Strong K, Mathers C, Leeder S, Beaglehole R (2005) Preventing chronic diseases: How many lives can we save? Lancet 366: 1578–1582.
|
| [2] | Hofman K, Primack A, Keusch G, Hrynlow S (2005) Addressing the growing burden of trauma and injury in low and middle income countries. Am J Public Health 95: 13–17.
|
| [3] | Murray CJ, Lopez AD (1996) The global burden of disease: A comprehensive assessment of mortality and disability from diseases, injuries and risk factors in 1990 and projected to 2020. Cambridge (Massachusetts): Harvard School of Public Health. 1022 p. editors.
|
| [4] | Economic Commission for Latin American and the Caribbean (1999) Latin America: Urban and rural population projections 1970–2025. Demographic Bulletin 63. Available: http://www.eclac.cl/Celade/publica/bol63？/BD63int00i.html. Accessed 18 July 2006.
|
| [5] | World Health Organization (2002) Globalization, diets and noncommunicable diseases. Geneva: World Health Organization. Available: http://www.who.int/hpr/NPH/docs/globaliz？ation.diet.and.ncds.pdf. Accessed 18 July 2006.
|
| [6] | Alleyne G, Castillo-Salgado C, Schneider MC, Loyola E, Vidaurre M (2002) Overview of social inequalities in health in the region of the Americas, using various methodological approaches. Rev Panam Salud Publica 12: 388–397.
|
| [7] | Bouillon CP, Buvinic M (2003) Inequality, exclusion and poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean: Implications for development. New York: Inter-American Development Bank. Available: http://www.iadb.org/sds/doc/soc-IDB-Soci？alCohesion-E.pdf. Accessed 17 July 2006.
|
| [8] | Almeida-Filho N, Kawachi I, Filho AP, Dachs JN (2003) Research on health inequalities in Latin America and the Caribbean: Bibliometric analysis (1971–2000) and descriptive content analysis (1971–1995). Am J Public Health 93: 2037–2043.
|
| [9] | Goldstein J, Jacoby E, del Aguila R, Lopez A (2005) Poverty is a predictor of non-communicable disease among adults in Peruvian cities. Prev Med 41: 800–806.
|
| [10] | Marmot M (2005) Social determinants of health inequalities. Lancet 365: 1099–104.
|
| [11] | Harpham T, Grant E, Rodriguez C (2004) Mental health and social capital in Cali, Colombia. Soc Sci Med 58: 2267–2277.
|
| [12] | Cardona M, Garcia HI, Giraldo CA, Lopez MV, Suarez CM, et al. (2005) Homicides in Medellín, Colombia, from 1990 to 2002: Victims, motives and circumstances. Cad Saúde Pública 21: 840–851.
|
| [13] | Duarte EC, Schneider MC, Paes-Sousa R, da Silva JB, Castillo-Salgado C (2002) Life expectancy at birth and mortality in Brazil, 1999: Exploratory analysis of regional differences. Rev Panam Salud Publica 12: 436–444.
|
| [14] | World Health Organization (2001) Report of the Commission on Macroeconomics and Health: Macroeconomics and health: Investing in health for economic development. Geneva: World Health Organization. Available: http://www.cid.harvard.edu/cidcmh/CMHRep？ort.pdf. Accessed 18 July 2006.
|
| [15] | Vlahov D, Galea S, Gibble E, Freudenberg N (2005) Perspectives on urban conditions and population health. Cad Saúde Pública 21: 949–957.
|
| [16] | Ibanez AN, Velez CE (2003) Forced displacement in Colombia: Causality and welfare losses. CEDE, World Bank. 36 p.
|
| [17] | Webb R, Fernández-Baca de Valdez G (2002) Perú en números 2002: Anuario estadístico. Lima. Cuanto SA: 1320 p.
|
| [18] | HM Treasury (2004) 2004 Spending review stability, security and opportunity for all: Investing for Britain’s long-term future (2004). London: HM Treasury. Available: http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/spending_r？eview/spend_sr04/report/spend_sr04_repin？dex.cfm. Accessed 20 July 2006.
|
| [19] | Pellegrini Filho A (2000) Science for health: Notes on the organization of scientific activity for the development of health in Latin America and the Caribbean. Rev Panam Salud Publica 7: 345–349.
|
| [20] | Pellegrini Filho A, Goldbaum M, Silvi J (1997) [Production of scientific articles about health in six Latin American countries, 1973–1992]. Rev Panam Salud Publica 1: 23–34.
|
| [21] | Yusuf S (2002) Clinical research and trials in developing countries. Stat Med 21: 2859–2867.
|
| [22] | Kline D (2001) Clinical trials in Latin America. Conshohocken (Pennsylvania): Fast Track Systems. Available: http://www.fast-track.com/pdfs/ClinicalT？rialsLatinAmerica.pdf. Accessed 18 July 2006.
|
| [23] | CRASH trial collaborators (2005) Final results of MRC CRASH, a randomised placebo-controlled trial of intravenous corticosteroid in adults with head injury-outcomes at 6 months. Lancet 365: 1957–1959.
|
| [24] | GESICA Investigators (2005) Randomised trial of telephone intervention in chronic heart failure: DIAL trial. BMJ 331: 425–427.
|
| [25] | Morillo CA, Marin-Neto JA, Yusuf S (2005) The BENEFIT trial: Evaluation of the use of an antiparasital drug (benznidazole) in the treatment of chronic Chagas’ disease. Bethesda (Maryland): National Library of Medicine. Available: http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/show/NCT001？23916. Accessed 18 July 2006.
|
| [26] | Menezes AM, Perez-Padilla R, Jardim JR, Muino A, Lopez MV, et al. (2005) Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in five Latin American cities (the PLATINO study): A prevalence study. Lancet 366: 1875–1881.
|
| [27] | Yusuf S, Hawken S, Ounpuu S, Dans T, Avezum A, et al. (2004) Effect of potentially modifiable risk factors associated with myocardial infarction in 52 countries (the INTERHEART study): Case-control study. Lancet 364: 937–952.
|
| [28] | Ebrahim S, Smeeth L (2005) Non-communicable diseases in low and middle-income countries: A priority or a distraction? Int J Epidemiol 34: 961–966.
|
| [29] | Chinnock P, Siegfried N, Clarke M (2005) Is evidence-based medicine relevant to the developing world? PLoS Med 2: e107. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020107.
|
| [30] | Perel P, McGuire M, Eapen K, Ferraro A (2004) Research on preventing road traffic injuries in developing countries is needed. BMJ 328: 895.
|
| [31] | Casas JP, Cubillos-Garzon LA, Morillo CA (2003) Regional pathologies and globalization of clinical trials: Has the time for regional trials arrived? Circulation 107: e194.
|
| [32] | Roberts I, Shakur H, Edwards P, Yates D, Sandercock P (2005) Trauma care research and the war on uncertainty. BMJ 331: 1094–1096.
|
| [33] | Williams A (1999) Calculating the global burden of disease: Time for a strategic reappraisal? Health Econ 8: 1–8.
|
| [34] | Partridge N, Scadding J (2004) The James Lind Alliance: Patients and clinicians should jointly identify their priorities for clinical trials. Lancet 364: 1923–1924.
|
