selected publications
- Rethinking bottled water in public health discourse. BMJ global health. 2024 Academic Article GET IT
- HPV infection and vaccination: a cross-sectional study of knowledge, perception, and attitude to vaccine uptake among university students in Qatar. BMC public health. 2024 Academic Article GET IT
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                     Burnout increased among university students during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review and meta-analysis. 
 
                    Scientific reports.
            
             2024
             
			
			
			
			
			
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 Times cited: 19
- Reply to the letter to the editor on "factors associated with perceived stress in Middle Eastern university students". Journal of American college health : J of ACH. 2023 Academic Article GET IT
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                     Assessment of Overweight, Obesity, Central Obesity, and Type 2 Diabetes among Adolescents in Qatar: A Cross-Sectional Study. 
 
                    International journal of environmental research and public health. 
            
             2022
             
			
			
			
			
			
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 Times cited: 5
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                     Physical Activity and Its Barriers and Facilitators among University Students in Qatar: A Cross-Sectional Study. 
 
                    International journal of environmental research and public health. 
            
             2022
             
			
			
			
			
			
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 Times cited: 22
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                     Dietary patterns and associated lifestyle factors among university students in Qatar. 
 
                    Journal of American college health : J of ACH. 
            
             2021
             
			
			
			
			
			
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 Times cited: 1
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                     Telemental Health Use in the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Scoping Review and Evidence Gap Mapping. 
 
                    Frontiers in psychiatry. 
            
             2021
             
			
			
			
			
			
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 Times cited: 49
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                     Depression among healthcare workers in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: a systematic review and meta-analysis. 
 
                    Human resources for health.
            
             2021
             
			
			
			
			
			
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 Times cited: 35
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                     Knowledge and Anxiety about COVID-19 in the State of Qatar, and the Middle East and North Africa Region-A Cross Sectional Study. 
 
                    International journal of environmental research and public health. 
            
             2021
             
			
			
			
			
			
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 Times cited: 5
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                     Perceived stress, stressors, and coping strategies among nursing students in the Middle East and North Africa: an overview of systematic reviews. 
 
                    Systematic reviews.
            
             2021
             
			
			
			
			
			
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 Times cited: 66
- The single most important lesson from COVID-19 - It is time to take public health seriously. Journal of global health. 2021 Review GET IT
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                     Factors associated with perceived stress in Middle Eastern university students. 
 
                    Journal of American college health : J of ACH. 
            
             2021
             
			
			
			
			
			
			Academic Article
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 Times cited: 12
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                     The state of population health research performance in the Middle East and North Africa: a meta-research study. 
 
                    Systematic reviews. 
            
             2021
             
			
			
			
			
			
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 Times cited: 11
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                     Influence of Age on 2040 Cancer Burden in the Older Population of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Countries: Public Health Implications. 
 
                    Cancer control : journal of the Moffitt Cancer Center. 
            
             2021
             
			
			
			
			
			
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 Times cited: 12
- Perceived stress, stressors, and coping strategies among nursing students in the Middle East and North Africa: An overview of systematic reviews. 2021 Article GET IT
- The state of population health research performance in the Middle East and North Africa: A meta-research study. Systematic Reviews. 2021 Review GET IT
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                     Respiratory epidemics and older people. 
 
                    Age and ageing.
            
             2020
             
			
			
			
			
			
			Review
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 Times cited: 6
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                     The COVID-19 pandemic: the public health reality. 
 
                    Epidemiology and infection. 
            
             2020
             
			
			
			
			
			
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 Times cited: 12
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                     Perinatal Mental Illness in the Middle East and North Africa Region-A Systematic Overview. 
 
                    International journal of environmental research and public health. 
            
             2020
             
			
			
			
			
			
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 Times cited: 19
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                     Physical activity and sedentary behaviour in the Middle East and North Africa: An overview of systematic reviews and meta-analysis. 
 
                    Scientific reports.
            
             2020
             
			
			
			
			
			
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 Times cited: 87
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                     Strengthening literature search strategies for systematic reviews reporting population health in the Middle East and North Africa: A meta-research study. 
 
                    Journal of evidence-based medicine. 
            
             2020
             
			
			
			
			
			
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 Times cited: 13
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                     Adult mortality trends in Qatar, 1989-2015: National population versus migrants. 
 
                    PloS one. 
            
             2018
             
			
			
			
			
			
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 Times cited: 14
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                     Systematic overview of hepatitis C infection in the Middle East and North Africa. 
 
                    World journal of gastroenterology. 
            
             2018
             
			
			
			
			
			
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 Times cited: 38
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                     Risk Factors for Microvascular Complications of Diabetes in a High-Risk Middle East Population. 
 
                    Journal of diabetes research. 
            
             2018
             
			
			
			
			
			
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 Times cited: 41
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                     Knowledge and perceptions about Zika virus in a Middle East country. 
 
                    BMC infectious diseases. 
            
             2017
             
			
			
			
			
			
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 Times cited: 26
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                     Oral health behavior and factors associated with poor oral status in Qatar: results from a national health survey. 
 
                    Journal of public health dentistry. 
            
             2017
             
			
			
			
			
			
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 Times cited: 12
- Retraction Statement. Paper by Bener A, Alsaied A, Al-Ali M, Hassan AS, Basha B, Al-Kubaisi A, Abraham A, Mian M, Guiter G and Tewfik I, entitled 'Impact of lifestyle and dietary habits on hypovitaminosis D in type 1 diabetes mellitus and healthy children from Qatar, a sun-rich country' Ann Nutr Metab2008;53:215-222, DOI: 10.1159/000184439. Annals of nutrition & metabolism. 2015 Article GET IT
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                     Impact of lifestyle and dietary habits on hypovitaminosis D in type 1 diabetes mellitus and healthy children from Qatar, a sun-rich country. 
 
                    Annals of nutrition & metabolism. 
            
             2008
             
			
			
			
			
			
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 Times cited: 28
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                     High prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in type 1 diabetes mellitus and healthy children. 
 
                    Acta diabetologica. 
            
             2008
             
			
			
			
			
			
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 Times cited: 105
