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Presence Current · Arkansas
Last published 2021
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Appathurai Balamurugan

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Assistant Professor

UAMS

Also affiliated: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2007); University of Arkansas Medical Center (2019–2020); Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System (2020); Arkansas Department of Health (2005–2021); University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (2019); University of Pennsylvania (2017)

16 h-index 48 pubs 1,139 cited

Biomedical Subjects

  • Humans
  • Female
  • Arkansas
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Aged
  • Adult
  • Risk Factors
  • United States
  • Adolescent
  • Patient Education as Topic
  • Rural Health
  • Prevalence
  • Medically Underserved Area
  • Aged, 80 and over

Metrics

  • h-index: 16
  • Publications: 48
  • Citations: 1,139

Positions

  • Assistant Professor publications 2006–2021
    University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Institution web page

Selected Publications

  • Quarantine and isolation facility: A State Health Department’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic (2021)
    American Journal of Disaster Medicine 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Characteristics of E-Cigarette, or Vaping, Product Use-Associated Lung Injury (EVALI) Patients. (2020)
    PubMed OpenAlex
  • The Arkansas Minority Barber and Beauty Shop Health Initiative: Meeting People Where They Are (2020)
    Preventing Chronic Disease 14 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Classifying intervention modifications in the community pharmacy context: A demonstration study (2020)
    Journal of the American Pharmacists Association 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Quitting “Cold Turkey”: Insights from the Field on Smoking Cessation (2019)
    Public Health Open Access DOI OpenAlex
  • Differences between Arkansas and the United States in Prevalence of Risk Factors Explain Variations in Ischemic Heart Disease Mortality Rates among Pre-Medicare (45-64) and Medicare (65-84) Age Groups (2019)
    European Journal of Environment and Public Health 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Using Social Media to Assess Mental Health and Quality of Care Among Patients With Darier Disease (2019)
    Journal of the Dermatology Nurses’ Association DOI OpenAlex
  • Association Between System Factors and Acute Myocardial Infarction Mortality (2018)
    Southern Medical Journal 4 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • High-normal blood pressure is associated with visit-to-visit blood pressure variability in the US adults (2016)
    Blood Pressure 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Neighborhood and Acute Myocardial Infarction Mortality as Related to the Driving Time to Percutaneous Coronary Intervention–Capable Hospital (2016)
    Journal of the American Heart Association 22 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • The Neighborhood Where You Live Is a Risk Factor for Stroke (2013)
    Circulation Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes 16 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Effects of Home Visiting on Adolescent Mothers’ Parenting Attitudes (2012)
    American Journal of Public Health 19 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Change in Mortality from Coronary Heart Disease and Stroke in Arkansas (1979 to 2007) (2011)
    The American Journal of Cardiology 6 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Diabetic Retinopathy and Its Risk Factors in a Population-Based Study (2011)
    Journal of Primary Care & Community Health 7 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Subsequent primary cancers among men and women with in situ and invasive melanoma of the skin (2011)
    Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology 63 citations DOI OpenAlex

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