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  1. Ana Y, van den Brand FA, van Schayck OC, Babu GR. Relationship between physical activity during pregnancy and maternal health outcomes: evidence from the MAASTHI cohort study in Bengaluru, India. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living. 2025;7:1265929.
  2. Hebbar PB, Dsouza V, Nagelhout GE, van Belle S, Srinivas Prashanth N, Schayck OCV, Babu GR, Bhojani U. A realist evaluation of the implementation of a national tobacco control programme and policy in India. Health Policy and Planning. 2025;40(2):140-152
  3. Arabi A, Rajha HE, Alkeilani O, Hamdan A, Nasrallah D, Babu GR. Exploring the Cross-Sectional Association between Hypothyroidism and Circadian Syndrome: Insights from NHANES 2007-2012. . 2025;:.
  4. Shriyan P, Koya S, Lobo E, van Schayck OC, Babu GR. Psychosocial and sociodemographic factors associated with gestational blood glucose levels in women attending public hospitals: Results from baseline of MAASTHI cohort (vol 18, e0293414, 2023). PLOS ONE. 2025;20(1):.
  5. Shriyan P, Babu GR, Mukherjee D, Sahu B, Yadav UN, Shapeti SS. Characterizing parental feeding practices in the Soliga community and examining its impact on child nutritional status: A study embedded within the CHIGURU cohort study in Chamarajanagar, Karnataka. Wellcome Open Research. 2025;10:319.
  6. Haridas DN, van Schayck OC, Babu GR, Nair NS, Shriyan P. Feeding styles and adiposity in children of 6 months-5 years of age: Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis (vol 18, e0292139, 2023). PLOS ONE. 2025;20(4):.
  7. Babu GR. It might be Survival that determines Shopping!. . 2025
  8. Haridas DN, van Schayck OC, Babu GR, Nair NS, Shriyan P. Correction: Feeding styles and adiposity in children of 6 months–5 years of age: Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis. PloS one. 2025;20(4):e0322591.
  9. Karan A, Babu G, Farooqui H. Potential Impact of Immunisation on Infectious Diseases Related Out-Of-Pocket Expenditures and Catastrophic Expenditure on Indian Households. 2025 World Congress on Health Economics. 2025;:.
  10. Lobo E, Babu GR, Mukherjee D, van Schayck OC, Srinivas PN. It Takes a Village: Unpacking Contextual Factors Influencing Caregiving in Urban Poor Neighbourhoods of Bangalore, South India. Healthcare. 2025;13(12):1459.
  11. Hamran S, Alnoubani Z, Hassan AM, Al-Rajhi AA, Rajha HE, Altaissan M, Babu GR, Gatalica Z, Vranic S. NTRK1-3 Fusions in Sarcomas: Prevalence, Significance, and Clinical Implications–A Systematic Review. . 2025;:.
  12. Farooqui HH, Karan A, Mehta A, Babu GR, van Schayck OC. Did the periodic intensification of routine immunisation strategy (Intensified mission Indradhanush) reduce the demand for pediatric antibiotic formulations in India?. BMC Infectious Diseases. 2025;25(1):741.
  13. Grieve R, Yang Y, Abbott S, Babu GR, Bhattacharyya M, Dean N, Evans S, Jewell N, Langan SM, Lee W. Correction: The importance of investing in data, models, experiments, team science, and public trust to help policymakers prepare for the next pandemic. PLOS global public health. 2024;4(6):e0003402.
  14. Lobo E, Mahapatra S, Babu GR, van Schayck OC, Srinivas PN, Mukherjee D. Protocol: Practices and outcomes of responsive caregiving on child neurodevelopment and mental health across diverse global populations: a scoping review protocol. BMJ Open. 2024;14(4):.
  15. Rajagopal Padma M, Dinesh P, Sundaresan R, Athreya S, Shiju S, Maroor PS, Lalitha Hande R, Akhtar J, Chandra T, Ravi D. Second round statewide sentinel-based population survey for estimation of the burden of active infection and anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibodies in the general population of Karnataka, India, during January-February 2021. . 2024;:.
  16. John DA, Babu GR. Corrigendum: What Is the Modern Human Eating? Dietary Transition of the Age-Old to the Modern Man of India. Public Health Reviews. 2024;45:1607464.
  17. Skenderi F, Babu GR, Glamoclija U, Veledar E, Gatalica Z, Lamovec J, Vranic S. Acinic Cell Carcinoma of The Breast: A Population-Based Clinicopathologic Study. . 2024;:.
  18. Lobo E, Mahapatra S, Babu GR, van Schayck OC, Srinivas PN, Mukherjee D. Practices and outcomes of responsive caregiving on child neurodevelopment and mental health across diverse global populations: a scoping review protocol. BMJ open. 2024;14(4):e078712
  19. Shriyan P, Basappa YC, Babu GR, Seshadri T, Karthik M, Bhojani U, Bhat D, Shapeti SS, Srinivas PN. CHIGURU Adivasi Birth Cohort Study: A Protocol for Examining the Effects of Parental Substance Use on Child Development in Southern Indian Adivasi Communities. . 2024;:.
  20. Bassi S, Bahl D, Gopal S, Sethi V, Backholer K, Gavaravarapu SM, Babu GR, Ghosh-Jerath S, Bhatia N, Aneja K. Are advertising policies affirmative in restricting the marketing of foods high in fat, salt and sugar (HFSS) in India?: evidence from SWOT Analysis. The Lancet Regional Health-Southeast Asia. 2024;21:.
  21. Rajagopal PM, Sil S, Dinesh P, Shiju S, Arunkumar D, Ramaiah SS, Lalitha HR, Mamatha T, Kantinath PA, Pujari L. Assessing the burden of COVID-19 among children aged 6-14 years in Karnataka, India: A cross-sectional survey. Indian Journal of Community Medicine. 2024;49(1):110-114.
  22. Gupta M, Parameswaran GG, Sra MS, Mohanta R, Patel D, Gupta A, Bansal B, Jain V, Mazumder A, Arora M. Correction: Contact tracing of COVID-19 in Karnataka, India: Superspreading and determinants of infectiousness and symptomatic infection. Plos one. 2024;19(1):e0298090.
  23. Rodrigues F, Newell R, Babu GR, Chatterjee T, Sandhu NK, Gupta L. The social media Infodemic of health-related misinformation and technical solutions. Health Policy and Technology. 2024;13(2):100846.
  24. Hamdan A, Zar LA, Doi SA, Chivese T, Khan MN, Khaled SM, Babu GR, Farooqui HH. Navigating test accuracy metrics used in diagnostic evaluation. Current Opinion in Epidemiology and Public Health. 2024;3(3):45-55.
  25. Menon JS, Wolfson M, Ravi D, Yadav A, Todkar S, Singh S, Anand K, Kumar A, Lal C, Prakash A. Chemical characterization and source identification of indoor PM2. 5 in urban and rural households in India. ISEE Conference Abstracts. 2024;2024(1):.
  26. Babu GR. The Last Generation?: Shrinking Futures and the Global Fertility Crisis. . 2024;:.
  27. Mohamed MS, Alkahlout L, Elgamal S, Mohiuddin A, Al-Sayed T, Al-Marri H, Zahid F, Martínez-Magallanes D, Fregni F, Doi SA. Efficacy of scrambler therapy in chronic neuropathic pain: pairwise and dose-response meta-analysis. Brain network and modulation. 2024;3(3):63-70.
  28. Habib Hasan F, Karan A, Babu GR, Hussain S, van Schayck OC. Economic burden of infectious diseases and its equity implications in Indian households: Estimates from a nationally representative household survey (2017–18). . 2024;:.
  29. Farooqui HH, Karan A, Babu GR, Hussain S, van Schayck OC. Economic burden of infectious diseases and its equity implications in Indian households: Estimates from a nationally representative household survey (2017–18). Social Sciences & Humanities Open. 2024;10:101013.
  30. Sahu B, Tamysetty S, Babu GR, Shapeti S, Queeny S, Dubasi HB, Deepa R, Saldanha ND, Bhatia R, Khetrapal S. Suicide during pandemic requires deeper engagement (vol 73, 103161, 2022). ASIAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY. 2024;95:.
  31. Farooqui HH, Karan A, Mehta A, Babu GR, van Schayck OC. Potential impact of rotavirus vaccine introduction in India’s Universal Immunisation Programme on private sector vaccine utilisation: an interrupted time series analysis. BMC medicine. 2024;22(1):453.
  32. Tartour AI, Chivese T, Eltayeb S, Elamin FM, Fthenou E, Ahmed MS, Babu GR. Prenatal psychological distress and 11β-HSD2 gene expression in human placentas: Systematic review and meta-analysis. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2024;166:107060.
  33. John DA, Babu GR. Corrigendum: What Is the Modern Human Eating? Dietary Transition of the Age-Old to the Modern Man of India (Public Health Rev.,(2022), 43,(1604058), 10.3389/phrs. 2022.1604058). . 2024;:.
  34. Lobo E, Deepa R, Mandal S, Menon JS, Roy A, Dixit S, Gupta R, Swaminathan S, Thankachan P, Bhavnani S. Protocol of the nutritional, psychosocial, and environmental determinants of neurodevelopment and child mental health (COINCIDE) study. Wellcome Open Research. 2024;9:486.
  35. Menon JS, Roy A, Mukherjee D, R D, Todkar S, Yadav A, Gupta R, Babu GR, Mandal S, Prabhakaran P. Environmental pollutant exposures and children’s cognitive, academic and mental health outcomes in India. ISEE Conference Abstracts. 2024;2024(1):.
  36. Angham Ibrahim T, Chivese T, Eltayeb S, Elamin FM, Fthenou E, Seed Ahmed M, Babu GR. Prenatal psychological distress and 11β-HSD2 gene expression in human placentas: Systematic review and meta-analysis. . 2024;:.
  37. Prafulla S, Sudhir P, van Schayck OC, Babu GR. Association of high cortisol levels in pregnancy and altered fetal growth. Results from the MAASTHI, a prospective cohort study, Bengaluru. . 2023;:.
  38. Shriyan P, Sudhir P, van Schayck OC, Babu GR. Association of high cortisol levels in pregnancy and altered fetal growth. Results from the MAASTHI, a prospective cohort study, Bengaluru. The Lancet Regional Health-Southeast Asia. 2023;14:.
  39. Lawn JE, Ohuma EO, Bradley E, Idueta LS, Hazel E, Okwaraji YB, Erchick DJ, Yargawa J, Katz J, Lee AC. Small babies, big risks: global estimates of prevalence and mortality for vulnerable newborns to accelerate change and improve counting. The Lancet. 2023;401(10389):1707-1719.
  40. Shriyan P, Khetrapal S, van Schayck OC, Babu GR. Maternal depressiveness and infant growth outcomes: Findings from the MAASTHI cohort study in India. Journal of psychosomatic research. 2023;170:111378.
  41. Checkley W, Pollard S, Siddharthan T, Babu G, Thakur M, Miele C. Managing threats to respiratory health in urban slums (Comment). Low-smoke chulha and health consequences in Indian slums. 2023;4(11):73.
  42. Srinivas PN, Seshadri T, Velho N, Babu GR, Madegowda C, Channabasappa Y, Majigi SM, Bhat D. Response to correspondence article on the research protocol titled Towards Health Equity and Transformative Action on tribal health (THETA) study to describe, explain and act on tribal health inequities in India: A health systems research study protocol. Wellcome Open Research. 2023;8:155.
  43. Hebbar PB, Bhojani U, Van Schayck O, Babu G, Dsouza V, Nagelhout GE. Shifting the gaze on implementation: examining the association between the implementation of tobacco control laws and prevalence of tobacco using data from a nationally representative survey. BMC Public Health. 2023;23(1):1971.
  44. Shriyan P, Koya S, Lobo E, van Schayck OC, Babu GR. Psychosocial and sociodemographic factors associated with gestational blood glucose levels in women attending public hospitals: Results from baseline of MAASTHI cohort. Plos one. 2023;18(10):e0293414.
  45. Grieve R, Yang Y, Abbott S, Babu GR, Bhattacharyya M, Dean N, Evans S, Jewell N, Langan SM, Lee W. The importance of investing in data, models, experiments, team science, and public trust to help policymakers prepare for the next pandemic. PLOS Global Public Health. 2023;3(11):e0002601.
  46. Thakur M, Boudewijns EA, Babu GR, Winkens B, van Schayck O. Cooking microenvironment and health: A cross-sectional study of solid fuel users in urban slums in India. Low-smoke chulha and health consequences in Indian slums. 2023;:81.
  47. Shalini B, Bahl D, Gopal S, Sethi V, Backholer K, Gavaravarapu SM, Babu GR, Ghosh-Jerath S, Bhatia N, Aneja K. Are advertising policies affirmative in restricting the marketing of foods high in fat, salt and sugar (HFSS) in India?: Evidence from SWOT Analysis. . 2023;:.
  48. Haridas DN, Schayck OCV, Babu GR, Nair NS, Shriyan P. Feeding styles and adiposity in children of 6 months–5 years of age: Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis. Plos one. 2023;18(10):e0292139.
  49. Deepa R, Mandal S, Van Schayck OC, Babu GR. Vitamin B6 levels and impaired folate status but not Vitamin B12 associated with low birth weight: Results from the MAASTHI birth cohort in South India. Nutrients. 2023;15(7):1793.
  50. John DA, Babu GR. What is the modern human eating? Dietary transition of the age-old to the modern man of India. Public Health Reviews. 2022;43:1604058.
  51. Sahu B, Tamysetty S, Babu GR, Shapeti S, Queeny S, Dubasi HB, Saldanha ND, Bhatia R, Khetrapal S. Suicide during pandemic requires deeper engagement. . 2022;:.
  52. Lobo E, Ana Y, Deepa R, Shriyan P, Sindhu N, Karthik M, Kinra S, Murthy G, Babu GR. Cohort profile: maternal antecedents of adiposity and studying the transgenerational role of hyperglycaemia and insulin (MAASTHI). BMJ open. 2022;12(9):e063794.
  53. Gupta M, Parameswaran GG, Sra MS, Mohanta R, Patel D, Gupta A, Bansal B, Jain V, Mazumder A, Arora M. Contact tracing of COVID-19 in Karnataka, India: Superspreading and determinants of infectiousness and symptomatic infection. PLoS One. 2022;17(7):e0270789.
  54. Asaaga FA, Young JC, Srinivas PN, Seshadri T, Oommen MA, Rahman M, Kiran SK, Kasabi GS, Narayanaswamy D, Schäfer SM. Co-production of knowledge as part of a OneHealth approach to better control zoonotic diseases. PLOS Global Public Health. 2022;2(3):e0000075.
  55. Guenat S, Purnell P, Davies ZG, Nawrath M, Stringer LC, Babu GR, Balasubramanian M, Ballantyne EE, Bylappa BK, Chen B. Meeting sustainable development goals via robotics and autonomous systems. Nature communications. 2022;13(1):3559.
  56. Babu GR, Shriyan P, Sudhir P, Schayck OC. Association of high cortisol levels in pregnancy and poor postpartum mental health and altered fetal growth. analysis in the maasthi cohort study, bengaluru. . 2022;:.
  57. Mulchandani R, Babu GR, Kaur A, Singh R, Lyngdoh T. Factors associated with differential COVID-19 mortality rates in the SEAR nations: a narrative review. IJID regions. 2022;3:54-67.
  58. Athreya S, Babu GR, Iyer A, S MMB, Rathod N, Shriram S, Sundaresan R, Vaidhiyan NK, Yasodharan S. COVID-19: Optimal Design of Serosurveys for Disease Burden Estimation. Sankhya B. 2022;84(2):472-494.
  59. Pramesh C, Babu GR, Basu J, Bhushan I, Booth CM, Chinnaswamy G, Guleria R, Kalantri S, Kang G, Mohan P. Choosing wisely for COVID-19: ten evidence-based recommendations for patients and physicians. Nature Medicine. 2021;27(8):1324-1327.
  60. Tu Y, Williams GM, de Waterman AMC, Toelle BG, Guo Y, Denison L, Babu GR, Yang B, Dong G, Jalaludin B. A national cross-sectional study of exposure to outdoor nitrogen dioxide and aeroallergen sensitization in Australian children aged 7–11 years. Environmental Pollution. 2021;271:116330.
  61. Kumar N, Hameed SKS, Babu GR, Venkataswamy MM, Dinesh P, Bg PK, John DA, Desai A, Ravi V. Descriptive epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 infection in Karnataka state, South India: Transmission dynamics of symptomatic vs. asymptomatic infections. EClinicalMedicine. 2021;32:.
  62. John DA, Babu GR. Lessons from the aftermaths of green revolution on food system and health. Frontiers in sustainable food systems. 2021;5:644559.
  63. Babu GR, Das A, Lobo E, R D, John DA, Thankachan P, Khetrapal S, Benjamin-Neelon SE, Murthy G. Mid-upper arm circumference in pregnant women and birth weight in newborns as substitute for skinfold thickness: findings from the MAASTHI cohort study, India. BMC pregnancy and childbirth. 2021;21(1):484.
  64. Ana Y, Lewis MG, van Schayck OC, Babu GR. Is physical activity in pregnancy associated with prenatal and postnatal depressive symptoms?: Results from MAASTHI cohort study in South India. Journal of psychosomatic research. 2021;144:110390.
  65. Babu GR, Mueller NT, Lewis MG, Krishnan A, Lobo E, Deepa R, Khetrapal S, Benjamin-Neelon SE. Delivery mode and altered infant growth at 1 year of life in India. Pediatric research. 2021;90(6):1251-1257.
  66. Hebbar PB, Dsouza V, Bhojani U, van Schayck OC, Babu GR, Nagelhout G. Implementation research for taking tobacco control policies to scale in India: a realist evaluation study protocol. BMJ open. 2021;11(5):e050859.
  67. Zimmermann LV, Salvatore M, Babu GR, Mukherjee B. Estimating COVID-19‒related mortality in India: an epidemiological challenge with insufficient data. American Journal of Public Health. 2021;111(S2):S59-S62.
  68. Mukherjee D, Dolcy N, John DA, Karthik M, Gadhave SA, Babu GR. Perspectives of Health Service Providers on Barriers to Accessing Perinatal Mental Health Services in Karnataka, India: a Qualitative Study. . 2021;:.
  69. Ganesan S, Subramani D, Anandh T, Ghose D, Babu GR. Ensemble Forecast of COVID-19 for Vulnerability Assessment and Policy Interventions. . 2021;:.
  70. Tamysetty S, Babu GR, Sahu B, Shapeti S, Ravi D, Lobo E, Varughese CS, Bhide A, Madhale A, Manyal M. Predictors of COVID-19 vaccine confidence: findings from slums of four major metro cities of India. Vaccines. 2021;10(1):60
  71. Padma MR, Dinesh P, Sundaresan R, Athreya S, Shiju S, Maroor PS, Hande RL, Akhtar J, Chandra T, Ravi D. Second round statewide sentinel-based population survey for estimation of the burden of active infection and anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibodies in the general population of Karnataka, India, during January-February 2021. IJID regions. 2021;1:107-116.
  72. Padma MR, Dinesh P, Sundaresan R, Athreya S, Shiju S, Maroor PS, Hande RL, Akhtar J, Chandra T, Ravi D. Second round statewide survey for estimation of the burden of active infection and anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibodies in the general population of Karnataka, India. medRxiv. 2021;:2021.08. 10.21261842.
  73. Ganesan S, Subramani D, Anandh T, Ghose D, Babu GR. Ensemble forecast of COVID-19 in Karnataka for vulnerability assessment and policy interventions. medRxiv. 2021;:2021.08. 31.21262943
  74. Shriyan P, Babu GR, Ravi D, Ana Y, van Schayck OC, Thankachan P, Murthy G. Ambient and indoor air pollution in pregnancy and the risk of low birth weight and ensuing effects in infants (apple): a cohort study in Bangalore, South India. Wellcome Open Research. 2020;3:133-133.
  75. Murthy KR, Murthy PR, Murali B, Basavaraju V, Sindhu B, Churi A, Kumar D, Roopa B, Babu GR, Shapeti S. A scalable, self-sustaining model for screening and treatment of diabetic retinopathy in rural Karnataka. Indian Journal of Ophthalmology. 2020;68(Suppl 1):S74-S77.
  76. Kumar N, Hameed SKS, Babu GR, Venkataswamy MM, Dinesh P, Kumar PB, John DA, Desai A, Ravi V. Epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 infection in Karnataka State, South India: transmission dynamics of symptomatic vs. asymptomatic infections. MedRxiv. 2020;:2020.09. 17.20196501.
  77. Murhekar MV, Bhatnagar T, Selvaraju S, Rade K, Saravanakumar V, Thangaraj JWV, Kumar MS, Shah N, Sabarinathan R, Turuk A. Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection in India: Findings from the national serosurvey, May-June 2020. Indian Journal of Medical Research. 2020;152(1-2):48-60.
  78. Kumar MS, Bhatnagar T, Manickam P, Kumar VS, Rade K, Shah N, Kant S, Babu GR, Zodpey S, Kumar CG. National sero-surveillance to monitor the trend of SARS-CoV-2 infection transmission in India: Protocol for community-based surveillance. Indian Journal of Medical Research. 2020;151(5):419-423.
  79. Abraham P, Aggarwal N, Babu GR, Barani S, Bhargava B, Bhatnagar T, Dhama AS, Gangakhedkar RR, Giri S, Gupta N. Laboratory surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 in India: Performance of testing & descriptive epidemiology of detected COVID-19, January 22-April 30, 2020. Indian Journal of Medical Research. 2020;151(5):424-437.
  80. Babu GR, Murthy G, Reddy Y, Deepa R, Yamuna A, Prafulla S, Krishnan A, Lobo E, Rathnaiah M, Kinra S. Small for gestational age babies and depressive symptoms of mothers during pregnancy: Results from a birth cohort in India. Wellcome open research. 2020;3:76.
  81. Koya S, Babu GR, R D, Iyer V, Yamuna A, Lobo E, S P, Kinra S, Murthy G. Determinants of breastfeeding practices and its association with infant anthropometry: Results from a prospective cohort study in South India. Frontiers in public health. 2020;8:492596.
  82. Gupta S, Shah S, Chaturvedi S, Thakkar P, Solanki P, Dibyachintan S, Roy S, Sushma M, Godbole A, Jaseem N. An India-specific compartmental model for Covid-19: projections and intervention strategies by incorporating geographical, Infrastructural and response heterogeneity. arXiv preprint arXiv:2007.14392. 2020;:.
  83. Thakur M, Boudewijns EA, Babu GR, van Schayck OC. Biomass use and COVID-19: a novel concern. Environmental Research. 2020;186:109586.
  84. Ram VS, Babu GR, Prabhakaran D. COVID-19 pandemic in India. . 2020;:.
  85. Gupta M, Parameswaran GG, Sra MS, Mohanta R, Patel D, Gupta A, Bansal B, Mazumder A, Arora M, Aggarwal N. Contact Tracing of COVID-19 in Karnataka, India: Superspreading and Determinants of Infectiousness and Symptomaticity. medRxiv. 2020;:2020.12. 25.20248668.
  86. Gopinath R. Tuberculosis Control Measures in Urban India: Strengthening Delivery of Comprehensive Primary Health Services. . 2020;:.
  87. Murhekar MV, Bhatnagar T, Selvaraju S, Saravanakumar V, Thangaraj JWV, Shah N, Kumar MS, Rade K, Sabarinathan R, Asthana S. SARS-CoV-2 antibody prevalence in India: findings from the second nationwide household serosurvey, August-September 2020. . 2020;:.
  88. Thakur M, Shriyan P, Babu G. Air Pollution in Urban Slums: Summary of research work in Bengaluru, India. ISEE Conference Abstracts. 2020;2020(1):.
  89. Nadal IP, Ganapathiram N, Harrison T, Deepa R, Karthik M, Mallinson P, Angkurawaranon C, Nyirenda M, Babu G, Kinra S. A Virtual Skills Centre on Behaviour Management in Chronic Disease for Lay People in Low-and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs). medRxiv. 2020;:2020.05. 10.20094060.
  90. Babu GR, Pattanshetty S, Nair S. Depression and quality of life among antenatal women in Southern Karnataka. RGUHS National Journal of Public Health. 2019;4(1):.
  91. Koya S, Deepa R, Nandini K, Babu GR. Dietary habits and physical activity levels amongst school going children and their parents in Bengaluru city: Resultsfrom a descriptive study in South India. RGUHS National Journal of Public Health. 2019;4(3):.
  92. Gurung MS, Dorji G, Khetrapal S, Ra S, Babu GR, Krishnamurthy RS. Bhutan’s Digital Health Strategy: Progress and Future Directions. . 2019;:.
  93. Srinivas PN, Seshadri T, Velho N, Babu GR, Madegowda C, Basappa YC, Narasimhamurthi NS, Majigi SM, Madhusudan MD, Marchal B. Towards Health Equity and Transformative Action on tribal health (THETA) study to describe, explain and act on tribal health inequities in India: a health systems research study protocol. Wellcome Open Research. 2019;4:202.
  94. Seshadri T, Madegowda C, R Babu G, NS P. Implementation research with the Soliga indigenous community in southern India for local action on improving maternal health services. Giridhar and Nuggehalli Srinivas, Prashanth and Nuggehalli Srinivas, Prashanth, Implementation Research With the Soliga Indigenous Community in Southern India for Local Action on Improving Maternal Health Services (November 8, 2019). 2019;:.
  95. Gurung MS, Dorji G, Khetrapal S, Ra S, Babu GR, Krishnamurthy RS. Transforming health care through Bhutan’s digital health strategy: progress to date. WHO South-East Asia journal of public health. 2019;8(2):77-82.
  96. Srinivas P, Seshadri T, Velho N, Babu G, Madegowda C. Channa Basappa Y, et al. Towards Health Equity and Transformative Action on tribal health (THETA) study to describe, explain and act on tribal health inequities in India: A health systems research study protocol [version 1. 2019;:.
  97. Yamuna A, Babu GR. Understanding and addressing the inequalities affecting workers in informal sector in India. Health, safety and well-being of workers in the informal sector in India: Lessons for emerging economies. 2019;:3-12.
  98. Babu GR, Karthik M, Ravi D, Ana Y, Shriyan P, Hasige KK, Deshpande K, Siddlingaiah LB, Kinra S, Murthy GVS. What makes the pregnant women revisit public hospitals for research? Participant engagement and retention trial in a public hospital (PERTH): an RCT protocol. BMC pregnancy and childbirth. 2018;18(1):369.
  99. Thakur M, Nuyts PA, Boudewijns EA, Kim JF, Faber T, Babu GR, Van Schayck OC, Been JV. Impact of improved cookstoves on women’s and child health in low and middle income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Thorax. 2018;73(11):1026-1040.
  100. Babu GR, Murthy GVS, Singh N, Nath A, Rathnaiah M, Saldanha N, Deepa R, Kinra S. Sociodemographic and medical risk factors associated with antepartum depression. Frontiers in public health. 2018;6:127.
  101. Thakur M, Nuyts PA, Boudewijns EA, Kim JF, Faber T, Babu GR, Van Schayck OC, Been JV. Impact of improved cookstoves on women’s and child health in low and middle income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Thorax. 2018;73(11):1026-1040.
  102. Shriyan P, Babu GR, Ravi D, Ana Y, van Schayck OC, Thankachan P, Murthy G. Ambient and Indoor Air Pollution in Pregnancy and the risk of Low birth weight and Ensuing Effects in Infants (APPLE): A. . 2018;:.
  103. Shetty NDSSK, Jena PK, Babu GR. Awareness, Knowledge, And Perception of School Health Services among parents of school going children in Dakshina Kannada District, Karnataka. RGUHS National Journal of Public Health. 2018;3(3):.
  104. Lobo E, Vivekanand P, Deepa R, Babu GR. Development, design, and experience related to android application-based data collection for the MAASTHI cohort study in India. RGUHS National Journal of Public Health. 2018;3(1):.
  105. Babu GR, Murthy G, Ana Y, Kinra S. Feasibility of setting up a birth cohort and screening gestational hyperglycemia in public health facilities in Bengaluru, India. RGUHS National Journal of Public Health. 2018;3(3):.
  106. Babu GR, Yamuna A. Ethical analysis of public health programmes: what does it entail?. Ethics in Public Health Practice in India. 2018;:63-83.
  107. Megha Thakur MT, Nuyts P, Boudewijns E, Kim J, Faber T, Babu G, Schayck OV, Been J. Impact of improved cookstoves on women’s and child health in low and middle income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis. . 2018;:.
  108. Prafulla Shriyan PS, Babu G, Deepa Ravi DR, Yamuna Ana YA, Schayck OV, Prashanth Thankachan PT, Murthy G. Ambient and indoor air pollution in pregnancy and the risk of low birth weight and ensuing effects in infants (APPLE): a cohort study in Bangalore, South India. . 2018;:.
  109. Hu J, Gu X, Tao X, Qian Y, Babu GR, Wang G, Liao M, Han L, Kang D, Tang W. Prevalence and trends of HIV, syphilis, and HCV in migrant and resident men who have sex with men in Shandong, China: results from a serial cross-sectional study. PLoS One. 2017;12(1):e0170443.
  110. Chen GuoHong CG, Cao Ya CY, Yao Yuan YY, Li Ming LM, Tang WeiMing TW, Li JianJun LJ, Babu G, Jia Yue JY, Huan XiPing HX, Xu GenXing XG. Syphilis incidence among men who have sex with men in China: results from a meta-analysis. . 2017;:.
  111. Megha Thakur MT, Boudewijns E, Babu G, Winkens B, Witte LD, Gruiskens J, Preeti Sushama PS, Ghergu C, Schayck OV. Low-smoke chulha in Indian slums: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. . 2017;:.
  112. Furlow B. Can India lead the way with the development of safer cookstoves?. The Lancet Respiratory Medicine. 2017;5(5):386-387.
  113. Prafulla S, Anirudh S, Thankachan P, Lobo E, Babu GR. Effect of exposure to ambient Particulate Matter (PM2. 5) onAdverse Infant Outcomes: An ecological study. RGUHS National Journal of Public Health. 2017;2(1):.
  114. Thakur M, Boudewijns EA, Babu GR, Winkens B, de Witte LP, Gruiskens J, Sushama P, Ghergu CT, van Schayck OC. Low-smoke chulha in Indian slums: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. BMC Public Health. 2017;17:1-7.
  115. Nath A, Murthy GVS, Babu GR, Di Renzo GC. Effect of prenatal exposure to maternal cortisol and psychological distress on infant development in Bengaluru, southern India: a prospective cohort study. BMC psychiatry. 2017;17(1):255.
  116. Ranjan A, Bhatnagar T, Babu GR, Detels R. Sexual behavior, HIV prevalence and awareness among wives of migrant workers: results from cross-sectional survey in rural North India. Indian Journal of Community Medicine. 2017;42(1):24-29.
  117. Babu GR, Murthy G, Deepa R, Yamuna, Prafulla, Kumar HK, Karthik M, Deshpande K, Benjamin Neelon SE, Prabhakaran D. Maternal antecedents of adiposity and studying the transgenerational role of hyperglycemia and insulin (MAASTHI): a prospective cohort study: protocol of birth cohort at Bangalore, India. BMC pregnancy and childbirth. 2016;16(1):311.
  118. Anchala R, Gudlavalleti ASV, Gudlavalleti MVS, Singh V, Shukla R, Jotheeswaran A, Babu GR, Ramachandra SS, Sagar J, Bandyopadhyay S. Human resources, patient load, and infrastructure at institutions providing diabetic care in India: The India 11-city 9-state study. Indian J Endocr Metab 2016;. 2016;20(Suppl S1):11-8.
  119. Clare E G, Babu GR, Aashrai Sai VG, Raghupathy A, Rajan S, Pant HB, Praveen V, Srikrishna S R, Komal A, Jayanti S. Eye care infrastructure and human resources for managing diabetic retinopathy in India: The India 11-city 9-state study. Indian J Endocr Metab. 2016;20(Suppl S1):3-10.
  120. Checkley W, Pollard SL, Siddharthan T, Babu GR, Thakur M, Miele CH, Van Schayck OC. Managing threats to respiratory health in urban slums. The Lancet Respiratory Medicine. 2016;4(11):852-854.
  121. Yu W, Wang L, Han N, Zhang X, Mahapatra T, Mahapatra S, Babu GR, Tang W, Detels R, Zhao J. Pre-exposure prophylaxis of HIV: A right way to go or a long way to go?. Artificial cells, nanomedicine, and biotechnology. 2016;44(1):201-208.
  122. Gilbert CE, Babu RG, Gudlavalleti ASV, Anchala R, Shukla R, Ballabh PH, Vashist P, Ramachandra SS, Allagh K, Sagar J. Eye care infrastructure and human resources for managing diabetic retinopathy in India: The India 11-city 9-state study. Indian journal of endocrinology and metabolism. 2016;20(Suppl 1):S3-S10.
  123. Babu GR, Sudhir PM, Mahapatra T, Das A, Rathnaiah M, Anand I, Detels R. Association of quality of life and job stress in occupational workforce of India: Findings from a cross-sectional study on software professionals. Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 2016;20(2):109-113.
  124. BABU G, Kumar M. Machinery for Prevention and Settlement of Industrial Disputes in India. Intercontinental Journal of Human Resource Research Review. 2015;3:.
  125. Ranjan A, Babu G, Detels R. Knowledge, attitude and perception about HIV/AIDS among the Wives of Migrant Workers of Muzaffarpur District in Bihar. J Community Med Health Educ. 2015;5(361):2161-0711.1000361.
  126. Babu GR, TN S, Ketharam A, Kar SB, Detels R. Perceived Occupational Stressors and the Health Software Professionals in Bengaluru, India. Qualitative Report. 2015;20(3):.
  127. Mahapatra T, Mahapatra S, Babu GR, Tang W, Banerjee B, Mahapatra U, Das A. Cholera outbreaks in South and Southeast Asia: descriptive analysis, 2003–2012. Japanese journal of infectious diseases. 2014;67(3):145-156.
  128. Wang L, Tang W, Wang L, Qian S, Li Y, Xing J, Li D, Ding Z, Babu GR, Wang N. The HIV, syphilis, and HCV epidemics among female sex workers in china: results from a serial cross-sectional study between 2008 and 2012. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2014;59(1):e1-e9.
  129. Babu GR, Sathyanarayana T, Shapeti SS, Halagi P, Raveendra H. Creation of Public Health Cadre in Karnataka State, India. Annals of Community Health. 2014;2(2):4-14.
  130. Cheng W, Tang W, Zhong F, Babu GR, Han Z, Qin F, Gao K, Mai H, Zhao Y, Liang C. Consistently high unprotected anal intercourse (UAI) and factors correlated with UAI among men who have sex with men: implication of a serial cross-sectional study in Guangzhou, China. BMC infectious diseases. 2014;14(1):696.
  131. Cheng Wei CW, Tang WeiMing TW, Zhong Fei ZF, Babu G, Han ZhiGang HZ, Qin FaJu QF, Gao Kai GK, Mai HuiXia MH, Zhao YuTeng ZY, Liang CaiYun LC. Consistently high unprotected anal intercourse (UAI) and factors correlated with UAI among men who have sex with men: implication of a serial cross-sectional study in Guangzhou, China. . 2014;:.
  132. Mistry R, Babu GR, Mahapatra T, McCarthy WJ. Cognitive mediators and disparities in the relation between teen depressiveness and smoking. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 2014;140:56-62.
  133. Babu GR, Tn S, Bhan A, Lakshmi J, Kishore M. An appraisal of the tuberculosis programme in India using an ethics framework. Indian Journal of Medical Ethics. 2014;11(1):11-5.
  134. BABU GR, SATHYANARAYANA T, BHAN A, LAKSHMI K, KISHORE M. An appraisal of the tuberculosis programme in India using an ethics. . 2014;:.
  135. Babu G, Mahapatra T, Mahapatra S, Kumar S, Hussain M. Epidemiology Methods For Practice By Obstetricians In Developing Countries-I. The Internet Journal of Epidemiology. 2013;11(1):1-5.
  136. Garikipati U, Babu GR, Pant H, Murthy G. A study of infant deaths in tribal area of Andhra Pradesh, India. GLOBAL JOURNAL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH. 2013;2(4):1-15.
  137. Babu GR, Mahapatra T, Mahapatra S, Detels R. Sexual behavior and job stress in software professionals, Bengaluru-India. Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 2013;17(2):58-65.
  138. Babu GR, Mahapatra T, Detels R. Job stress and hypertension in younger software professionals in India. Indian journal of occupational and environmental medicine. 2013;17(3):101-107.
  139. Babu GR, Ramachandra S, Garikipati U, Mahapatra T, Mahapatra S, Narayana S, Pant H. Maternal Health Correlates Of Neonatal Deaths In A Tribal Area In India. The Internet Journal of Epidemiology. 2012;10(2):DOI: 10.5580/2cc4.
  140. Babu GR, Laxminarayan R. The unsurprising story of MDR-TB resistance in India. Tuberculosis. 2012;92(4):301-306.
  141. Babu GR. Evidence for health policy in India: do we have enough data?. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. 2012;105(9):365-365.
  142. Babu GR, Sathyanarayana T, Jana S, Nandy S, Farid MN, Sadhana S. Role of catch-up campaigns in improving immunization services in a developing country. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Public Health. 2012;(5):441-6.
  143. TN S, Babu GR. Targeted sexual exploitation of children and women in India: Policy perspectives on Devadasi system. Ann Trop Med Public Health 2012;5:157-62. 2012;5(3):157-62.
  144. Babu GR. Prevalence of Job Stress, General Health Profile and Hypertension among Professionals in the Information Technology Sector in Bengaluru, India. . 2012;:.
  145. Babu G. India’s tryst with creation of public health cadre. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Public Health. 2011;4(2):143.
  146. Babu G. ” Opportunities for improving public health system in India” analysis of current state of affairs and pointers for future. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Public Health. 2011;4(2):69.
  147. Babu GR, Singh V, Nandy S, Jana S, TN S, SM S. Supportive supervision and immunization coverage: Evidence from India. The Internet Journal of Epidemiology. 2011;9(2):2.
  148. GR B, Olsen J, Jana S, Nandy S, Farid M. Evaluation Of Immunization Cards And Parental Recall Against Gold Standard For Evaluating Immunization Coverage. Internet Journal of Epidemiology. 2011;9]
  149. Rao NS, Babu G, Srinivas P. Study of Electromagnetic Radiation and Specific Absorption Rate of Mobile Phones with Fractional Human Head Models via Green’s Functions. Journal of Computer Science. 2011;7(8):1275.
  150. Sathyanarayan T, Babu GR. Creating a public health cadre in India: the development of a framework for interprofessional and inter-sector collaboration. Journal of Interprofessional Care. 2011;25(4):308-310.
  151. Babu G, Detels R. Prioritizing social actions and involving community for prevention of the non-communicable diseases. Internet J Epidemiol. 2011;9:.
  152. Babu GR, Murthy G. “To use or not to use”-dilemma of developing countries in introducing new vaccines. Journal of Global Infectious Diseases. 2011;3(4):406-407.
  153. Babu GR, Olsen J, Jana S, Nandy S, Farid M, Sadhana V. Immunization cards or Parental recall: Which one is better for evaluating Immunization coverage in developing countries. Int J Epidemiol. 2011;:.
  154. Babu GR. In Response to” Suicide and Ethnicity in Malaysia”. The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology. 2011;32(2):e15.
  155. Babu GR, Bhatnagar T. Influenza vaccination to elderly: Quantifying the potential role of unmeasured confounders through an example. The Internet Journal of Epidemiology. 2010;9(1):2.
  156. Babu GR. Comment on ‘From risk factors to explanation in public health’. Journal of Public Health. 2008;30(4):515-516.
  157. Collaborators MZ, Hao J. Burden of neurological disorders in China and its provinces, 1990–2021: Findings from the global burden of disease study 2021. Prevalence. 1990;38(42.1):2021.

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