| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | A systematic review of delay in the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis | BMC Public Health | 2008 | 711 |
| 2 | The protective role of antibody responses duringMycobacterium tuberculosisinfection | Clinical and Experimental Immunology | 2009 | 394 |
| 3 | The Oslo Health Study: The impact of self-selection in a large, population-based survey | International Journal for Equity in Health | 2004 | 370 |
| 4 | Suicidal Ideation, Mental Health Problems, and Social Impairment Are Increased in Adolescents with Acne: A Population-Based Study | Journal of Investigative Dermatology | 2011 | 304 |
| 5 | Concordance between symptom screening and diagnostic procedure: the Hopkins Symptom Checklist-25 and the Composite International Diagnostic Interview I | Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology | 1998 | 257 |
| 6 | Localized or widespread musculoskeletal pain: Does it matter? | Pain | 2008 | 210 |
| 7 | Relation between Concentration of Air Pollution and Cause-Specific Mortality: Four-Year Exposures to Nitrogen Dioxide and Particulate Matter Pollutants in 470 Neighborhoods in Oslo, Norway | American Journal of Epidemiology | 2007 | 207 |
| 8 | Problem solving treatment and group psychoeducation for depression: multicentre randomised controlled trial | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 2000 | 180 |
| 9 | Number of pain sites is associated with demographic, lifestyle, and health‐related factors in the general population | European Journal of Pain | 2008 | 171 |
| 10 | Does the number of musculoskeletal pain sites predict work disability? A 14‐year prospective study | European Journal of Pain | 2009 | 158 |
| 11 | Severity of musculoskeletal pain: relations to socioeconomic inequality | Social Science and Medicine | 2002 | 143 |
| 12 | Self-esteem and body satisfaction among late adolescents with acne: Results from a population survey | Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology | 2008 | 142 |
| 13 | Change in the number of musculoskeletal pain sites: A 14-year prospective study | Pain | 2009 | 131 |
| 14 | Impact of childhood and adulthood socioeconomic position on cause specific mortality: the Oslo Mortality Study | Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health | 2003 | 130 |
| 15 | Estimating psychological treatment effects from a randomised controlled trial with both non-compliance and loss to follow-up | British Journal of Psychiatry | 2003 | 127 |
| 16 | Type 2 diabetes in rural and urban population: diverse prevalence and associated risk factors in Bangladesh | Diabetic Medicine | 2005 | 125 |
| 17 | Prevalence, incidence and age at onset of psychiatric disorders in Norway | Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology | 1999 | 120 |
| 18 | The association between weekly hours of physical activity and mental health: A three-year follow-up study of 15–16-year-old students in the city of Oslo, Norway | BMC Public Health | 2007 | 119 |
| 19 | Cardiovascular diseases, diabetes mellitus, and cancer in the occupied Palestinian territory | Lancet, The | 2009 | 116 |
| 20 | Air Pollution, Social Deprivation, and Mortality | Epidemiology | 2007 | 112 |
| 21 | Patient and health care system delays in the start of tuberculosis treatment in Norway | BMC Infectious Diseases | 2006 | 111 |
| 22 | LOCALIZED LOW BACK PAIN AND LOW BACK PAIN AS PART OF WIDESPREAD MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN: TWO DIFFERENT DISORDERS? A CROSS-SECTIONAL POPULATION STUDY | Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine | 2001 | 110 |
| 23 | The prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission programme in Lilongwe, Malawi: why do so many women drop out | Reproductive Health Matters | 2009 | 109 |
| 24 | The meaning and significance of caseness: the Hopkins Symptom Checklist-25 and the Composite International Diagnostic Interview II | Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology | 1999 | 108 |
| 25 | Changes in food habits after migration among South Asians settled in Oslo: The effect of demographic, socio-economic and integration factors | Appetite | 2008 | 107 |
| 26 | Prevalence of metabolic syndrome and factors associated with its components in Chinese adults | Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental | 2009 | 101 |
| 27 | Barriers and enablers in the management of tuberculosis treatment in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a qualitative study | BMC Public Health | 2008 | 94 |
| 28 | Pastoralism and delay in diagnosis of TB in Ethiopia | BMC Public Health | 2009 | 94 |
| 29 | Physical activity and associated socio-demographic factors among school adolescents in Jiangsu Province, China | Preventive Medicine | 2006 | 90 |
| 30 | Vitamin D status among immigrant mothers from Pakistan, Turkey and Somalia and their infants attending child health clinics in Norway | British Journal of Nutrition | 2009 | 81 |
| 31 | The gender gap in musculoskeletal-related long term sickness absence in Norway | Scandinavian Journal of Public Health | 1998 | 80 |
| 32 | Vegetable-rich food pattern is related to obesity in China | International Journal of Obesity | 2008 | 80 |
| 33 | Immigration, lack of control and psychological distress: Findings from the Oslo Health Study | Scandinavian Journal of Psychology | 2006 | 79 |
| 34 | Rising prevalence of type 2 diabetes in rural Bangladesh: A population based study | Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice | 2007 | 79 |
| 35 | Low back pain as a predictor of long-term work disability | Scandinavian Journal of Public Health | 2002 | 77 |
| 36 | Early menopause, association with tobacco smoking, coffee consumption and other lifestyle factors: a cross-sectional study | BMC Public Health | 2007 | 74 |
| 37 | Gender differences in factors associated with psychological distress among immigrants from low- and middle-income countries | Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology | 2005 | 73 |
| 38 | Chlamydia and gonorrhoea in pregnant Batswana women: time to discard the syndromic approach? | BMC Infectious Diseases | 2007 | 73 |
| 39 | Stopping antipsychotic drug therapy in demented nursing home patients: a randomized, placebo‐controlled study––The Bergen District Nursing Home Study (BEDNURS) | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry | 2008 | 73 |
| 40 | SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health Policymaking (STP) 9: Assessing the applicability of the findings of a systematic review | Health Research Policy and Systems | 2009 | 69 |
| 41 | Obesity in a rural and an urban Palestinian West Bank population | International Journal of Obesity | 2003 | 67 |
| 42 | ICPC as a standard classification in Norway | Family Practice | 1996 | 66 |
| 43 | Infertility in the Gambia: frequency and health care seeking | Social Science and Medicine | 1998 | 66 |
| 44 | Resin from the mukul myrrh tree, guggul, can it be used for treating hypercholesterolemia? A randomized, controlled study | Complementary Therapies in Medicine | 2009 | 65 |
| 45 | Psychosocial factors and distress: a comparison between ethnic Norwegians and ethnic Pakistanis in Oslo, Norway | BMC Public Health | 2006 | 64 |
| 46 | Alcohol disorders and re-employment in a 5-year follow-up of long-term unemployed | Addiction | 1999 | 63 |
| 47 | Review Article: Establishing a set of mental health indicators for Europe | Scandinavian Journal of Public Health | 2003 | 62 |
| 48 | Risk factors and prevalence of diabetic peripheral neuropathy: A study of type 2 diabetic outpatients in Bangladesh | International Journal of Diabetes in Developing Countries | 2010 | 62 |
| 49 | Job Characteristics as Predictors of Neck Pain | Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine | 1999 | 62 |
| 50 | Undertreatment and overtreatment with statins: the Oslo Health Study 2000-2001 | Journal of Internal Medicine | 2004 | 61 |
