Akram Pourshams

Research interests

Publications

• The global, regional, and national burden of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease in 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

  ˜The œLancet. Gastroenterology & hepatology · 2020 · https://doi.org/10.1016/s2468-1253(19)30408-x

• The global, regional, and national burden of pancreatic cancer and its attributable risk factors in 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

  ˜The œLancet. Gastroenterology & hepatology · 2019 · https://doi.org/10.1016/s2468-1253(19)30347-4

• Effectiveness of polypill for primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular diseases (PolyIran): a pragmatic, cluster-randomised trial

  The Lancet · 2019 · https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(19)31791-x

• The global, regional, and national burden of inflammatory bowel disease in 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

  ˜The œLancet. Gastroenterology & hepatology · 2019 · https://doi.org/10.1016/s2468-1253(19)30333-4

• Individual and Combined Effects of Environmental Risk Factors for Esophageal Cancer Based on Results From the Golestan Cohort Study

  Gastroenterology · 2019 · https://doi.org/10.1053/j.gastro.2018.12.024

• Prevalence, awareness and risk factors of hypertension in a large cohort of Iranian adult population

  Journal of Hypertension · 2013 · https://doi.org/10.1097/hjh.0b013e3283613053

• Opium use and mortality in Golestan Cohort Study: prospective cohort study of 50 000 adults in Iran

  BMJ · 2012 · https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.e2502

• Cohort Profile: The Golestan Cohort Study--a prospective study of oesophageal cancer in northern Iran

  International Journal of Epidemiology · 2009 · https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyp161

• Tea drinking habits and oesophageal cancer in a high risk area in northern Iran: population based case-control study

  BMJ · 2009 · https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.b929

• Tooth Loss and Lack of Regular Oral Hygiene Are Associated with Higher Risk of Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

  Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention · 2008 · https://doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.epi-08-0558

• Opium, tobacco, and alcohol use in relation to oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma in a high-risk area of Iran

  British Journal of Cancer · 2008 · https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjc.6604369

• Validity and reliability of a new food frequency questionnaire compared to 24 h recalls and biochemical measurements: pilot phase of Golestan cohort study of esophageal cancer

  European Journal of Clinical Nutrition · 2006 · https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602407

• Obesity and hypertension in an Iranian cohort study; Iranian women experience higher rates of obesity and hypertension than American women

  BMC Public Health · 2006 · https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-6-158

• Reliability and Validity of Opiate Use Self-Report in a Population at High Risk for Esophageal Cancer in Golestan, Iran

  Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention · 2004 · https://doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.1068.13.6

• Epidemiologic features of upper gastrointestinal tract cancers in Northeastern Iran

  British Journal of Cancer · 2004 · https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjc.6601737

• Prevalence of gastric precancerous lesions in Ardabil, a high incidence province for gastric adenocarcinoma in the northwest of Iran

  Journal of Clinical Pathology · 2003 · https://doi.org/10.1136/jcp.57.1.37

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