Polypill for the prevention of cardiovascular disease (PolyIran): study design and rationale for a pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial

A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

(2012) Stephen S Lim et al.   LANCET

Randomized Polypill Crossover Trial in People Aged 50 and Over

(2012) David S. Wald et al.   PLoS One

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

(2012) H. Khademi et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

Use of a Multidrug Pill In Reducing cardiovascular Events (UMPIRE): rationale and design of a randomised controlled trial of a cardiovascular preventive polypill-based strategy in India and Europe

(2012) Simon Thom et al.   European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Community Health Workers’ Perspectives on Their Contribution to Rural Health and Well-Being in Iran

(2011) Sara Javanparast et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

A policy review of the community health worker programme in Iran

(2011) Sara Javanparast et al.   JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY

Effectiveness of diabetes and hypertension management by rural primary health-care workers (Behvarz workers) in Iran: a nationally representative observational study

(2011) Farshad Farzadfar et al.   LANCET

Pragmatic Trials — Guides to Better Patient Care?

(2011) James H. Ware et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

A Polypill for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease: A feasibility study of the World Health Organization

(2011) Elsayed Z Soliman et al.   Trials

A pilot double-blind randomised placebo-controlled trial of the effects of fixed-dose combination therapy (‘polypill’) on cardiovascular risk factors

(2010) F. Malekzadeh et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PRACTICE

Process evaluation of a community-based program for prevention and control of non-communicable disease in a developing country: The Isfahan Healthy Heart Program, Iran

(2009) Katayoun Rabiei et al.   BMC PUBLIC HEALTH

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

(2009) A. Pourshams et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY

Effects of a polypill (Polycap) on risk factors in middle-aged individuals without cardiovascular disease (TIPS): a phase II, double-blind, randomised trial

(2009)   LANCET

Balance algorithm for cluster randomized trials

(2008) Ben R Carter et al.   BMC Medical Research Methodology