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CURRICULUM VITAE
I. PERSONAL DETAILS
Name and Surname
: Abdulbari Bener
Date of Birth
: 05 August 1954
Place of Birth
: Siirt – Turkey
Nationality
: Turkish
Marital Status
: Married With Three Children
Permanent Address
: Erenkoy Istasyon Caddesi, Coban Yildizi Sokak Serafettin Bey Apt.No:2 Daire
No: 7, 81070 Erenkoy-Istanbul, Turkey
Residence Tel: +90-216-357 3975
Tel: +90-216-363 0325
PRESENT POSITION AND ADDRESS:
Abdulbari BENER, PhD, FFPH, FRSS
Advisor to World Health Organization, Professor of Public Health, Weill Cornell
Medical College & Head of Department of Medical Statistics & Epidemiology
Hamad General Hospital and Hamad Medical Corporation, PO Box 3050, Doha,
State of Qatar.
Tel. / Fax: + 974-483 4412 (Res) Office: + 974-439 3765 (Direct)
Office: + 974-439 3766, Fax + 974-439 3769
Email: [email protected] / email [email protected]
Email: [email protected]
Professor: Department of Statistics, Faculty of Sciences, University of Qatar,
Doha, State of Qatar (2003-2007).
Professor: Evidence for Population Health Unit, School of Epidemiology and
Health Sciences, University of Manchester Stopford Building Oxford Road
Manchester M13 9PT UK, (2004-).
Professor: Department of Public Health, Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar,
Doha, State of Qatar (2006-).
II. EDUCATION:
BSc Degree
: Ankara University, Faculty of Education, Department of Management
Planning and Investigation. From 4 October 1971- 15 July 1975.
PhD Degree
: Medical Statistics (Biometry) and Genetics. University College London
at the University of London. From 4 October 1976 to 6 September 1979.
PhD Thesis Supervisor: Professor Cedric A. B. Smith. Weldon Professor of Biometry.
PhD Thesis Title
: Statistical Analysis of the Genetics of Quantitative Characters in Man. Vol. Nos.
1-2, 6 September 1979. University of London.
MFPHM
: Member Faculty of Public Health Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians of
the United Kingdom, UK, 26 June 2001.
FFPH
: Fellow Faculty of Public Health Medicine of the Royal College of
Physicians of the United Kingdom, UK, 26, June 2006.
III. ADVANCED EDUCATION:
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
a) Dept. of Genetics & Biometry (31 October 1979 – 21 April
1980).
b) Dept. of Statistics & Computer Sciences, University
College London (14 December 1979 – 25 April 1980).
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IV. MAJOR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:
All aspects of development, design, conduct, analysis, and reporting of
descriptive, analytic, and epidemiological research. Data management and analysis on
mainframe computers, using SPSS, BMDP, MINITAB, EGRET, SAS and GLIM
statistical computer packages and writing computer programs in Basic and Fortran
languages, application of multivariate statistical techniques.
•
Teaching biostatistics, epidemiology and computer skills
at the Undergraduate and postgraduate level.
•
Offering consultancy in design, implementation and
evaluation of research projects in different fields of
medicine.
Multilingual: fluent in Turkish (native), English and Arabic.
V. EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Previous Employer
: UAE University, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, Department of
Community Medicine.
Title
: Associate Professor 8 June1991- 5 January 2001, Professor 6 January
2001.
Occupation
: Teaching & Research
Period of Employment
: 8 June 1991 to 31 August 2002 (Contract 31 August 2004).
Visiting Professor
: Professor: Department of Biomedical, Health Sciences & Department of
Statistics, Faculty of Sciences, University of Qatar, Doha, State of Qatar
(2003-2007)
: Professor: Dept. of General Practice & Remote health Care Unit,
Faculty of Medicine & Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, UK.
(1993-2003).
Short Consultancy
: Capa Faculty of Medicine, Oncology Institute, Istanbul University and
Faculty of Science, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Title
: Associate Professor
Occupation
: Teaching & Research
Period of short Consultancy: 1 December 1990 to 6 June 1991 (Part-time due to Kuwait invasion)
Previous Employer
: Kuwait University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Community
Medicine and Behavioural Sciences.
Title
: Associate Professor
Occupation
: Teaching & Research
Period of Employment
: 22 August, 1989 to 2 August, 1990
Previous Employer
: King Saud University, College of Science, Department of Statistics,
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Title
: Associate Professor (Since 30 December 1985).
Occupation
: Teaching & Research
Period of Employment
:15 September 1984 to 2 September 1989.
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Previous Employer
: King Abdulaziz University, Dept. of Industrial and Biomedical
Engineering, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Title
: Assistant Professor
Occupation
: Teaching & Research
Period of Employment
: 7 September 1981 to 15 September 1984.
Previous Employer
: Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Department of
Environmental Engineering
Title
: Assistant Professor
Occupation
: Teaching & Research
Period of Employment: 30 April 1980 to 7 September 1981.
VI. CONSULTING ACTIVITIES:
1) College of Medicine and King Khaled University Hospital, King Saud University,
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. October 1986 to June 1989.
2) King Abdulaziz University Hospital, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
October 1986 to June 1989.
3) King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. October 1987-1989.
4) Kuwait University, Faculty of Medicine Jabriyah Hospital, from September 1989 to
June 1990.
5) Tawam and Al-Ain Hospital ,MOH , Al-Ain, UAE 1991-2002.
6) Al-Saif Hospital MOH), Ras-Al-Khaimah, UAE 1992-2002.
7) Hill Allergy Clinic in Istanbul, Turkey 1991-2002.
8) Armed Forces Hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 1985-2002.
9) Traffic Directorate in Dubai and Abu-Dhabi Emirates 1991-2002.
10) Mafraq Hospital, Mafraq, Abu Dhabi 1995-2000.
11) Faculty of Medicine, Fatih University, Ankara, Turkey 1995-2002.
12) Sheikh Zayed Military Hospital, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 1998-2000.
13) Qatar University and Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar, 1998-2000.
14) World Health Organization, Violence and Injuries Prevention, Geneva, Switzerland, 2627 April 2001.
15) World Health Organization, Global forum for Health Research: Assessing the Progress,
World Health Organization, 9-12 October 2001, WHO, Geneva Switzerland, WHO
Helping correct the 10/90 gap.
16) World Health Organization: Regional consultation to discuss preparation of the World
Bank Report on Road Traffic Injury Prevention (WRRTIP), (14-15) May, 2003, Cairo,
Egypt.
17) World Health Organization: Follow-up Consultation on the Eastern Mediterranean
Approach to Non-Communicable diseases (EMAN) network, (7-10) July, 2003, Beirut,
Lebanon.
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18) World Health Organization: Global Forum for Health Research – helping correct the
10/90 gap Forum 7,(2-5) December, 2003, Geneva, Switzerland.
19) World Health Organization:
Switzerland (2002-2005).
World Health Survey, Riyadh, Muscat Geneva,
20) World Health Organization: Global Forum for Health Research – helping correct the
10/90 gap Forum 10, 28 October-3 November, 2006, Cairo, Egypt.
21) World Health Organization:
Egypt.
World Report on Child Injury prevention, 2008, Cairo,
22) Tribal Consulting: The development of Clinical Services Plan. Hamad Medical
Corporation. 2007-2008.
23) University of Heidelberg, Germany, Sickle Cell Disease and Homocystinuria
Agreement. 2006-2008.
24) Supreme Council for Family Affairs, State of Qatar. 2006-2009.
VII. GRANTS
GRANTED RESEARCH PROJECTS:
A) GRANTED RESEARCH PROJECTS AND COMPLETED IN SAUDI ARABIA:
Research Grant supported by King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology KACST, Riyadh,
Saudi Arabia.
1) Epidemiology of Asthma in three regions of Saudi Arabia (Co-Investigator).
Duration: January 1986-February 1990, US$ 1,000,000.
2) Epidemiology of Tuberculosis in Saudi Arabia (Co-Investigator). Duration:
March 1987-January 1990. US$ 205,000.
3) Epidemiology of Brucellosis in Al-Kharj, Riaydh, Saudi Arabia (CoInvestigator) Duration: March 1988 - June 1989, US$ 500,000.
B) GRANTED RESEARCH PROJECT AND COMPLETED IN KUWAIT:
Epidemiology of Motor Vehicle Accidents in Kuwait Population.
(Principal Investigator) Duration: December 1989-June 1990, US$ 6,600.
C) GRANTED RESEARCH PROJECT AND COMPLETED IN UAE:
1)
Epidemiology of bronchial asthma in UAE Children, Principal Investigator
(PI), US$ 1,500, supported by FMHS, UAE University, 1992-1994.
2)
Low birth weight study in Al-Ain, UAE, Co-investigator, (CI), US$ 1,500
supported by FMHS, UAE University, 1992-1994.
3)
Health Hazards among sewage workers in Al-Ain City, UAE, (CI), US$
2,000 supported by FMHS, UAE University, 1992-1994.
4)
Attitudes of drivers towards usage of safety seat belts in Al-Ain, UAE (PI)
1992-1994.
5)
Evaluation of Haemophilus Influenza B Immunization Programme in UAE
Population (CI), US$ 2,000 supported by FMHS, UAE University, 19921994.
6)
Utilization of Accident Emergency Room and X-Ray Department in Al-Ain
Al-Hospital (PI), US$ 1,000 supported by Ciba & Geigy, 1993-1994.
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7)
Exposure to Carbon Monoxide from motor vehicles in Al-Ain population (PI),
US$ 4,000, supported Faculty of Sciences, UAE University, 1994-1995.
8)
Consanguinity and associated risk factors in UAE population (CI), US$
1,000, supported by Scientific Hospital Supplies, 1994-1995.
9)
Epidemiology of tuberculosis among schoolchildren in UAE (CI) US$ 1,000
supported by Preventive Medicine Department and School Health
Department, 1994-1995.
10)
Amino acid profile, LFT, IgE levels among agricultural workers in the United
Arab Emirates (PI), US$ 5,000, supported by Faculty of Science, UAE
University, 1995-1997.
11)
Genetic Mapping by Linkage Analysis of some recessive Genetic disorders
in UAE (CI), US$ 55,000 supported by FMHS, UAE University, 1995-1998.
12)
A feasibility study on neonatal serological screening and treatment of
congenital toxoplasmosis in the UAE (CI), US$ 16,000 supported by FMHS,
UAE University, 1995-1997.
13)
Congenital cytomegalovirus infection (CI), US$ 16,000 supported by FMHS,
UAE University, 1995-1997.
14)
A study of the barriers to screening and early diagnosis of the cancer in the
Al-Ain District of the UAE (PI), US$ 10,800, supported by FMHS, UAE
University, 1999-2000.
15)
Lead exposure and Physiological enzymes among industrial versus Nonindustrial workers in Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates, (PI), US$ 5,000,
supported by Faculty of Science, UAE University, 1998-1999.
16)
Genetic and Environmental factors of Colon Cancer in the UAE, (PI), US$
5,000, supported by Faculty of Science, UAE, University, 1999-2001.
17)
Time series analysis of Air pollution in United Arab Emirates. (PI), US$
4,000, Supported by Faculty of Science, UAE University. 2001.
18)
Terry Fox grant #2001/04 – Estimates of BRAC1 and BRAC2 among
consanguineous marriages population in the United Arab Emirates. Dr.
Khalid Amiri (PI), Dr. Abdulbari Bener (CI), US$ 50,769.
D) GRANTED RESEARCH PROJECT AND COMPLETED IN STATE OF QATAR:
1)
Effect of Ramadan on Peptic Ulcer perforation and Complications US$
2,000 (CI). Supported by HMC 2002.
2)
To study of cerebral vasculature pathology as related to stroke in Qatar (CI).
Supported by HMC 2002.
3)
Prevalence, Awareness, and Determinants of Health Care seeking
behaviour for Urinary Incontinence in Qatari Women, US$ 4,000 (PI).
Supported by HMC 2003.
4)
The growth pattern of Qatari pre-school children below five years compared
to NCHS/CDC reference population. US$ 20,000 (PI). Supported by Qatar
National Bank. 2003.
5)
Epidemiology of bronchial asthma among Qatari Children US$ 4,000 (PI).
Supported by HMC 2003.
6)
A Preliminary study of Genetic Pre-disposition to Diabetic Mellitus in the State of
Qatar, US$ 15,000 (PI). Supported by HMC 2003.
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7)
Knowledge, Attitude, Practice and Behaviour towards SARS among
travellers. US$ 1,500 (PI). Supported by HMC 2003.
8)
An Epidemiological study of Crohn’s disease in Arabian Developing country
(CI).
9)
Determinants of Bone mineral Density of Healthy Qatari Women, US$ 6,000
(PI). Supported by HMC 2003.
10)
Epidemiological study of Tuberculosis in State of Qatar US$ 3,000 (CI).
Supported by HMC 2003.
11)
Epidemiology, Hyper Homocystinemia, Risk Factor and Gene study US$
20.000 (CI). Supported by HMC 2003.
12)
Community knowledge and Attitude towards Organ Donation, US$ 2,000
(PI). Supported by HMC 2003.
13)
Does Circadian Pattern for Acute Cardiac Events Presentation vary with
Fasting, US$ 2,000 (CI)? Supported by HMC 2003.
14)
Qatar Cardiovascular risk factors project – The QCRP study (CI). US$
75,000. Supported by HMC 2003.
15)
Neural tube defects and Folic acid – A population based study, US$ 10,000
(PI). Supported by HMC 2004-2006.
16)
The growth pattern of Qatari school children in the age group (7-18) years
compared to NCHS/CDC reference population, supported by University of
Qatar and Qatar National Bank. US$ 9,233. (PI).
17)
The pattern of Hypertension in a rapidly developing Asian Qatari Population.
US$ 5,685 (PI) Supported by HMC 2004.
18)
Prevalence of and Correlates of Consanguineous marriages among Qataris,
US$ 2,191 (PI) Supported by Qatar University 2004.
19)
Awareness and intake survey of folic acid among Qatari women in Qatar,
US$ 4,110. (PI) Supported by HMC 2004.
20)
Prevalence of asthma among Qatari schoolchildren: International study of
asthma and allergies in childhood ISAAC. US $ 5000. (PI) Supported by
HMC 2004-2005.
21)
Headache during the first week of Ramadan. US$ 2,000 (PI). Supported by
HMC 2004.
22)
Camel racing related injuries among children in Qatar, (PI) 2004.
23)
Serum Leptin level in acute coronary syndromes, US $ 2,000 (PI) Supported
by HMC 2005-2006.
24)
Community knowledge and attitude towards organ donation, QR 5000. (CI)
Supported by HMC. 2003-2004.
Disability, Depression and Somatization in low back pain patients. 40,000
Dhs. (CI) Funded by UAE University. 2003-2005.
Racial variation in clinical characteristics and outcome in patients presenting
with Acute Myocardial Infarction: Comparison between Qatari and South
Asian Patients in Qatar. US $ 3000. (CI) Supported by HMC. 2005-2006.
25)
26)
27)
Driver behaviour questionnaire and relation with road traffic accidents. QR
20,000, (PI) Funded by Qatar Red Crescent. 2004-2005.
28)
Sickle Cell Disease Screening in Qatar. £600,000 (CI) 2005-2008.
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29)
Silent Myocardial Ischemia among Qatari Diabetic patients and its
association to high sensitivity. US$ 4,000. (CI) Supported by HMC 20052006.
30)
Somatized mental disorder among primary health care Qatari patients and a
comparison between somatisers and psychologisers. QR 29,250. (CI)
Supported by HMC 2006-2007.
31)
Genetics, obesity and environmental risk factors associated with type 2
diabetes. QR 30,000 (PI). Supported by HMC. 2005-2007.
32)
Erectile dysfunction among hypertensive men in a rapidly developing
country. QR 20,000. (PI) Supported by Qatar Diabetes Association. 2007.
33)
Prevalence and Predictors of Osteoporosis and the impact of lifestyle
factors on Bone Mineral Density. QR 30,000. (CI) Supported by HMC.
(2004-2005).
34)
Duration of breastfeeding and the risk of childhood allergic diseases in a
developed country. QR 20,000 (CI) Supported by HMC. (2007).
35)
Impact of asthma and air pollution on school attendance of primary school
children: are they at increased risk of school absenteeism? QR 5,000. (CI)
Supported by HMC. (2006-2007).
36)
Montelukast Treatment in Children with Moderately Severe Atopic
Dermatitis. US$ 30,000. (CI) Supported by HMC. (2005-2007).
37)
Epidemiological Study of Mental Disorders amongst Qatari Population. $
258,182 (CI). Supported by Qatar Foundation. 2007-2008.
38)
Epidemiology and etiology of male infertility in Qatar. QR, 12,614. (CI)
Supported by HMC 2007-2008.
39)
Lipids, lipoprotein (a) profile and HbA1c in Qatari Type 2 diabetic patients.
QR 20,000. (CI) Supported by HMC. (2006-2007).
40)
A common mutation in the CBS gene explains a high incidence of
homocystinuria in the Qatari population. US$ 60,000. (CI) Supported by
HMC. (2006-2007).
41)
Prevalence and determinants of fecal incontinence in premenopausal
women in an Arabian Country. Supported by HMC. (2007-2008).
42)
Prevalence of Vitamin D Deficiency in Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus and Healthy
Children. US$ 40,000. Supported by QNRF, UREP, and Weill Cornell
Medical College (2007-2008). UREP 02-003-1-771.
43)
Knowledge and Misperceptions of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
among Primary School Teachers in Qatar. Supported by HMC. (2006-2007).
44)
Organ Donation in Qatar Health Care Opinion / Support and Potential Donor
Screening. US$. 10,000. Supported by QNRF, UREP, and Weill Cornell
Medical College (2007-2008).
45)
The Impact of Consanguinity on Cancer Patients: Case-Control Study. US
$. 30,000. Supported by Weill Cornell Medical College (2008-2009) UREP
04-004-3-018.
46)
Study of the Barriers to Screening and Early Diagnosis of Breast Cancer in
Arab Women. US $. 20,000. Supported by QNRF, UREP, and Weill Cornell
Medical College (2009), UREP 05-034-3-014.
47)
Epidemiological Study of Mental Disorders amongst Qatari Population. (CoLead PI) US$ 258,182. (2007-2010) NPRP 30 – 6 – 7 – 38.
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48)
Whole Genome Assays of Qatari Patients with Bipolar Affective Disorders,
(Co-PI) US$ 1,000,000 (2009 – 2011) NPRP 08 – 429 – 3 – 091.
49)
Randomized Controlled trail of daily 400 or 1000 IU of Vitamin D to prevent
childhood vitamin D deficiency in Qatar, US$ 1,000,000 (2009-2011) (PI),
NPRP 08 – 760 – 3 – 153.
50)
Effect of Television Viewing and Video Games on Youth: Obesity, Physical
Activity and Poor Vision, US$30,000, (2009-2010), (PI), UREP 06-022-3010.
51)
Medical Audit of Diabetes Mellitus to Improve the Management of Diabetes
Mellitus Care at the Primary Health Care Setting and Hospitals: A
Comparative Study, US$40,000, (2009-2010), (PI), UREP 07-099-3-023.
52)
Comparative study of postpartum depression and its predictors in Qatar and
Turkey. US$ 89,827 (2009-2011) (Co-Lead PI). NPRP 30-6-7-44.
53)
Maternal Complications during Third Trimester with Pregnancy Outcome
among Arab Women in Qatar. UREP Supported by QNRF, Weill Cornell
Medical College, (2010-2011) (PI) US$30,000, UREP 08 - 090 - 3 – 018.
54)
Consanguinity, short inter-pregnancy interval and risk of low birth weight in
the State of Qatar, Supported by QNRF, Weill Cornell Medical College, (PI),
US$30,000. UREP 08 - 046 - 3 – 010.
55)
Prevalence and Diagnostic Overlap of Somatization, Anxiety, Depression
and Stress among Qatari Nationals and other Arab Population in Qatar.
UREP Supported by QNRF, Weill Cornell Medical College, (PI) US$30,000,
UREP 09-045-3007.
E. GRANTED RESEARCH PROJECTS BY QNRF or HMC (UNDER PROCESS)
1) Study of Women’s Health in Qatar: Examining the physical, biological,
psychological and social changes in Women in their Middle Years, (Co-PI) US$
1,000,000 (2009 – 2011) NPRP 08 – 467 – 3 – 098.
2) Providing Culturally Appropriate Health Care Services in Qatar: Development of
“Patient Cultural Assessment of Quality” Instruments, (Co-PI) US$ 1,000,000 (2009
– 2011) NPRP 08 – 530 – 3 – 116.
3) Genetics of Risk of Retinopathy Among Qataris with Type 2 Diabetes, (Co-Lead
PI) US$ 1,000,000, (2010 – 2012) NPRP 09 – 740 – 3 – 192.
4) Genetic Variability and Susceptibility to Type 2 Diabetes in Qatari Population, (CoLead PI) US$ 1,000,000, (2010 – 2012) NPRP 09 – 741 – 3 – 193.
5) Effect of Shisha Smoking on the Biology of the Airway Epithelium in Qatari, (CoLead PI), US$ 1,000,000, (2010 – 2012). NPRP 09 – 742 – 3 – 194.
6) Perinatal Neonatal Outcomes Research Study in the Arabian Gulf (PEARL Study),
(Consultant) US$ 1,000,000, (2010-2012) NPRP 09 – 390 – 3 – 097.
7) National Burden of Diseases and Establishment of Health Priorities in the State of
Qatar, (PI) US$ 40,000, (2011-2012) UREP 10-109-3-021.
8) Oral Health Knowledge, Sources of Information, and Dental Caries Status among
School Children in the State of Qatar, (PI) QR 151,360 (2011-2013) HMC RP#
11060/11.
9) The contribution of genetic variation in the MO-I gene to obesity and diabetes in
Qatari Arabia, (PI), QR 112,200 (2011-2013) HMC RP# GC 1027A.
10) How to improve road safety in Qatar? The role of road driver behaviour, education
and media, (PI), US$60,000 (2012), UREP 11-100-3-020.
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11) An Epidemiological Study of Low Back Pain and its association with anxiety,
depression and somatisation in the General Population of Qatar, (PI), US$50,000
(2012), UREP 11-074-3-015.
VIII. ACADEMIC TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
A. UNDERGRADUATE COURSES TAUGHT:
1)
Introduction to Environmental Engineering, 1980-1981.
B.
2)
Statistical Methods, 1981-2008.
3)
Industrial Safety and Hygiene, 1981-1984.
4)
Human Factors Engineering, 1981-1984.
5)
Industrial Psychology and Sociology, 1981-1984
6)
Design of Experiment, 1981-2008.
7)
Probability and Engineering statistics, 1981-1989.
8)
Public and Industrial Health, 1981-2002.
9)
Combinatorial Analysis, 1984-1989.
10)
Genogram, 1993-1998.
11)
Musculo-skeletal Module, epidemiological aspects of locomotor disease,
Road Traffic Accidents, 1995-2002.
12)
Respiratory Module, epidemiology, prevention and control of asthma, 19952002.
13)
Sampling Techniques, 1981-2011.
14)
Biostatistics - Medical Statistics, 1981-2011.
15)
Epidemiology, 1991-2011.
POSTGRADUATE COURSES TAUGHT
1)
Engineering statistics, 1981-1989.
2)
Air Pollution and Control, 1980-1981.
3)
Research Design and methodology, 1980-2008.
4)
Advanced statistical methods in epidemiology & environmental sciences
and their computer applications, 1993-2005.
5)
Environmental Health, Faculty of Science, MSc Environmental Health
Program, UAE University, 1994-2004.
6)
Sampling Techniques, 1981-2011.
7)
Advanced Biostatistics 1981-2011.
8)
Clinical Medical Statistics, 1981-2011.
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IX. SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS
1) 1971-1975: Turkish Government for the BSc study.
2) 1976-1977: British Government for the PhD study.
3) 1977-1978: Turkish Government for the PhD study.
4) 1979-1980: British Government, Postdoctoral Research Fellowship.
X. HONORARY MEMBER OF THE SOCIETIES:
1)
International Dermatoglyphics Association (Canada), 1977-1989.
2)
Fellow of the American Dermatoglyphics Association (USA), 1979-1989.
3)
Member of the Mathematical Genetics Society (Great Britain), 1978-1985.
4)
Fellow of the Behaviour and Brain Sciences (USA), 1978-.
5)
Fellow of Human Biology Council (USA), 1979-1995.
6)
Member of the Biological Engineering Society (Great Britain), 1981-1989.
7)
Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society (Great Britain), 1982-.
8)
Member of the Biometric Society (Great Britain), 1979-.
9)
Member of Faculty of Public Health Medicine - FFPH (Great Britain), 2006.
XI. REFEREE FOR THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS:
1.
Human Biology (USA), 1979-1985.
2.
Collegium Anthropologicum (Yugoslavia), 1979- till date.
3.
The Behavioral and Brain Sciences (USA), 1980-1985.
4.
Annals of Human Biology (Great Britain), 1981-1985.
5.
King Saud University, College of Science Journal (Saudi Arabia), 1984-1989.
6.
Annals of Saudi Medicine (Saudi Arabia), 1990-1999.
7.
The New Journal of Medicine, (Turkey), 1991- till date (Associate Editor).
8.
Saudi Medical Journal, 1991- till date (Advisory Editor & Referee).
9.
Emirates Medical Association (UAE), 1992-2002.
10. International Journal of Diabetes (UAE), 1994-2002.
11. European Journal of Epidemiology, (Netherland), 1995-till date.
12. Occupational Medicine, (Great Britain), 1999- till date.
13. Ambulatory Child Health, (USA), 1999- till date.
14. Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 2000 – till date.
15. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2001 – till date.
16. Journal of Arid Environments, 2001-- till date.
17. Qatar Medical Journal, 2002 – till date.
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18. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 2003 – till date.
19. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology Research, 2004 – till date.
20. Biomedical Research, 2004 – till date (Associate Editor).
21. Biomed Central in Public Health, 2004 –till date.
22. Cancer Detection and Prevention, 2004-till date.
23. Health Research Policy and Systems, 2004- till date.
24. American Journal of Clinical Dermatology, 2004 – till date.
25. Biomed Central Surgery, 2004-till date.
26. Journal of Reproductive Toxicology, 2004-till date.
27. Biomed Central in Family Practice, 2004 –till date (Associate Editor).
28. Journal of College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan, 2005-till date.
29. Pediatrics, 2005- till date.
30. Injury Prevention, 2005- till date.
31. International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases, 2005- till date.
32. The Open Operational Research Journal, 2005 till date (Associate Editor).
33. Journal of Infection, 2006- till date.
34. International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition, 2006 -till date.
35. Biomed Central BMC, 2006 till date.
36. Middle East Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2006-till date (Associate Editor).
37. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 2006 - till date.
38. Personality and Individual differences, 2006 – till date.
39. The Anatolian Journal of Cardiology, 2006 - till date.
40. Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 2006- till date (Associate Editor).
41. Royal Society for Public Health, Perspectives in Public Health, 2006.
42. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, 2006- till date.
43. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practices, 2007 till date.
44. Middle East Journal of Family Medicine, 2007-- till date (Associate Editor).
45. International Journal of Rheumatic Disease, 2007 – till date.
46. Journal of Public Health, 2007 – till date.
47. Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, (JHPN), 2007 – till date.
48. Journal of Postgraduate Medicine, 2007 – till date.
49. Obesity Reviews, 2007-- till date.
50. European Journal of Pediatrics, 2007 - till date.
51. Croatian Medical Journal, 2007 - till date.
52. Diseases of the Esophagus, 2007 - till date.
53. Early Human Development 2007 – till date.
54. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 200 7 - till date.
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55. International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition, 2007- till date (Associate Editor).
56. Environmental Research, 2007 – till date.
57. PPAR Research, 2007- till date (Associate Editor).
58. Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health, 2008 - till date.
59. Community Mental Health Journal, 2008 – till date.
60. Social Psychology Journals, 2008 - till date.
61. Diabetic Medicine, 2008 – till date.
62. Health Promotion International, 2008 – till date.
63. IJHEH International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, 2008 – till date.
64. International Journal for Equity in Health (IJEqH), 2008 – till date.
65. International Journal of Diabetes in Developing Countries, 2008 – till date.
66. Metabolism Journal, 2008 – till date.
67. Open Occupational Health & Safety Journal, 2008 – till date (Associate Editor).
68. Toxicology and Industrial Health, 2008 – till date.
69. Women & Health, 2008 – till date.
70. Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, 2008 – till date.
71. Bentham Science Publishers, The Open Operational Research Journal, 2009 - till date.
72. World Journal of Pediatrics, 2009 – till date.
73. Cephalalgia, 2009 – till date.
74. Pacific Journals of Public Health, 2009 – till date.
75. Patient Education and Counseling, 2009 – till date.
76. Pediatric and Peri-natal Epidemiology, 2009 – till date.
77. Pediatrics Diabetes, 2009 – till date.
78. Psychiatry Research, 2009 – till date.
79. Global Public Health, 2009 – till date.
80. Community Mental Health Journal, 2009 – till date.
81. International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 2009 – till date
82. European Journal of Allergy and Immunology, 2009- till date (Associate Editor).
83. Journal of Primary Care and Community Health, 2009 – till date (Associate Editor).
84. JPBY Journal of Physiology and Biochemistry, 2010 – till date.
85. Libyan Journal of Medicine, 2010 – till date.
86. Medical Journal of Islamic World Academy of Science, 2010 till date (Associate Editor).
87. Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 2010 – till date.
88. Middle East Journal of Psychiatry, 2010- till date (Associate Editor).
89. Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, 2010 – till date.
90. Clinical Cancer Investigation Journal, 2012- till date
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XII. POSTGRADUATE THESIS SUPERVISED:
MSc, MPhil, and PhD Postgraduate students' theses supervised.
1)
Statistical Analysis of Road Traffic Accidents, injuries and fatalities in Saudi Arabia.
MPhil Thesis, By GR Al-Kahlout, (Co-supervised with Dr. Brian A. Moore) University
of Loughborough, UK 1985-1989.
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Application of Traffic conflict techniques to intersections in Kuwait, MSc Thesis, (CoSupervised with Dr. KS Jadaan), Year: 1989-1990.
3)
Health Hazards among sewage workers in Al-Ain City, PhD thesis by Osama Ibrahim
(Co-supervised with Prof. JAD Anderson), Year: 1991-1992.
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Environmental Microbiology: A comparison of hospital and home microbes.
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MSc. Thesis by Amna Jaffer (Co-supervised with Dr. H. Nsanze), UAE University,
Faculty of Sciences, Year: 1993-1994.
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Epidemiology of Road Traffic Accidents, injuries and fatalities in UAE.M.Sc.Thesis by
Dr. Ahmed Saif Al-Falasi (Principal Supervisor), UAE University, Faculty of Sciences
Year: 1993-1995.
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Toxoplasma among adult in UAE population. MSc Thesis by Hamad Al-Mulla (Cosupervised with Prof. F. Dar).UAE University, Faculty of Sciences Year: 1994- 1995.
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Carbon Monoxide Exposure in UAE. MSc Thesis: Mr. Mahfoodh Mohammed
(Principal Supervisor), UAE University, Faculty of Sciences Year: 1994-1996.
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Health Risks from Pesticide in UAE, Ph.D. Thesis by James Gomes (Advisor with
Prof. Mike Revitt and Prof. O Llyod), Middlesex University, UK, 1994-1999.
10)
Mortality and morbidity among infants in the UAE. PhD Thesis by Dr. Hager A AlHosani, (Co-supervisor with Dr. J Brebner Year: 1995-1999.
11)
Amino acid profile among agricultural workers in the United Arab Emirates. M.Sc.
Thesis: Ms. Mahra MM Beshwari (Principal Supervisor), UAE University, Faculty of
Sciences Year: 1996-1998.
12)
Primary Health Care services in the UAE PhD Thesis by Dr. Fatima Hyay AlMansouri (Co-supervisor with Prof. EV Dunn and Dr. J Brebner) Aberdeen University,
Year: 1996-1999.
13)
Childhood asthma among schoolchildren in the UAE. PhD Thesis by Dr. Fatima AlMaskari (Co-supervisor with Prof. J.N. Norman and Dr. J. Brebner) Aberdeen
University, Year: 1996-1999.
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Study on the parasites of the Falcons in the UAE. MSc Thesis by Mohammed I. S. AlUlama (Co-supervisor with Prof. F. Dar, Prof. R. Bayoumi and Dr. J. Samour) UAE
University, Faculty of Sciences Year: 1996-1997.
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An assessment of the prevalence of Trichomonas sp in the domestic in the pigeon in
the UAE. MSc Thesis by Theresa C. Bailey (Co-supervisor with Prof. F. Dar and Dr. J.
Samour) UAE University, Faculty of Science Year: 1996-1998.
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The Silent Killer Syndrome and patient compliance. M. Phil Thesis by Dr. Mohammed
Saeed Osman (Co-supervisor with Prof. E. Dunn & Dr. J Brebner) Aberdeen
University, Year: 1996-1999.
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The prevalence and Management of symptoms related to bronchial asthma at PHC
Clinics in United Arab Emirates. MSc Thesis by Dr. Adeeb Shadli (Co-supervisor with
Prof. E. Dunn and Dr. J Brebner) Aberdeen University, Year 1996- 1999.
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Economic and medical cost of Road Traffic Accidents, M.Sc.Thesis, by M. Sadiq AlHaj (Co-supervisor with Drs. A. McGillivary& P.J. Romilly and Prof. O. Lloyd & Prof.
J.N. Norman), University of Abertay at Dundee, Year: 1996-2001).
19)
Association of psychiatric morbidity and diabetic symptoms severity with glycemic
control as assessed by glycated haemoglobin A1c among type II diabetic patients in
United Arab Emirates. PhD Thesis by Dr. Mouza Al-Sobussi (Co-supervisor with Prof.
E. Dunn & Dr. J. Brebner) Aberdeen University, Year: 1996-2002).
20)
The use and misuses X-Ray in United Arab Emirates. PhD Thesis by Dr. Latifa ElKetbi (Co-supervisor with Dr. J Brebner, Prof. E. Dunn) Aberdeen University, Year:
1996-2001).
21)
Lead exposure and Physiological enzymes among industrial versus Non-industrial
workers in Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates. MSc. Thesis: Ms. Fatima R. M. S. Al-Naemy
(Principal Supervisor with Co-supervisor Dr. Ahmed M. Al-Mehdi), UAE University,
Faculty of Sciences Year: 1997-2000.
22)
Satisfaction with maternal and child health services: a survey of women attending a
maternal and child health centre in Sharjah in United Arab Emirates. MSc Thesis by
Dr. Hissa Khalfan Al-Gazzal (Co-supervisor with Dr. J Brebner) Aberdeen University,
Year: 1999-2000.
23)
Accidental Injury to children in their home: a study of mothers’ awareness of danger in
the home and prevention of accidents, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. MSc Thesis
by Dr. Asma Al-Janahi (Co-supervisor with Dr. J Brebner) Aberdeen University, Year:
1999-2000.
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Contraceptive use in United Arab Emirates. MSc Thesis by Dr. Moza Al-Kuwaiti (Cosupervisor with Dr. J Brebner) Aberdeen University, Year: 1999-2000.
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Prevalence of group A Beta Hemolytic Stretococcal Infection among children with
upper respiratory tract infection in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. MSc Thesis by Dr.
Afra Bin Zaal (Co-supervisor with Dr. J Brebner, Prof. E. Dunn) Aberdeen University,
Year: 1999-2000.
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Genetic and Environmental factors of Colon Cancer in the UAE, MSc thesis by Ms.
Shamma Rashed Al-Naili, (Principal Supervisor with Co-supervisor Dr. Khaled. Amiri),
Faculty of Science, UAE University, 1999 – 2001.
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Primary Health Care and referral system in United Arab Emirates. PhD Thesis by Dr.
Abdul Hadi Amer Al-Ahbabi (Co-supervisor with Dr. J. Brebner) Aberdeen University,
Year: 2000-2003.
28)
Time Series Analysis of Air Monitoring in Abu Dhabi, UAE, MSc thesis by Ms. Fatima
Yahya Abdullah Al-Aidarous, (Principal Supervisor with Co-supervisor Dr. Mohammed
T. Madi and Dr. Jaber E. Al-Jabri), Faculty of Science, UAE University, 2001-.2002.
29)
The association between socioeconomic status and hypertension conditions. M. Phil
Thesis by Mr. Sufian Sabri (Co-supervisor with Prof. Singh & Dr. V. Eapen) Central
Lancashire University, Year: 2000-2005.
30)
Environmental Risk Factors of Bronchial asthma among primary school children in
Abu Dhabi City. MSc Thesis by Dr. Fareed H. S.H. Jalabi (Co-supervisor with Prof. S.
A. Uduman and Dr. F. Dar), Faculty of Science, UAE University, 2002-2004.
31)
Application of population impact measures to assess the efficacy of screening for
osteoporosis in preventing hip fractures among postmenopausal women. MPHe
Thesis by Mr. Abdul Aziz Farooq (Co-supervisor with Prof. Richard F. Heller) Faculty
of Medical and Human Sciences, University of Manchester, 2006-2007.
32)
The role of education on knowledge, attitudes, and practices towards breast cancer
screening among Arabian women culture (UAE population based study) (Co-
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supervisor Dr. Katie Reed). MPH Thesis by Mr. Tariq Dawod Al-Shukri, Faculty of
Medical and Human Sciences, University of Manchester, 2007-2008.
33)
Metabolic syndrome and its components among Qatari population. MSc Thesis by
Mrs. Manal Musallam Othman. (Co-Supervised by Dr. Yousef Saleh Khader) Faculty
of Graduate Studies, Jordan University of Science and Technology, 2005-2007.
34)
Development, Implementation and Evaluation of a Patient Education Package for
Self-management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Doha, Qatar. PhD Thesis by Mrs.
Beria Al-Lanai. (Co-supervised by Dr. Paul Amuna, Dr. Ihab Tewfik) Faculty of Life
Science, University of Westminster, 2005-2011.
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Effect of level of education and other socio-economic factors on Hypertension in the
Adult Qatari population (Co-supervisor Prof. Aneez Ismail). MPH Thesis by Dr. Arifa
Frasat, Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences, University of Manchester, 20072009.
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Level of knowledge, attitude towards stroke and lifestyle habits among adult Qatari
population (Co-supervisor Prof. Aneez Ismail). MPH Thesis by Dr. Shazia Nadeem,
Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences, University of Manchester, 2007-2008.
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Patient adherence and compliance to tuberculosis treatment in a developing Gulf
Country (Co-supervisor Dr. Katie Reed). MPH Thesis by Dr. Nighat Raheem, Faculty
of Medical and Human Sciences, University of Manchester, 2007-2011.
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Epidemiologic surveillance of coetaneous fungal infection in UAE (Co-supervisor Dr.
Katie Reed). MPH Thesis by Dr. Husam Rezeq, Faculty of Medical and Human
Sciences, University of Manchester, 2007-2011.
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Oral Health Knowledge, Sources of Information, and Dental Caries Status among
School Children in the State of Qatar (Co-supervisor Prof. Walid Al Ansari), PhD
Thesis by Dr. Mohammad Darwish, University of Gloucestershire, 2010-2014.
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Prenatal Neonatal Outcomes Research Study in the Arabian Gulf, (Co-supervisor
Prof. Walid Al Ansari). PhD Thesis by Dr. Sajjad ur Rahman, University of
Gloucestershire, 2010-2014.
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Healthcare Policy and Strategy Implementation, (Co-Supervisor Prof Mike Kagioglou)
PhD Thesis by Nabhan Abou-Rijaili, School of Built Environment, Salford University,
2011- 2014.
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Prevalence of consanguinity and associated diseases risk factors: Genetics
Counseling (Co-supervisor Prof. Angus Clarke), PhD Thesis by Ms. Mariam Al Mulla,
University of Cardiff, 2011 – 2013.
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Cross-sectional study of total and central body fatness, insulin sensitivity and
inflammation biomarkers in non-diabetic Qatari men and women: The Biobank Qatar
Project" PhD Thesis by Eman A. Nasralla, Imperial College London, 2011-2014.
44)
Psychotherapy and Counselling Studies. PhD Thesis by Reem Alsulaiman, University
of Wales and Regent’s College School of Counselling and Psychotherapy in London,
2012-2015.
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The implementation of healthcare outsourcing options for Low Income countries (Cosupervisors Dr. Arif Mohammed and Prof. Vian Mohammed) with University of
Salford, 2011- 2014.
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Comparison of efficacy and safety of Rosuvastatin, Atorvastatin and Pravastatin
among dyslipidemic diabetic patients, Msc Thesis Lolwa Barakat (Co-Supervisor
Chris J. Scott) School of Pharmacy, Queen University Belfast, Belfast, UK.
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XIII. ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES:
1981-1983
Departmental Council Secretary, three consecutive semesters, Dept. of Industrial
Engineering, King Abdul-Aziz University, Jeddah.
1981-1984
Evaluation and Promotion Committee, Department of Industrial Engineering, King AbdulAziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
1982-1984
Postgraduate Committee and Secretary, Department of Industrial Engineering, King
Abdul-Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
1983-1984
Curriculum Committee, Department of Industrial Engineering, King Abdul-Aziz University,
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
1983-1984
Graduate Program Committee, Department of Industrial Engineering, King Abdul-Aziz
University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
1984-1985
Research Project Committee, Department of Industrial Engineering, King Abdul-Aziz
University.
1988-1989
Curriculum and Short Course Committee, Department of Statistics, King Saud University,
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
1992-1996
IBMS Student Projects Coordinator, Dept. of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine &
Health Sciences, UAE University, UAE.
1994-2001
Graduate Committee, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, UAE and Environmental
Sciences UAE University.
1991-2009
Coordinator for post graduate studies, University of Aberdeen, UK.
1997-1998
Teaching Assistant Committee, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences UAE University.
1995-2002
Research Ethics Committee, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, UAE University.
1995-2001
Students Admission Panel, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, UAE University.
2001-2003
Curriculum Committee, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, UAE University.
2004-2005
Trauma
2006-till date Planning Committee, Strategic Planning, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha-Qatar.
2005-till date Coordinator for postgraduate studies, University of Westminster, UK.
2005-till date Coordinator for postgraduate studies, University of Manchester, UK.
2005-2008
Coordinator for postgraduate studies, University of De Montfort, UK.
2008-till date Asst. Medical Director for Decision Support Unit, Hamad Medical Corporation, DohaQatar.
XIV. ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN SCIENTIFIC REFEREED JOURNALS:
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Smith, CAB, Loesch DZ, Bener A. Search for heterozygosis in quantitative characters. Annals of
Human Genetics 1978; 42:121-128.
Bener A. Correlation between relatives, their theoretical values for autosomal and sex-linked
character with respect to Dermatoglyphic characters. Collegium Antropologicum 1979; 3:211-223.
Bener A. Sex differences and bilateral asymmetry in dermatoglyphic pattern elements on the
fingertips. Annals of Human Genetics 1979; 42:333-342.
Bener A, Erk FC. The analysis of whorls on specific fingertips with respect to sex, bilateral
asymmetry. Annals of Human Biology 1979; 6:349-356.
Bener A. Determination of parental heterozygosity in dermatoglyphic characters. Human Heredity
1980; 30:89-93.
Bener A. Search for linkage between dermatoglyphic sole characters and blood groups. Human
Heredity 1980; 30:215-220.
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Bener A, Loesch DZ, Smith CAB. Simplified formulas for detecting linkage with quantitative
characters. Annals of Human Genetics 1980; 43:249-254.
Bener A, Erd FC. Correlation between relatives with respect to dermatoglyphic patterns on
specific fingertips, I Sib-Sib correlation. Human Biology 1980; 52: 765-772.
Erk FC, Bener A. Correlation between relatives with respect to dermatoglyphic patterns on a
specific fingertips.II. Parent-Child Correlations Human Biology 1980; 52:753-763.
Bener A. Grandparental influence in the expression of dermatoglyphic pattern elements on
fingertips and palms. Collegium Antropologicum 1980; 4:151-154.
Bener A. Sex differences: asymetry in dermatoglyphics and brain. The Behavioural and Brain
Sciences 1980; 3:228-229.
Bener A. Can parent-child correlation exceed Sib-Sib correlation? Bulletin of the International
Dermatoglyphics Association 1981; 9:8-12.
Bener A. The analysis of dermatoglyphic sole characters with respect to sex, bilateral asymmetry
and genetic relationship. Journal of Human Evolution 1981; 10:387-394.
Bener A. The inheritance of parathenar palmar pattern. Colegium Antropologicum 1981; 5:147149.
Bener A. Further evidence for the linkage between blood group Kell and dermatoglyphic sole
characters. Collegium Anthropologicum 1982; 6:155-159.
Bener A. The expression of dermatoglyphics and its role in islamic medicine. Bulletin of Islamic
Medicine 1982; 2:436-438.
Bener A. Correlation between grandparents and their children for the occurrence of
dermatoglyphic sole characters. Collegium Anthropologicum 1983; 7:145-148.
Bener A, Erk FC. Estimation of interclass correlations for dermatoglyphics family data. Acta
Anthropogenetica 1984; 8:181-8.
Bener A. Correlation between grandparents and their grandchildren. Journal of Human Evolution
1985; 13:483-486.
Bener A, El-Sayyad, GM. Epidemiology of motor vehicle accidents in Jeddah. Journal Royal
Society Health 1985; 105:200-201.
Saldana GP, Bener A. A study on the inheritance of the palmar parathenar loop pattern.
Collegium Anthropologicum 1985; 5:97-100.
Bener A. The estimation of interclass correlations from family data. Collegium Anthropologicum
1985; 9:183-188.
Bener A. Some remarks on linkage with quantitative characters. Human Heredity 1985; 35:39-42.
Al-Frayh AR, Jabar FA, Wong SS, Wong HYK, Bener A. Growth and development of Saudi infant
and pre-school children. Journal Royal Society of Health 1987; 107:15-19.
Bener A. Smoking habits among male students at the King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi
Arabia. J Royal Society of Health 1987; 107:28-31.
Bener A, Huda S. Maximum likelihood estimation of components of variance and correlation in the
analysis of family data. Annals of Human Genetics 1987; 51:259-264.
Bener A. The investigation of linkage between dermatoglyphics and blood groups: Using family
data from three generations. International Journal of Anthropology 1987; 2:137-140.
Al-Frayh AR, Wong SS, Bener A. The growth standards of Saudi infants and pre-school children
in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Collegium Antropologicum 1987; 11:117-132.
Abdulla ME, Syed A, Bener A, Al-Ohali T. A simple program in basic for the one-way analysis of
variance of experimental data. J Bio-Medical Computing 1988; 22:65-71.
Ofosu JB, Abouammouh AM, Bener A. A study of road traffic accidents in Saudi Arabia. Accident
Analysis & Prevention 1988; 20:95-101.
Bener A, Abouammouh AM, El-Kahlout GM. The epidemiology of road traffic accidents in Riyadh.
Journal Royal Society of Health 1988; 108:34-36.
Huda S, Bener A. Estimation of correlation coefficient for growth measurements Under agegrouping. Human Biology 1988; 60:341-349.
Bener A, Al-Frayh AR. An application of Ehrenberg law relationship between height and weight of
Saudi children. Annals of Saudi Medicine 1989; 9:92-93.
Al-Frayh AR, Al-Nahdi M, Bener A, Al-Jawadi TQ. Epidemiology of asthma and allergic rhinitis in
two coastal areas of Saudi Arabia school children. Allergie & Immunologie, European Annals of
Allergy and Clinical Immunology 1989; 11: 389-393.
Al-Jieffry MS, Bener A, Ahmed S. Forecasts of vehicles and traffic in Saudi Arabia. J College of
Engineering, Cairo 1990; 24:1541-1553
Bener A, Jadaan KS. A safety seat belt use in Kuwait. An International Journal of Traffic in
Medicine 1990; 18:101-107.
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Cooper H, Bener A. Application of a laser jet printer to plot the Farnsworth-Munsell 100-Hue.
International Journal of Optometry and Vision Science 1990; 67:372-376.
Bener A. Epidemiology of tuberculosis in Abha and Baha area of Saudi Arabia. European Journal
of Epidemiology 1990; 6:376-381.
Bener A, Al-Frayh AR, Al-Jawadi TQ. Parental smoking and the risk of childhood asthma. Journal
of Asthma 1991; 28:281-286.
Al-Kassimi FA, Abdullah AK, Al-Orainey IO, Bener A, Al-Hajjah MS, Al-Majed S, Al-Wazzan A.
The significance of positive Mantoux reactions in BCG-Vaccinated children. Tubercle 1991;
72:101-104.
Al-Kassimi FA, Abdullah AK, Al-Orainey IO, Bener A, Al-Hajjaj MS, Al-Majed S, Al-Wazzan A.
Tuberculin survey in the eastern province of Saudi Arabia. Respiratory Medicine 1991; 85:111116.
Al-Kassimi FA, Abdullah AK, Al-Orainy IO, Al-Hajjaj M, Baghu EA, Bener A. Mantoux reaction
survey conducted in the northern region of Saudi Arabia. Annals of Saudi Medicine 1991; 11:315321.
Taha A, Bener A, Noah MS, Saeed A, Al-Harthy S. Smoking habits of King Saud University
students in Riyadh. Annals of Saudi Medicine 1991; 11:141-144.
Al-Zahrani AH, Bener A. An application of multiple regression model, to road traffic accidents data
in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. International Journal of Traffic Medicine 1990; Suppl 18:1-6.
Bener A, Ofosu JB. Road traffic fatalities in Saudi Arabia. J Int Assoc. Traffic and Safety Science
1991; 15:35-38.
Bener A, Jadaan KS. A perspective on road fatalities in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Accident Analysis
& Prevention 1992; 24:143-148.
Bener A. Factors associated with consultation time in Riyadh Primary Health Care Centers,
Saudi Arabia. Saudi Medical Journal 1992, 13:465-466.
Bener A, Jadaan KS, Ghafoor A, Sadeq AM. Epidemiology of road fatalities in Kuwait. Emirates
Armed Forces, Medical Journal 1992; 4:75-82.
Bener A, Arar E, Chemma MY. Injury risk reduction from safety seat belt use. Saudi Medical
Journal 1992; 13:254-256.
Al-Frayh AR, Bener A, Al-Jawadi TQ. Prevalence of asthma among Saudi schoolchildren. Saudi
Medical Journal 1992; 13:521-524.
Bener A, Jawadi TQ, Simsek M, Al-Nassar KE. Heredity of asthma in Saudi Population.
European Journal of Epidemiology 1992; 8:733-736.
Bener A, Ofosu JB, Al-Jiffri MS. Forecasting vehicle ownership in Saudi Arabia. Journal
International Association for Traffic and Safety Science 1992; 16:74-76.
Jadaan KS, Bener A, Al-Zahrani AH. Some aspects of road user behavior in selected Gulf
countries. Journal of Traffic in Medicine 1992; 20:129-135.
Bener A, Al-Frayh AR, Al-Jawadi TQ. Parental smoking and risk of childhood asthma (invited)
.Clinical Digest Series: Asthma Digest 1992; 22-23.
Bener A, Al-Jawadi TQ, Ozkaragoz F, Ibrahim OMG. Prevalence rate of asthma in two Saudi
regions. Emirates Armed Forces Medical Journal 1992; 4:67-74.
Bener A, Jadaan KS. Epidemiology of road fatalities in Kuwait. Journal of Traffic Medicine 1992;
21:70-73.
Jadaan KS, Bener A. A study on pedestrian accidents in some Gulf countries. Journal of Traffic
Medicine 1993; 21:74-78.
Mousaa MAA, Bener A. Teaching biostatistics at the Kuwait University & Health Sciences Centre.
Journal Teaching and Learning in Medicine 1992; 4:120-124.
Bener A, Achan NV, Sankaran-Kutty M. An epidemiologic study of traffic injuries in United Arab
Emirates. Journal of Traffic Medicine 1992; 21:66-69.
Bener A, Absood GH, Achan NV, Kutty MS. Road traffic injuries in Al-Ain City, UAE. Journal
Royal Society of Health 1992; 112:273-276.
Jadaan KS, Bener A, Al-Mojel A. A framework for efficient road safety improvement. Journal of
Traffic Medicine 1992; 21:440-444.
Al-Isa A, Bener A. The height and weight of Kuwaiti pre-school children. International Journal of
Anthropology 1992; 5:5-8.
Jadaan KS, Khalil R, Bener A. A mathematical model using convex combination for the prediction
of road traffic deaths. Journal of Computing and Information 1992; 2:139-157.
Ibrahim OMG, Bener A, Shalabi A. Food handlers among expatriates in Al-Ain, UAE Emirates
Armed Forces. Medical Journal 1993; 5:55-60.
Bener A, Al-Jawadi TQ, Ozkaragoz F, Anderson JAD. Prevalence of asthma and wheezing in two
different climatic areas. Indian Journal of Chest Disease & Allied Sciences 1993; 35:7-13
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Bener A, Huda S. Estimation of intraclass correlation when family sizes are unequal.
Computational Statistics & Data Analysis 1993; 15: 273-284.
Ibrahim OMG, Bener A, Shalabi A. Prevalence of intestinal parasites among expatriate workers in
Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates. Annals of Saudi Medicine 1993; 13:126-129.
Bener A, Al-Frayh A, Ozkaragoz F, Al-Jawadi TQ. Passive smoking effects on wheezy bronchitis.
Annals of Saudi Medicine 1993; 13:222-225.
Ihezue UH , Younis YO, Saad AG, Bener A. Treated psychiatric morbidity in a rapidly developing
society. Saudi Medical Journal 1993; 15:61-66.
Bener A, Abdulrazzaq YM, Debuse P, Abdin AH. Asthma and wheezing as the cause of school
absence. Journal of Asthma 1993; 31:95-100.
Bener A, Abdullah AK. Reaction of tuberculin testing in Saudi Arabia. Indian Journal of Public
Health 1993; 37 (4): 105-110.
Bener A, Gomes J, Anderson JAD. Smoking habits among physicians in two Gulf countries: UAE
and Kuwait. Journal of Royal Society of Health 1993; 113:298-300.
Bener A, Abdullah S, Murdoch JC. Primary Health Care in the United Arab Emirates. Family
Practice 1993; 10:44-48.
Jadaan KS, Bener A. Pedestrian accidents in rich developing countries. Journal of Traffic
Medicine 1993; 21:157-163.
Bener A, Al-Frayh A, Al-Jawadi TQ, Ozkaragoz F, Gomes J. The relationship between asthma
bronchitis and pets. Indian Journal of Paediatrics 1993; 60:767-771.
Simsek M, Al-Nassar KE, Bener A. Incidence and genotypic distribution of Alpha Thalassemias in
Kuwait. Medical Principals and Practice 1994; 5:181-184.
Bener A, Gomez J, Anderson JAD, Abdullah S. Smoking among medical professionals in the
UAE. Medical Education 1994; 28:151-157.
Bener A, Absood GH, Anderson JAD, Murdoch JC. The health services performance in United
Arab Emirates. Emirates Medical Journal 1994; 12:15-21.
Bener A. The effect of driving age on road traffic fatalities. Journal of Traffic Medicine 1994;
22:74-77.
Bener A, Achan NV, Sankaran-Kutty M, Cheema MY, Ware J. Casualty risk reduction from safety
seat belts in a desert country. The Journal of the Royal Society of Health 1994; 114:297-300.
Bener A. Psychological factors in road traffic fatalities. Journal of Traffic Medicine 1994; 22:4551.
Bener A, Breger A, Al-Falasi AS. Risk-taking behavior in road traffic accidents. Journal of Traffic
Medicine 1994; 22:67-70.
Abdulrazzaq YM, Bener A, Debuse P. Pets ownership in the UAE: Its effect on allergy and
respiratory symptoms. Journal of Asthma 1994; 32:117-124.
Bener A, Abdulrazzaq YM, Debuse P, AL-Mutawaa J. Prevalence of asthma among Emirates
schoolchildren. European Journal of Epidemiology 1994; 10:271-278.
Ibrahim OMG, Anderson JAD, Bener A, Abou Taleb ANM. Study of health status among sewage
workers in Al-Ain City, UAE. The Bulletin of the High Institute of Public Health, Egypt, Cairo 1994;
24:447-465.
Abdulrazzaq YM, Bener A, Debuse P. Association of allergic symptoms in children with those in
their parents. Allergy 1994; 49:737-743.
Al-Isa AN, Bener A. The growth pattern of Kuwaiti pre-school children compared to NCHS/CDC
reference population. The Journal Royal Society of Health 1995; 115:159-163.
Abdulrazzaq YM, Bener A, Dawoudu A, Surouni F, Varady E, Liddle L, Varghese EM, Cheema
MY. Obstetric risk factors affecting incidence of low birth weight in Al-Ain, UAE. Biology of the
Neonate 1995; 67:160-166.
Bener A, Al-Musaiger AO, Cheema MY, Shalabi A, Hussein MS. Trends in cancer mortality during
1989-1992 in the UAE. Journal of Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, UAE University 1995; 6:156164.
Al-Musaiger AO, Bener A, Bin-Ishaq S, Al-Hosani H. The cardiovascular disease in UAE: An
Overview. Journal of Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, UAE University 1995; 6:86-99.
Abdulrazzaq YM, Patel M, Bener A, Lindblad BS. Plasma amino acid profiles for different age
groups and for breastfed infants. Emirates Medical Journal 1996; 14:88-95.
Bener A, Abdulrazzaq YM, Dawoudu A. Socio-Demographic factors associated with low birth
weight in UAE. Biosocial Science 1996; 28:339-346.
Bener A, Uduman SA, Bin-Othman SA. Factors associated with tuberculin reactivity among
children in United Arab Emirates. Respiratory Medicine 1996; 90:89-96.
Bener A, Gomes J, Hamouda MF. Hypertension among workers occupationally exposed to
hydrocarbons and organic solvents in UAE. Environmental Science & Health 1996; 32: 291-303.
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Uduman SA, Bener A, Kosh J, Hussein MMS (1996) Natural Immunity to Haemophilus Influenzae
type b in Healthy infants of Al-Ain, UAE. European Journal of Public Health 5, 1996; 4:291-293.
Uduman SA, Bener A, Bin-Othman SA. Factors associated with tuberculin reactivity among
children in United Arab Emirates. Annals of Tropical Pediatrics 1996; 16:353-357.
Sankaran-Kutty M, Bener A, Muralikuttan K, Adel A. Accidentally embedded foreign bodies in the
extremities. Saudi Medical Journal 1996; 17:389-392.
Uduman SA, Bener A, Bin-Othman SA. Tuberculin skin test reactivity among schoolchildren in the
United Arab Emirates. The New Journal of Medicine 1996; 13:68-70.
Dawoudu A, Abdulrazzaq YM, Bener A, Surouni F, Varady E, Liddle L, Varghese M. Biologic risk
factors for low birth weight in Al-Ain, UAE. American Journal of Human Biology 1996; 8:341-5.
Gomes J, Bener A, Lloyd OL. Predictor of ill-health among workers occupationally exposed to
hydrocarbons and organic solvents. Journal Faculty of Sciences United Arab Emirates University
1996; 8:236-45.
Bener A, Galadar I, Naser KA. Pets, allergy and respiratory symptoms in children living in a
desert country. Allergie & Immunologie, European Annals of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
1996; 27:190-195.
Das M, Mpofu D, Murdoch JC, Bener A. Role of peer appraisal and self-report in experimental
learning. Education for Health 1996; 9:239-249.
Bener A, Murdoch JC, Achan NV, Karama AH, Sztriha L. The effect of epilepsy on road traffic
accidents and casualties. Seizure 1996; 5:215-219.
Uduman SA, Bener A, Devadas K, Mathew T, Ali K, Khalel M, Sekhar N, Hussein MMS.
Occurrence and outcome of Haemophilus Influenzae type b meningitis in children of Al-Ain, UAE.
Emirates Medical Journal 1995; 13:130-133.
Bener A, Abdulrazzaq YM, AL-Mutawwa J, Debuse P. Genetic and environmental factors
associated with asthma. Human Biology 1996; 68:405-414.
Bener A, Abdulrazzaq YM, Al-Gazali LI, Micallef R, Al-Khayat A, Gaber T. Consanguinity and
associated socio-demographic factors in United Arab Emirates population. Human Heredity 1996;
46:256-264.
Das M, El-Sabban F, Bener A. Students and faculty perception of the characteristics of an ideal
teacher in a classroom setting. Medical Teacher 1996; 18:141-146.
Norma JN, Al-Hasani, Brebner JA, Bener A. First-aid knowledge and training difficulties I. Kuwait
Medical Journal Association 1997; 29:407-413.
El-Ghazawy I, Hilal S, El-Taji HAR, Bener A, Sim AJW. Effect of the presence of p53 protein on
patient survival in gastric cancer. British Journal of Surgery 1997, 84:1620.
Jaffal AA, Nsanze H, Banat IM, El-Mogheth AA, Bener A, Ameen A. Residential indoor air-borne
microbial population in a desert country. Environmental International 1997; 23:167-172.
Al-Gazali LI, Bener A, Abdulrazzaq YM, Micallef R, Al-Khayat A, GABER T. Consanguineous
marriages in the United Arab Emirates. Journal of Biosocial Science 1997; 29:491-497.
Abdulrazzaq YM, Bener A, Al-Gazali LI, Micallef R, Al-Khayat A, Gaber T. A study of possible
deleterius effects of consanguinity. Clinical Genetics 1997; 51:167-173.
Jaffal AA, Nsanze H, Banat IM, El-Mogheth AA, Bener A, Ameen A. Hospital air-borne microbial
population in a desert country. Environmental International 1997; 23:167-172.
Abbas EE, Al-Bawab IM, Abdullah MZ, Al-Hassan AR, Sahool EM, Bener A. Are new antibiotics
essential in the treatment of Salmonella Typhi in Ras Al-Khaimah. Saudi Medical Journal 1997;
18:161-165.
Darbool MA, Bener A, Gomes J, Jadaan KS. Carbon monoxide exposure from motor vehicles in
United Arab Emirates. Journal of Environmental Science and Health 1997; 32:311-321.
Bener A, Brebner J, Atta MNS, Gomes J, Ozkaragoz F, Cheema MY. Respiratory symptoms and
lung function in taxi drivers and manual workers. Aeorobiologia 1997; 13:11-15.
Bener A, Al-Nahayan MBT, Abou Hijleh G. An epidemiological study of casualties related to motor
vehicle accidents. Ajman University College Journal of Science and Technology 1997; 3:45-67.
Sharma AK, Richard PA, Samad PA, Abu Hijleh, Ahmed I, Bener A. Early structural abnormalities
of peripheral nerves in experimental diabetes: Effects of γ-linolenic acid supplementation.
International Journal of Diabetes 1997; 5:85-89.
Bener A, Al-Suwaidi NK, Pugh RNH, Hussein AS. Pediatric trauma and accidents in a desert
country. Indian Pediatrics 1997; 34:1111-1114.
Bener A, Dunn EV, Murdoch JC, Haj-Ahmed MS, Achan NV, Abuazab I. Road traffic accidents
and disease in a desert country. Journal of Bahrain Medical Society 1997; 9:159-164.
Al-Mazroui MJMF, Oyejide CO, Bener A, Cheema MY. Breast feeding and supplemental feeding
for neonates in the United Arab Emirates. Journal of Tropical Pediatrics 1997; 43:304-306.
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Revesz T, Mpofu C, Oyejide CO, Bener A. Socioeconomic factors in the families of children with
lymphoid malignancy in the United Arab Emirates. Leukemia 1997; 11:588-593.
Bener A, Al-Rufaie OF, Al-Suwaidi NK. Pediatric injuries in Arab Gulf country. BMJ; Injury
Prevention 1997; 3:224-226.
El-Helal T, Bener A, Galadari I. Pattern of cancer in the United Arab Emirates. Annals of Saudi
Medicine 1997; 17: 506-509.
Al-Rufaie OF, Bener A, Ali TA, Abuzeid MSO. Psychiatric morbidity among type II diabetic
patients: A controlled primary care study. Primary Care Psychiatry 1997; 3:189-194.
Al-Rufaie OF, Bener A, Ali TA, Abuzeid MSO. Sexual dysfunction among type II diabetic men: A
controlled study. International Journal of Psychosomatic Research 1997; 43:605-612.
Bayoumi RA, Al-Gazali LI, Jaffer U, Nur-Kemalmsa, Dawodu A, Bener A, Eapen V, Budowle B.
United Arab Emirates population data on three DNA tetrameric short tandem repeat loci:
Humtho1, TPOX & CSF1PO derived using multiplex PCR and manual typing. Electrophoreses
1997; 18:1637-1640.
Lestringant GG, Bener A, Galadari I, Frossard P. Serum IgE level and clinical allergic diseases in
the United Arab Emirates. European Annals of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 1997; 29:230-232.
Galadari I, Bener A, Hadi S, Lestringant GG. Clinical and immunological studies in Vitiligo in the
United Arab Emirates. European Annals of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 1997; 29:297-300.
Mohamad HNM, Bener A, Uduman SA, Al-Karmi T, Dar FK. Toxoplasma antibody prevalence
among healthy adults in UAE. Saudi Medical Journal 1998; 19:289-293.
Bener A, Al-Salman KM, Pugh RNH. Accident mortality and morbidity among children in a desert
country. European Journal of Epidemiology 1998; 14:175-178.
Bener A, Al-Marzouqi FH, Sztriha L. Public awareness and attitudes toward epilepsy in the United
Arab Emirates. Seizure 1998; 7:219-222.
Abdulrazzaq YM, Bener A, Dawoudu. Risk factors associated with low birth weight delivery in
United Arab Emirates. Emirates Medial Journal 1998; 16:25-31.
Bener A, Norman JN, Brebner J, Achan NV, Al-Falasi AS. Asthma associated road traffic
accidents in the United Arab Emirates. Journal of Traffic Medicine 1998; 26:109-114.
Rizk DE, Bener A, Micallef RM, Ezimokhai ME, HASAN M. The symptomalogy and age at
natural menopause in the United Arab Emirates. Maturitas 1997; 29:197-202.
Gomes J, Lloyd OL, Bener A, Poonambalam M. Sub-clinical signs of renal dysfunction among
garage workers. Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part A. 1998; 33:129-146.
Bener A, Rizk DE, Ezimokhai ME, Hasan M , Micallef RM, Sawaya M. Consanguinity and the age
at natural menopause among women of United Arab Emirates. International Journal of
Gynecology and Obstetrics 1997; 60:155-160.
Bener A, Lestringant GG, Dogan M, Ibrahim A, Al-Shadli PM, Islam MR. Respiratory symptoms
and skin disorders in sewage workers. Journal of Environmental Science & Health Part A. 1998;
33A:1657-1674.
Bener A, Sankaran-Kutty M, Achan NV, Glasgow N, Abu-Azab I, Chandran P, Norman JN (1998).
Use and misuse of the accident emergency department. Emirates Medical Journal 1998; 16:3337.
Sankaran-Kutty M, Bener A, Muralikuttan K, Sabastina M. Hospitalized road traffic accident
admission in the United Arab Emirates. Annals of Saudi Medicine 1998; 18:349-351.
Bener A, Swadi H, Qassimi EMA, Uduman S. Prevalence of headache and migraine in school
children in the United Arab Emirates. Annals of Saudi Medicine 1998; 18:522-524.
Bener A, Galadari I, Al-Mutawwa JK, Al-Maskari F, Das M, Abuzeid MSO. Respiratory symptoms
and lung function in garage workers and taxi drivers. Journal of the Royal Society of Health 1998;
118:346-355.
Uduman SA, Mohamad HNM, Bener A, Dar FK. The prevalence of toxoplasma gondii specific IgG
and IgM anti bodies in blood donors in Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates indicates a potential risk to
recipients. Journal of Communicable Diseases 1998; 30(4):237-239.
Lestringant G, Bener A, Galadari I, Frossard P, Sawaya M. Contact allergy in a desert country.
International Journal of Dermatology 1999; 38:181-186.
Bener A, Dogan M, Al-Mehdi AM, Darbool MA, Islam R. Prediction of carbon monoxide and blood
carboxyhemoglobin levels from motor vehicles exhaust emission. Aeorobiologia 1999; 15:57-63.
Bener A, Stewart T, Al-Ketbi LMB. Cigarette smoking habits among school boys in the United
Arab Emirates. International Quarterly of Community Health Education 1999; 18:209-222.
Rufaie OF, Bener A, Ali TA, Abuzeid MSO. Psychiatric morbidity among hypertensive men: A
controlled study. Nordic Journal of Psychiatry 1999; 53:41-44.
Beshwari MMM, Bener A, Almehdi AM, Ameen A, Ouda HZ, Ibrahim A, Pasha MAH. Amino acid
profiles in farm workers. Journal of Environment International 1999; 25:411-416.
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Al-Ghazali LI, Dawodu A, Bakir M, Varghese M, Varady E, Scorer J, Abdulrazzaq YM, Bener A,
Padmanabhan R. Pattern of central nervous system anomalies in a population with a high rate of
consanguineous marriages. Clinical Genetics 1999; 55:95-102.
Bener A, Al-Ketbi LMB. Cigarette smoking among high school boys in a developing country.
Journal of the Royal Society of Health 1999; 119:166-169.
Beshwari MMM, Bener A, Ameen A, Almehdi AM, Ouda HZ, Pasha MAH. Pesticides related
health problems and diseases among farm-workers in United Arab Emirates. International Journal
of Environmental Health Research 1999; 9:213-222.
Al-Suweidi EEK, Bener A, Uduman SA, Sztriha L, Tatari HMK, Pugh RNH. Risk factors for a
febrile seizure: A matched case-control study. Neurosciences Journal 1999; 4:148-153.
Osman NA, Abdelgadir AM, Moss MO and Bener A. Aflatoxin contamination in rice in United
Arab Emirates. Mycotoxin Research 1999; 15:39-44.
Lestringant GG, Bener A, Frossard P. Contact dermatitis to henna. British Journal of the
Dermatology 1999; 141:598-600.
Al-Rufaie OF, Al-Sabossy, Bener A, Ali TA, Abuzeid MSO. Somatization among primary care
Arab patients. International Journal of Psychosomatic Research 1999; 46:549-555.
Bener A, Lestringant GG, Beshwari MMM, Pasha MAH. Respiratory symptoms, skin disorders
and serum IgE levels among farm-workers. European Annals of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
1999; 31:52-56.
Al-Rufaie OF, Bener A, Ali TA, Abuzeid MSO. Psychiatric screening among type II diabetic
patients: Validity of the GHQ-12 study. Saudi Medical Journal 1999; 20:246-250.
Al-Rufaie OF, MMA, Al-Sabossy, Bener A, Ali TA, Abuzeid MSO. Somatized mental disorders
among primary care Arab patients. The Arab Journal Psychiatry 1999; 10:50-57.
Bu-Haroon A, Eapen V, Bener A. The prevalence of hyperactivity symptoms in the United Arab
Emirates. Nordic Journal of Psychiatry 1998; 53:439-442.
Ahmed I, Sharma AK, Ponery AS, Bener A, Singh J. The influence of Momordica myelinated
Charantia fruit extract on ultrastructural abnormalities of fibres in experimental diabetes.
International Journal of Diabetes 1999; 7:110-121.
Frossard P, Kane JP, Malloy MJ, Bener A. Renin gene polymorphism is a discriminator for
hypertension in hyperlipidaemic subjects. Hypertension Research 1999; 22:285-289.
Lestringant GG, Bener A, Frossard P, Abdulhalik S, Bouix G. A clinical study of airborne allergens
in the United Arab Emirates. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 1999; 31:263-267.
Dawson PK, Bener A. Safer Road for children in United Arab Emirates. Eastern Mediterranean
Health Journal 1999; 5 (2): 277-281.
Bener A, Lestringant GG, Nyomba B, Frossard P, Saadi H. Association of acanthosis nigricans
with risk of diabetes mellitus, hyperinsulinema and other risk factors for atherosclerosis. Eastern
Mediterranean Health Journal, WHO Bulletin 2000; 6:1-9.
Bener A, Al-Kaabi SM, Watson TG, Al-Shadli AM, Al-Zaid MSO, Micallef R, Pugh RNH, Wong
TW. Prevalence of migraine and headache in a desert country. Bahrain Medical Journal 2000;
12:179-186.
Saadi H, Lestringant GG, Nyomba B, Bener A. Association of Acanthosis Nigricans with risk of
diabetes and insulin resistance in subjects from the Arabian Peninsula. Annals of Saudi Medicine
2000; 20:69-71.
Swadi H, Bener A, Al-Darmaki F. Dieting among Arab girls. The Arab Journal of Psychiatry, 2000,
11:25-35.
Uduman SA, Adeyemi E, Al-Khadir A, Jose K, Benedict S, Bener A. Haemophilus influenzae type
b still remains a leading cause of meningitis among unvaccinated children. J Tropical Paediatrics
2000; 46:331-334.
Al-Maskari F, Bener A, Al-Kaabi A, Al-Suwaidi N, Norman J, Brebner A. Asthma and respiratory
symptoms among school children in United Arab Emirates. Journal of Allergy and Clinical
Immunology 2000; 32, No.4:159-163.
Almehdi AM, Bener A, Dogan M, Pasha MAH, Usmani MA. Pesticides exposure, cholinesterase
levels and symptoms among farmers in an Arabian Gulf Country. Environmental Epidemiology and
Toxicology 2000; 2:261-266.
Lestringant GG, Bener A, Townsend A, Frossard P, Nyomba BL. Association of acanthosis
nigricans with risk of diabetes mellitus and hormonal disturbances in females. International Journal
of Gynecology & Obstetrics 2000; 71(3):267-269.
Szabo G, Lovasz G, Kustos T, Bener A. Prospective comparative analysis of mobility in
osteoarthtritic. British Journal Bone Joint Surgery British 2000; 82-B: 1167-1169.
Dawson PK, Bener A, Bin Othman S. Parental views on road safety in Al-Ain, United Arab
Emirates. Kuwait Medical Association Journal 2000; 32(2):150-153.
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Bener A, Rizk DE, Shaheen H, Micallef R, Osman N, Dunn EV. A measurement- specific quality
of life satisfaction during menopause in an Arabian Gulf Country. Climacteric, International Journal
of Menopause 2000; 3:43-49.
Bener A, Uduman SA, Qassimi EMA, Khalaily G, Sztriha L, Kilpelainen H, Obineche E. Genetics
and environmental factors associated with migraine in school children. Headache, the Journal of
head and face pain 2000; 40(2):152-157.
El-Ghazawi I, Bener A, Saad Eldin S, Abou Azab I, Siddiqui M. Predictors of outcome of surgical
treatment for colorectal carcinoma in the United Arab Emirates. WHO Bulletin 2001; 7:221-228.
Lestringant GG, Saarinen KA, Forssard PM, Bener A, Ameen AM. Etiology of toe-web disease in
Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates: Bacteriological and mycological studies. Eastern Mediterranean
Health Journal 2001; 7:38-45.
Al-Neamy FRM, Bener A, Almehdi AM, Alwash R, Ibrahim A, Pasha MAH. Occupational lead
exposure, amino acid profiles and liver function test in industrial workers. International Journal of
Environmental Health Research 2001; 11:213-220.
Al-Sahdli A, Bener A, Brebner A, Dunn EV. Asthma diagnosis and management in adults: Is the
risk for Under diagnosis and Under treatment related to patient’s educational levels. Journal of
Asthma 2001; 38:121-126.
Bener A, Denic S, Galadari S. Longer breast-feeding and protection against childhood leukaemia
and lymphomas. European Journal of Cancer 2001; 37:234-238.
Uduman SA, Tahira AM, Alwash R, Usman MA, Bener A. Varicella susceptibility among children
and healthy adults in the United Arab Emirates. Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal 2001;
4/5:241-245.
Bener A, Dunn EV, Achan NV, Moussa NA, Abou Azab I. Migraine associated with road traffic
accidents in the United Arab Emirates. Journal Neurosciences 2001; 6:148-152.
Madi MT, Bener A. Hierarchical poison regression modeling of road traffic accidents. The Journal
of Applied Pakistani Statistics 2001; 18(1):77-88.
Gururaj K, Bener A, Al-Suweidi EEK, Al-Tatari HMK. Predictor of febrile seizure; A matched case
control study. Annals of Tropical Paediatrics 2001; 47:1-2.
Bener A, Lestringant GG, Townsend A, Al-Mulla Hm. Association of acanthosis nigricans with
risk of diabetes mellitus and hormonal disturbances in females: matched case -control study.
Maturitas 2001; 40:53-59.
Bener A, Denic S, Al-Mazroui M. Consanguinity rate and case control study of family history of
cancer in children with leukemia and lymphomas. Cancer 2001; 92:1-6.
Bener A, Safa W, Abdulhalik S, Lestringant GG. An analysis of skin prick test reactions in
asthmatics in a hot climate. European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 2001; 34(8):281286.
Bener A, Galadari S, Gillett M. Osman N, Al-Taneji H, Al-Kuwaiti MHH, Al-Sabosy MMA. Fasting
during the holy month of Ramadan does not change the composition of breast milk. Journal of
Nutrition Research 2001; 21(6): 859-864.
Bener A, Almehdi AM, Alwash R, Al-Neamy FRM. Health problems associated with lead exposure
in industrial workers. Environmental International, Environmental International 2001; 27:311-314.
Abdulrazzaq YM, Bastaki SMA, Padmanabhan R, Ahmed I, Bener A. Placental transfer of
vigabatrin (vinyl GABA) and its effect on concentration of amino acids in the embryo of TO mice.
Teritology 2001; 63:127-133.
Bener A, Obineche E, Gillett M, Pasha MAH, Bishawi B. Association between blood levels of lead
blood pressure and risk of diabetes and heart diseases in workers. International Archives of
Occupational and Environmental 2001; 74(5):375-378.
Mohammed NA, Eapen V, Bener A. The prevalence and correlates of fears among school
children in Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates. Eastern Mediterranen Health Journal, WHO Bulletin
2001; 7:422-427.
Bener A, Alwash R, Miller CJ, Denic S, Dunn EV. Knowledge, attitudes and practices related to
breast cancer screening: A survey of Arabic women. Journal of Cancer Education 2001; 16:215220.
Bener A, Brebner J, Norman JN, El-Ghazawi I, Al-Suwaidi MHMO, Abu-Azab I. Remote general
practice: Diagnosis of appendicitis. Canadian Journal of Rural Medicine 2002; 7:26-29.
Bener A, Denic S, Alwash R. Screening for cervical cancer among Arab women. Int. Journal of
Gynecology & Obstetrics 2001; 74:305-307.
Bener A, Alwash R. A perspective on motor vehicle crash injuries and speeding in the United
Arab Emirates. Crash Prevention and Injury Control 2002; 3:61-64.
Denic S, Bener A. Consanguinity decreases risk of breast cancer-cervical cancer unaffected.
British Journal of Cancer 2002; 85:1675-1679.
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Bener A, Honein G, Da’ar Z, Miller CJ, Dunn EV. The determinants of breast cancer screening
behaviour: A focus group study of women in the United Arab Emirates. Oncology Nursing Forum
2002; 29:91-98.
Bener A, Uduman SA, Ameen A, Alwash R, Pasha MAH, Usmani MA, Al-Naili SR, Amiri KMA.
Prevalence of helicobacter pylori infection among low socio-economic workers. Journal of
Communicable Disease 2002; 34(3):179-184.
Sadig M, Norman JN, Lloyd OL, Romilly P, Bener A. Road traffic accidents in the United Arab
Emirates: Trends of morbidity and mortality during 1977-1998. Accident Analysis & Prevention
2002; 34:465-476.
Padmanabhan R, Ibrahim A, Bener A. Effect of maternal methionine pre-treatment on alcoholinduced exencephaly and axial skeletal dysmophoneesis in mouse fetuses. Drug and Alcohol
Dependence 2002; 65:263-281.
Sztriha L, Gururaj AK, Bener A, Nork M. Temporal lobe epilepsy in children: Etiology in a cohort
with new-onset seizures. Epilepsia 2002; 43:75-80.
Toth F, Mester S, Cseh G, Bener A, Lovasz G, Nyarady J. Modified carpal box technique in the
diagnosis of suspected scahoid fractures. Acta Radiol 2003; 44(3):319-25.
Abdulrazzaq YM, Al-Gazali LI, Bener A, Hossein M, Verghese M, Dawodu A, Padmanabhan.
Folic acid awareness and intake survey in the United Arab Emirates. Teritology. Reprod Toxicol
2003; 17(2):171-6.
Cerrahoglu K, Kunter E, Isitmangil T, Oztosun AIM, Isitmangil G, Okutan O, Bozkanat E, Aydilek
R, Bener A. Can’t lung cancer patients detoxify procarcinogens? European Journal of Allergy and
Clinical Immunology 2002; 34(2):51-55.
Al-Mulla MAK, Bener A. Cigarette smoking habits among Qatari population. Public Health. Public
Health Medicine 2003; 4(3):41-44.
Al-Gazali LI, Bakir M, Hamid Z, Varady E, Varghes M, Haas D, Bener A, Padmanabhan,
Abdulrazzaq YM, Dawodu A. Birth prevalence and pattern of osteochondrodysplasias in an inbred
high risk population. Birth Defects Research 2003; (Part-A) 67:125-132.
Ghafoor M, Schuyten R, Bener A. Epidemiology of prostate cancer in the United Arab Emirates.
Medical Journal of Malaysia 2003; 58(5):712-716.
Al-Shamsi SRK , Bener A, Al-Sharhan M, Al-Mansoor TM, Abou Azab I, Rashed A, Kakil IR, Amiri
KMA. Clinicopathological Pattern of Colorectal Cancer in the United Arab Emirates. Saudi Medical
Journal 2003; 24(5):518-522.
Bener A, Alwash R, Gaber T, Lovasz G. Obesity and low back pain. Coll. Antropol. 27 2003; 1:95104.
Ellis M, Jumaa P, Bener A. Epidemiology, management and outcome of candidemia in a tertiary
care teaching hospital in the United Arab Emirates 1995-2001. Medical Mycology 2003;
41(6):521-8.
Gururaj AK, Sztriha L, Bener A, Dawodu A, Eapen VV. Epilepsy in children with cerebral palsy.
Seizure 2003; 12:110-114.
Bener A, Abu Zidan FM, Bensiali AK, Al-Mulla AAK, Jadaan KS. Strategy to improve road safety
in developing countries. Saudi Medical Journal 2003; 24: 603-608.
Musaiger AO, Lloyd OL, Bener A, Al Neyadi SM. Lifestyle factors associated with obesity among
male university students in the United Arab Emirates. Nutrition & Food Science 2003; 33(4):145147.
Rasul KI, Mohammed K, Abdalla AS, Chong-Lopez A, Alousi A, Bener A. Study of HER2/neu
status in Qatari women with breast carcinoma. Saudi Medical Journal 2003; 24(8):832-836.
Sattar HA, Mobayed H, Al Mohammed AA, Ibrahim AS, Jufairi AA, Balamugugan P, Mary VP,
Bener A. The pattern of indoor & outdoor respiratory allergens in asthmatic adult in a humid and
desert newly developed country. Journal of European Annals of Allergy & Clinical Immunology
2003; 35:300-305.
Al-Suwaidi J, Bener A, Al Binali H, Numan MT. Does hospitalization for congestive heart failure
occur more frequently in Ramadan: A population based study (1991 – 2001). International Journal
of Cardiology 2004; 96(2):217-21.
Bener A, Ahmed MF, Achan NV, Al-Bakr S. Visual impairment and motor vehicle accidents. The
Middle East Journal of Emergency Medicine 2004; 4:39- 43.
Al Suwaidi J, Bener A, Sulaiman A, Al Binali HA, Salam AM. A population based study of
Ramadan fasting and acute coronary syndromes (1991 – 2001). British Heart Journal 2004;
90:695-696.
Al Suwaidi J, Bener A, Behair S, Albinali HA. Mortality caused by acute myocardial infarction in
Qatari women. Heart 2004; 90:693-694.
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Kamran S, Bener A, Alpher D, Bakshi R. Role of fluid-attenuated inversion recovery in the
diagnosis of meningitis: Comparison with contrast enhanced magnetic resonance imaging. Journal
of Neurology. J Comput Assist Tomogr 2004; 28(1):68-72.
Bener A, Al Suwaidi J, Al-Jaber K, Al-Marri S, Elbagi IAE. The epidemiology of hypertension and
its associated risk factors in the Qatari population. Journal of Human Hypertension 2004; 18:529530.
Abu Zidan FM, Al-Rukn S, Al Mansoor TM, Bener A. Behaviour of bicyclists in Al-Ain city, UAE.
An observational study. Emirates Medical Journal 2004; 22: 31-33.
Al-Hosani HA, Brebner J, Bener A, Norman JN. Study of mortality risk factors for children Under
age 5 in Abu Dhabi. WHO Bulletin, Easter Mediterranean Journal of Health 2003; 9 (3): 333-343.
Al-Basti HB, El-Khatib HA, Taha A, Sattar HA, Bener A. Intra abdominal pressure after full
abdominoplasty in obese multiparous patients. Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
2004; 113:2145-2150.
El-Menyar A, Bener A, Al Suwaidi J. Cardiovascular Manifestations of Myofibrillar Myopathy. The
Anatolian Journal of Cardiology 2004; 4: 336-338.
Al-Kaabi S, Bener A, Butt MT, Taweel M, Al-Mosalamani Y, Almusleh A. Effect of Ramadan
fasting on peptic ulcer disease. Indian Journal of Gastroenterology 2004; 23:34-35.
Mobayed H, Sattar HA, Al-Mohammed AA, Ibrahim AS, Al-Langawi M, Bener A, Balamugugan P,
Mary VP A. Methacholine Challenge Test in the Diagnosis of Airway Hyperresponsiveness in the
State of Qatar. Qatar Medical Journal 2004; 13: 24-27.
Kamal AA, Bener A, Al-Mulla AAK. The growth pattern of Qatari pre-school children. Croatian
Medical Journal 2004; 45:461-65.
Bener A, Al-Khal A. A knowledge, attitude and practice towards SARS awareness: A community
based study. The Journal of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health (RSPH) 2004;
124(4):167-170.
Salahaldin AH, Bener A, Elhakeem AAM, Abdulhadi K. Management of Idiopathic sudden
sensorineural hearing loss: experience in the new developing country Qatar. International Tinnitus
Journal 2004; 10 (2): 165-169.)
Bener A, Alali K. Consanguineous marriages in the new developed country: Qatari Population.
Journal of Biosocial Science 2006, 38(2):239-246.
Bener A, Kamal A, Fares A, Sabuncuoglu O. The prospective study of anxiety, depression and
stress on development of hypertension. The Arab Journal of Psychiatry 2004; 15:131-136.
Bener A, El-Rufaie OF, Siyam A, Abuzeid MSO, Toth F, Lovasz G. Epidemiology of low back
pain in the United Arab Emirates. Journal of Rheumatology 2004; 7:189-195.
El-Khatib H, Bener A. Abdominal Dermolipectomy in an abdomen with pre existing scars:
Different concept. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 2004; 114: 992-997.
Bener A, Al Suwaidi J, Al-Jaber K, Al-Marri S, Dagash MH, Elbagi IA. The prevalence of
hypertension and its associated risk factors in a newly developed country, Saudi Medical Journal
2004; 25: 918-22.
Bener A. Is hypertension as a predictor of risk for Acute Myocardial Infarction? Current Medical
Literature: Nephrology and Hypertension 2004; 10 (4): 7-81.
El-Menyar A, Al-Suwaidi, Gehani A, Bener A. Clinical and histological studies of a Qatari Family
with Myofibrillar Myopathy. Saudi Medical Journal 2004; 25 (11) 1723-1726.
Bener A, Al-Suwaidi J, El-Menyar A, Gehani A. The effect of hypertension as a predictor of risk for
congestive heart failure patients over a 10-year period in a newly developed country, Blood
Pressure 2004; 13: 41-46.
Bener A, Mobayed H, Sattar HA, Al-Mohammed AA, Ibrahim AS, Jufairi AA, Sabbah A. Pet
Ownership: Its effect on allergy and respiratory symptoms. Allerg Immunol (Paris) 2004; 36 (8):
306-10.
Sabri S, Bener A, Eapen V, Abu Zeid MSO, Al-Mazrouei AM, Singh J . Some risk factors for
hypertension in the United Arab Emirates. Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, WHO Bulletin
2004; 10: 610-619.
Sedaghatian Mr, Othman L, Rashid N, Ramachandran P, Bener A. An 8-Year Study of Meconium
Stained amniotic fluid in different ethnic groups. Kuwait Medical Journal 2004; 36(4) 266-269.
Bessisso M, Bener A, Fawzy M, Al-Khaaf F, Kzaima KA. The prevalence of headache in the State
of Qatar. Saudi Medical Journal; 2005 26 (4): 566-570.
Hadi A. Hadi, Khinji A, Al Suwaidi J, Al Binali HA, Bener A. Thrombolytic Therapy use for Acute
Myocardial Infarction and outcome in Qatar (Retrospective Cohort Study 1991 – 2001).
International Journal of Cardiology 2005; 102: 249-254.
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Sabri S, Bener A, Eapen V, Azhar AA, Abdishakure A, Singh J. Correlation between hypertension
and income distribution among United Arab Emirates population. Medical Journal of Malaysia
2005; 60, 416-425.
Bener A, Janahi I, Sabbah A. Genetics and environmental risk factors associated with asthma in
schoolchildren. European Annals of Allergy & Clinical Immunology 2005; 37(5): 163-8.
Butt MT, Yakoub R, Alkaabi S, Bener A. An epidemiological study of Crohn’s disease in Arabian
developing country. Saudi Medical Journal, 2005; 26(11):1796-1799.
Bener A, Abdalla IM. Modeling and analysis of Hodgkin’s disease data using the Lorenz Curve.
Pakistan Journal of Statistics 2005; 21(1), 43-54.
Al-Suwaidi J, Zubaid M, Al-Mahmeed WA, Al-Rashan I, Amin H, , Bener A, Hadi RH, Helmy A,
Hanifah M Al-Binali H. Impact of fasting in Ramadan in patients with cardiac disease Saudi
Medical journal, 2005; 26 (10): 1579-1583.
Bener A, Janahi IA. Association between Childhood Atopic Disease and Parental Atopic Disease
in a Population with High Consanguinity. Collegium Anthropologicum 2005; 29 (2):677-682.
Hammoudeh M, Al Khayarin M, Zirie M, Bener A. Bone density measured by dual energy X-ray
absorptiometry in Qatari women. Maturitas 2005; 52(3-4):319-27.
Ghaffari Z, Ahmed B, Bener A. The effect of induction and augmentation of labour success rates
and maternal morbidity. Proceedings of the 7th world congress of perinatal medicine 2005; 7:111117.
Bener A. The neglected epidemic: road traffic accidents in a developing country, State of Qatar,
Injury Control and Safety Promotion 2005; 12(1): 45-47.
Ibrahim WH, Ghadban W, Khinji A, Yasin R, Soub H, Al-Khal, Bener A. Does pleural tuberculosis
disease pattern differ among developed and developing countries? Journal of Respiratory
Medicine 2005; 99:1038-1045.
Saleh N, Bener A, Khenyab N, Al-Mansori Z, Al Muraikhi A. Prevalence, awareness and
determinants of health care seeking behavior for urinary incontinence in Qatari women: A
neglected problem? Maturitas 2005; 50:58-65.
Bener A, Hammoudeh M, Zirie M, Heller RF. Is obesity a protective factor for osteoporosis.
APLAR Journal of Rheumatology 2005; 8:32-38.
Bener A, Al Suwaidi J, El Menyar A, Albinali HA. The effect of hypertension on acute myocardial
infarction: A cross-cultural comparison. The Cardiology 2005; 1 (3):172-175.
Denic S, Bener A, Khatib F, Sabri S, Milemkovic J. Parental consanguinity and risk of breast
cancer. A population-based case-control study. Medical Science Monitor 2005; 11(9):415-419.
Bener A, Al Suwaidi J, Ghaffar A. Is hypertension a predictor of risk for congestive heart failure: A
cross cultural comparison over a ten year period. European Journal of Heart Failure 2005; 7:784786.
Bener A, Elhakeem AAM, Abdulhadi K. Is there any association between the rhesus blood
groups, consanguinity and hearing loss. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology
2005; 69:327-333.
Bener A, Zirie M, Al-Rikabi R. Genetics, obesity and environmental risk factors associated with
type 2 diabetes. Croatian Medical Journal 2005; 46(2):302-307.
El-Shoubaki H, Bener A. The public knowledge and attitude towards organ donation and
transplantation: A cross-cultural study. Transplantation Proceedings 2005; 37:1993-1997.
Bener A, Farooq A, Kittani H, Seker H, Bener M. Bayesian Estimation for Modeling Acute
Myocardial Infarction Deaths and using the Lorenz Curve. International J. of Applied Sc. &
Computations 2005; 12(3):132-147.
Bener A, Crundall D. Road traffic accidents in the United Arab Emirates compared to western
countries. Advances in Transport Studies 2005; 6:5-12.
Bener A, Al-Mulla F, Al-Humoud SMG, Azhar A. Camel racing related injuries among children.
Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine 2005; 15:290-293
Bener A, Kamal AA. The growth pattern of Qatari school children age 6-18 years. Journal of
Health, Population and Nutrition 2005; 23(3):250-258.
Bener A, Al Maadid MGA, Al Bast DAE, Al Marri S. Maternal knowledge, attitude and practice on
folic acid intake among Arabian Qatari women. Reproductive Toxicology 2006; 21: 21-25.
Ghaffar Z, Bener A, Ahmed B. Safety of vaginal birth after caesarean delivery. International
Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics 2006; 92:38-42
Abdalla MIM, Al Mansouri F, Bener A. Dexmedetomidine during local anesthesia. J Anesth 2006;
20:54-56.
El-Menyar A, Bener A, Numan TM, Morcos S, Taha R, Al Suawaidi J. Epidemiology of Idiopathic
Cardiomyopathy in the State of Qatar during 1996- 2003. Medical Principle and Practice 2006; 15:
56-61.
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Janahi IA, Bener A, Bush A. Prevalence of asthma among Qatari schoolchildren: International
study of asthma and allergies in childhood ISAAC Qatar. Paediatric Pulmonology 2006; 41:80-86.
Bener A, Al-Qahtani A, Abdelaal I. The prevalence of attention deficit hyperactivity disorders
among primary school children in an Arabian country. Journal of Attention Disorders 2006;
10(1):77-82.
Bener A, Al Suwaidi J, El Menyar A, Albinali HA. The effect of hypertension on acute myocardial
infarction: A cross-cultural comparison. Med Hypotheses Res 2006; 3:637-642.
Bener A. Prevalence of obesity, overweight and Underweight in Qatari adolescents. Nutrition
Bulletin 2006; 27:39-45.
Bener A, Tewfik I. Prevalence of overweight, obesity and associated psychological problems in
Qatari females Population. Obesity Reviews 2006; 7:139-145.
Bener A, Al Suwaidi J, Hamad A, Fares A, Al-Sayed HM. Is there any effect of Ramadan fasting
on stroke incidence: A population based study (1991 – 2003). Singapore Medical Journal 2006;
47(5):404-408.
Bener A, Derbala MF, Al-Kaabi S, Taryam LO, Al-Ameri MM, Al-Muraikhi NM, Al-Mansor TM.
Frequency of peptic ulcer disease during and after Ramadan in a UAE hospital. Eastern
Mediterranean Health Journal 2006; 12 (1/2):105-111.
Shah S F, Bener A, Al-Kaabi S, Al-Khal A, Samson S. The epidemiology of Needle stick injuries
among health care workers in a rapidly new developing country, Safety Science 2006;44:387-394
Bener A, Hussain R. Consanguineous unions and child health in Qatar. Paediatric and Perinatal
Epidemiology 2006; 20:372-378.
Bener A, Kamran S, Elouzi EB, Hamad A, Heller R. Association between stroke and Acute
Myocardial Infarction and its related risk factors in a newly developed country: A population –
based study (1999-2003). The Anatolian Journal of Cardiology 2006; 6:24-27.
Siam A/R, Hammoudeh M, Khanjer I, Bener A, Sakarbi H, Mehdi S. Vitamin D deficiency in
Rheumatology clinic practice in Qatar. Qatar Medical Journal 2006; 15 (1):49-51.
Al-Mulla AAK, Bener A. The pattern of hypertension in rapidly developing Arabian country: Qatari
population. Journal of the Bahrain Medical Society 2006; 18:13-18.
Bener A, Kamran S, El-Rufaie OF, Georievski A.B, Sabri S, Farooq A. Rysavy M. Disability,
Depression and Somatization in low back pain patients. APLAR Journal of Rheumatology 2006;
9:257-263.
Bener A, Kamal A, Al-Banna M, Al-Mulla A, Elbagi IA. Are Symptoms of anxiety depression and
stress risk factors for hypertension? MedWell Online, Cardiology 2006; 2(2):45-51.
Sabri S, Bener A, Eapen V, Azhar AA, Abdishakure A, Singh J. Respond to Correlation between
hypertension and income distribution among United Arab Emirates population. Medical Journal of
Malaysia 2006; 60, 416-425.
Bener A, Ghaffar A. Azab A, Kutty MS, Toth F, Lovasz G. The impact of four-wheel drives on
traffic disability and deaths compared to passenger cars. J coll Physicians Surg Pak. 2006;
16(4):257-260.
Bener A. Al-Bakr S, Billing B. The prevalence and causes of visual impairment and common
ocular disorders in United Arab Emirates: Hospital based Emirati study. Asian Journal of
Ophthalmology 2006; 8:105-109.
El-Menyar AA. Altamimi O, Gomaa MM, Fawzy Z, Othman M, Bener A. The effect of high plasma
levels of Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) and Plasminogen activator inhibitor (PAI-1) on the
reperfusion after thrombolytic therapy in patients presented with acute myocardial infarction. J
Thromb Thrombolysis. 2006 Jun; 21(3):235-240.
Abdulwahab A, Bener A, Teebi AS. The incidence pattern of Down’s syndrome in children below
five years in the state of Qatar: A Five Year Study. Clinical Genetics; 2006; 69:360-362.
Al Mahdi HS, Bener A. Outcome of occlusion treatment for strabismic amblyopia in children below
12 years old. Saudi Medical Journal 2006; 27(10):1611-1612.
Derbala MF, Al-Kaabi SR, El-Dweik NZ, Pasic F, Butt MT, Yakoob R, Al-Marri A, Amer Am, Morad
N, Bener A. Treatment of hepatitis C virus genotype 4 with peginterferon alfa-2a: Impact of
bilharziasis and fibrosis stage. World J Gastroenterol 2006; 12(35):5692-5698.
Bener A, Saad AG, Micallef R, Ghuloum S, Sabri S. Hysteria: socio-demographic and clinical
characteristics of patients with dissociative disorders in an Arabian Society. Medical Principles and
Practice 2006; 15:362-367.
Hanifah M, Hadi H.A.R., Bener A, AlBinali H.A., Al Suwaidi J. Racial Variation in Clinical
Characteristics and Outcome in Patients Presenting with Acute Myocardial Infarction: Comparison
between Qatari and South Asian Patients in Qatar. Heart Views 2006; 7(4):126-131.
Janahi I, Bener A, Abdulwahab A. Pet Ownership and Associated Respiratory Diseases.
Aerobiologia 2006; 22:305-311.
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Bener A, Kamal AA, Tewfik I. Prevalence of Dieting, Overweight, Body Image Satisfaction and
associated Psychological Problems in Adolescent Boys. Nutrition and Food Science 2006;
36(5):295-304.
Bener A, Adeyemi EO, Ameen A, Beshwari M, Benedict S, Almehdi AM, M. F. Derballa.
Helicobacter pylori profile in asymptomatic farmers and non-farmers. International Journal of
Environmental Health Research 2006; 16(6):449-454.
Kamal M, Al-Abbasy AJ, Al-Muslemani A, Bener A. Effect of Nicotinamide in newly diagnosed
Type 1 diabetic children. Acta Pharmacol Sin. 2006 Jun; 27(6):724-727.
Bener A. Frequency of Headache and Migraine in Qatar. Neuroepidemiology 2006; 27:61-66.
El-Shoubaki H, Bener A, Masalmani Y. Factors influencing organ donation and transplantation in
the State of Qatar. Transplantationmedizin 2006; 18:97-103.
Al Suwaidi J, Bener A, Al Binali HA. Does the circadian pattern for acute cardiac events
presentation vary with fasting? Postgraduate Medicine. 2006 Jan-Mar; 52(1):30-33.
Bener A, , Zirei M, Daghash M, Al-Hamaq AOA, Heller R. Lipids, lipoprotein (a) profile and HbA1c
in Qatari Type 2 diabetic patients. Biomedical research 2007; 18(2):97-102.
Bener A, Lajunen T, Ozkan T, Haigney D. The effect of mobile phone use on driving style and
driving skills. International Journal of Crashworthiness 2006; 11(5):459-465.
El Menyar A, Gomaa M, Dabdoob W, Abdel Rahman M, Bener A, Altamimi O. Clinical and
biochemical predictors affect the choice and the short-term outcomes of different thrombolytic
agents in acute myocardial infarction. Coronary Artery Disease 2006; 17(5)431-437.
Bener A, Al-Suweidi E, Bessisso M, Al-Gazali L, Al-Khider A. The genetics and environmental risk
factors associated with febrile seizures. Journal of Pediatric Neurology 2006; 4:239-243.
Sabri S, Bener A, Eapen V, Abu Zeid MSO, Al-Mazrouei AM, Singh J. Some risk factors for
hypertension in United Arab Emirates. Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal 2006; 12(5):715718.
Bener A, Colakoglu B, Mobayed H, El Hakeem A, Al Mulla A Ak, Sabbah A. Does hospitalization
for asthma and allergic diseases occur more frequently in Ramadan fasting: A population based
study (2000-2004). Allerg Immunol (Paris) 2006; 38(4):109-112.
El-Menyar AA, Bener A, Numan MT, Morcos S, Taha RY, Al-Suwaidi J. Epidemiology of idiopathic
cardiomyopathy in Qatar during 1996-2003. Medical Principle and Practice 2006; 15:56-61.
Bener A, Dogan M, Abou Azab I, Rashed A, Siddiqui M. Amino acid profiles among colorectal
cancer patients. Biomedical Research 2006, 17(2):149-154.
Abdulwahab A, Bener A, Sandridge A.L., Hoffmann G. The pattern of Down syndrome among
children in Qatar: a population based study. Birth Defects Research 2006; 76:609-612.
Bener A, Al-Marri A, Shah S, Al-Kaabi S, Derballa M. The epidemiology and patterns of viral
hepatitis A, B and C among population in Qatar: Compared to regional and western countries.
Hepatitis monthly 2006;6(3):xxx
El-Said M, Badii R, Bessisso MS, Shahbek N, El-Ali M, El-Marikhie M, El-Zyoid M, Salem MSZ,
Bener A, Hoffmann G, Zschocke J. A common mutation in the CBS gene explains a high
incidence of homocystinuria in the Qatari population. Human Mutation 2006; 27:719-723.
Salahaldin AH, Bener A. Long-term and frequent cellular telephones use and risk of acoustic
neuroma. The International Tinnitus Journal 2006; 12(2):145-148.
Derbala M, Amer A, Bener A, Chong Lopes A, Omar M, El Ghannam M. Pegylated Interferon
Alpha 2b-Ribavirin Combination in Egyptian Patients with Genotype 4 Chronic Hepatitis. J Viral
Hepat 2005; 12(4): 380-5.
Dabdoub W, Bener A, Almohannadi D, Numan MT, Albinali HA, Alsuwaidi J. Epidemilology of
Atrial Fibrillation among Qatari patients admitted with various cardiovascular disorders – A
Population based study (1991–2001). Saudi Medical Journal 2007; 28(9):1457-9.
Bener A, Farooq A. Analysis of road traffic accidents data: Applying the Lorenz Curve and
associated Gini index. Middle East Journal of Emergency Medicine 2007; 7:18-23.
Bener A, Crundall D, Haigney D, Bensiali AK, Al-Falasi AS. Driving behaviour, lapses, errors and
violations on the road: United Arab Emirates study. Advances in Transportation Studies
2007;12:5-14.
Bener A, Humoud SM, Azhar A, Price P, Khalid MK, Rysavy M, Crundall D. The effect of seatbelt
legislation on Hospital admissions with road traffic injuries in oil-rich fast developing country.
International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion 2007; 14(2):103-107.
Bener A, Shanks N.J., Kamal M. Impact of asthma and air pollution on school attendance of
primary school children: are they at increased risk of school absenteeism? Journal of Asthma
2007; 44(4):249-52.
Salahaldin AH, Bener A. Hearing loss in elderly population: Experience in a rapidly newly
developed country Qatar, Middle East Journal of Age and Ageing 2007; 4(4):3-6.
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Bener A, Al-Ansari A, Afifi M, Prasad V.K. Erectile dysfunction among hypertensive men in a
rapidly developing country. Indian Journal of Urology 2007; 23:109-113.
Bener A, Hammoudeh M, Zirie M. Prevalence and Predictors of Osteoporosis and the impact of
life style factors on Bone Mineral Density. APLAR Journal of Rheumatology 2007; 10:227-233.
Bener A, Yousif A, Bener O.F, Huda S. Bayesian Estimation for Modelling Congestive Heart
Failure Deaths and Using Lorenz Curve. International Journal of Applied Sciences &
Computations 2007; 14:1-16.
Bener A, Azhar A, Bessisso M. Do fasting and life style eating habits in Ramadan affect
headache? Nutrition and Food Science 2007; 37(6):427-433.
Daghash M, Bener A, Zirie M, Dabdoub W, Al-Hamaq AOAA, Al-Arabi ZAM. Lipoprotein profile in
type 2 diabetic patients. International Journal of Cardiology 2007;121:91-92
Al-Khal AL, Bener A, Enarson DA. Tuberculosis among garment workers in Arabian developing
country: State of Qatar. Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health 2007; 60(6):295-8.
Shaltout T, Bener A, Al-Mujalli Z, Al-Abdullah M. Acute and transient psychotic disorder in a
rapidly developing country: State of Qatar. Medicina 2007; 43(7):575-9.
Bener A, Justham D, Azhar AA, Rysavy M, Al-Mulla F. Femoral fractures in children related to
motor vehicle injuries. Journal of Orthopaedic Nursing 2007; 11:146-150.
Ellingsen T, Bener A, Gehani AA. Study of shift work and risk of coronary events. The Journal of
the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health 2007; 127(6):265-267.
Bener A, Hussain R, Teebi AS. Consanguineous marriages and their effects on diseases: studies
from an endogamous population. Medical Principles and Practice 2007; 16(4):262-7.
Kamran S, Bener A, Deleu D, Khoja W, Jumma M, Alshubali A, Inshashi J, Sharouqi I, Alkhabouri
J. The level of awareness of stroke risk factors and symptoms in the Arabian Gulf Cooperative
Countries: Gulf Cooperation Council stroke Awareness Study. Neuroepidemiology 2007; 29:235242.
Rasul KI, Awidi AS, Kelta M, Al-Homsi U, Mubarak A, Al-Hassan A, Chong-Lopez A, Bener A.
New Chemotherapy Protocol (P-Can) for treatment of aggressive Non-Hodgkin's, 2007; 16(1):4044.
Bener A, Al-Ansari A, Al-Hamaq AOAA, Elbagi I, Afifi M. Prevalence of erectile dysfunction among
hypertensive and non hypertensive Qatari men. Medicina 2007; 43(11):870-878.
Bener A, Hyder AA, Schenk E. Trends in childhood injury mortality in a developing country: United
Arab Emirates. Accident & Emergency Nursing 2007 15(4):228-33.
Bener A, Micallef R, Afifi M, Derbala M, Al-Mulla H.M, Usmani M.A. Association between type 2
diabetes mellitus and helicobacter pylori infection, The Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology
2007;18(4);225-229.
Bener A, Al-Ansari A, Zirie M, Al-Hamaq AOAA, Janahi I, Mohammed H.S. The prevalence of
erectile dysfunction in type 2 diabetic and non-diabetic men: A comparative study, Current Urology
2007. 1:89-94.
Lindner M, Abdoh G, Fang-Hofmann J, Shabeck N, Al Sayrafi M, Al-Janahi M, Ho S, Abdelrahman
M.O., Ben-Omran T, Bener A, Schulze A, Al Rifai H, Al Thani G, Hoffmann G.F. Implementation of
extended neonatal screening and a metabolic unit in the State of Qatar: developing and optimising
strategies in cooperation with the Neonatal Screening Center in Heidelberg. Journal of Inherited
Metabolic Disease 2007; 30(4):522-9.
Ehlayel MS, Bener A, Sabbah A. Montelukast Treatment in Children with Moderately Severe
Atopic Dermatitis. European Annals of Allergy and Clinical immunology 2007; 39:232-236.
Elsaid MF, Bener A, Lindner M, Alzyoud M, Shahbek N, Abdel Rahman M.O., Bessisso, MS,
Zschocke J, Hoffmann GF. Are Heterocygotes for Classical Homocystinuria at Risk of Vitamin B12
and Folic Acid Deficiency? Molecular genetics and metabolism 2007; 92:100-103.
Bener A, Bener O. Mobile phone use while driving and risk of road traffic injury: Applying the
Lorenz Curve and Associated Gini Index. Advances in Transportation Studies 2007; 13:77-82.
Afifi M, Bener A. Research to policy in the Arab world: lost in translation. The Middle East Journal
of Family Medicine 2007; 5(6):3-9.
Bener A, Ehlayel MS, Alsowaidi S, Sabbah A. Role of Breast Feeding in Primary Prevention of
Asthma and Allergic Diseases in a Traditional Society. European Annals of Allergy & Clinical
Immunology 2007; 39:337-343.
Bener A, Shotar MM, Bener M. Forecasting vehicle ownership in a very fast newly developed oilrich country. International Journal of Applied Sciences & Computations 2007; 14:155-163.
Bener A, Almarri S, Ali BS, Aljaber K. Do Minutes Count for Health Care? Consultation length in
General Practice. Middle East Journal of Family Medicine 2007; 5:3-8.
Bener A, Ehlayel MS, Sabbah A. The pattern of genetics of paediatric extrinsic asthma risk factors
in polluted environment. Allerg Immunol (Paris). 2007; 39(2):58-63.
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Bener A, David Crundall. Effects of driver behaviour on accident involvement: The role of gender
and driver behaviour in Road Traffic Crashes. International Journal of Crashworthiness 2008;
13(3):331-336.
Bener A, Hoffman GF, Afify Z, Rasul K, Tewfik I. Does prolonged breastfeeding reduce the risk for
childhood leukaemia and lymphomas. Minerva Pediatrica 2008; 60(2):155-161.
Khalid M.K, Tawfiq F.A, AL Den A.S, Al Musleh A, Aboud O, Matar I, Rabea M, Kamel H, Al Hail
H, Bener A. Clinical presentation and risk factors, plus non-contrast cerebral CT, for evaluation of
patients with acute stroke in the ED. JEMTAC 2008;8:24-27.
Al Khal A.L., El Shafie S.S., Al Kuwari J, Bener A. Streptococcus pneumonia serotypes in newly
developed state of Qatar: Consideration for conjugate vaccine. Qatar Medical Journal 2008;
16(2):25-28.
Bener A, Al-Mahdi H, Warid F, Darwish S. Correlation between Vision Loss and its risk factors in
elderly people in a rapidly developed Arabian society. Asian Journal of Ophthalmology 2008;
10:126-129.
Bener A, Al-Hamaq AOAA, Kamran S, Al-Ansari A. Prevalence of erectile dysfunction in male
stroke patients and associated co-morbidities and risk factors. International Urology and
Nephrology 2008; 40(3):701-8.
Bener A, Ayub H, Kakil R, Ibrahim W. Patterns of Cancer Incidence Among The Population of
Qatar: A Worldwide Comparative Study. Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention 2007; 9(1):1924.
Al-Mulla AMAK, Bener A. Smoking among boys: The Role of Family and Environment on
Smoking in A Rapidly Developed Country. Middle East Journal of Medicine 2008; 6:25-29.
Musallam M, Bener A, Al-Gaud YK, Zirie M, Al-Hamaq AAO, Othman MA, Tewfik I. Metabolic
Syndrome and its components among Qatari population. International Journal of Food Safety,
Nutrition and Public Health 2008; 1:88-102.
Badii R, Bener A, Zirie M, Al-Rikabi A, Simsek M, Al-Hammaq A.O.A.A., Ghoussaini M, Froquel P,
Wareham N.J. Lack of association between the Pro12Ala polymorphism of the PPAR-y2 gene and
type 2 diabetes mellitus in the Qatari consanguineous population. Acta Diabetologica 2008;
45(1):15-21.
Ehlayel MS, Bener A. Duration of breast-feeding and the risk of childhood allergic diseases in a
developing country. Allergy & Asthma Proceedings. 2008; 29(4):386-391.
Al-Thani, Elsheikh M, Janahi M, Al-Marri A, Caksen H, Bener A. Seasonality and epidemiology of
respiratory syncytial virus in Qatar. Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases 2008; 3:41-45.
Shah SF, Nadeem S, Farooq A, Bener A. Emerging Trend in the Epidemiology of Meningitis in
Qatar. Journal College of Physicians and Surgeons Pak. 2008; 18(4):259-260.
Bener A, Ozkan T, Lajunen T. The driver behaviour questionnaire in Arab Gulf Countries: Qatar
and United Arab Emirates. Accident Analysis & Prevention 2008; 40:1411-1417.
Shakir N, Salih H, Khalid M, Bener A. Presence of admitting team in emergency department, does
it make a difference? JEMTAC 2008; 8:32-34.
Bener A, Al-Maadid M, Ozkan T, Al-Bast DAE, Diyab KN, Lajunen T. The impact of four wheel
drive on risky driver behaviors and road traffic accidents. Transportation Research, An
International Journal, Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour 2008; 11:324-333.
Bener A, Saleh N, Burgut FT. Prevalence and determinants of fecal incontinence in
premenopausal women in an Arabian Country. Climacteric 2008; 11(5):429-35.
Bener A, Al Qahtani R, Teebi A, Bessisso M. The prevalence of attention deficit hyperactivity
symptoms in school children: In a highly consanguineous community. Medical Principles and
Practice 2008; 17(6):440-6.
Bener A, Salahaldin AH, Darwish SM, Gansan L. Association between hearing loss and type 2
diabetes mellitus in elderly people in rapidly developed society. Biomedical Research 2008; 19 (3):
187-193.
Ehlayel MS, Bener A. Does Montelukast Reduce the Treatment Cost in Children with Moderately
Severe Atopic Dermatitis? Curr Pediatr Res 2008; 12 (1 &2): 1- 4.
Dawodu A, Bener A, Koutouby G. A, Varady E, Abdurazzaq Y. Size at birth in a rapidly
developing economy: Intrauterine growth pattern of UAE infants. Annals of Human Biology 2008;
35(6): 615-623.
Murshid MS, Al-Hammdany KNK, Al-Kafaji A, Bener A. Does Morbid Obesity Increase Morbidity in
Abdominoplasty? Qatar Medical Journal 2008; 17(2):7-10.
Ehlayel MS, Bener A. Does Montelukast Reduce the Treatment Cost in Children with Moderately
Severe Atopic Dermatitis? Allergy 2008; 63: 274-274.
Bener A, Al-Saied A, Al-Ali MG, Mian M, Guiter G, Abraham A, Al-Kubaisi A, Basha B, Hassan
AS. Vitamin D deficiency in the young population with Type 1 diabetes: a case-control study.
Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice 2008; 79: S37-S37.
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Alsowaidi S, Al Ketbi M, Bener A. Allergen sensitization among allergic patients seen in allergy
clinic in UAE. Annals of Allergy Asthma & Immunology 2008; 100: A42-A42.
Bener A, Alsaied A, Al-Ali M, Hassan AS, Basha B, Al-Kubaisi A, Abraham A, Mian M, Guiter G,
Tewfik I. Impact of Lifestyle and Dietary Habits on Hypovitaminosis D in T1DM and Healthy
Children from Qatar: A sun rich country. Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism 2008; 53(3-4): 215222.
Bener A, El-Shoubaki H, Al-Maslamani Y. Do We Need To Maximize the Knowledge and Attitude
Level of Physicians and Nurses Toward Organ Donation and Transplant. Experimental and
Clinical Transplantation 2008; 4: 249-253.
Bener A, Al-Ali M, Hoffmann G.F. Vitamin D deficiency in healthy children in a sunny country:
associated factors. International Journal of Food Science and Nutrition. 2009; 60(S5)60-70.
Ismail MS, Shahridan MF, Soon BH, Azhar AA, Teodoro JH, Bener A. Emergency Head CT scan
ordering and yield: A Malaysian Experiance. Journal of Emergency Medicine & Acute Care. 2008;
8(3): 151-155.
Bener A, Abdul Rahman YS, Mitra B. Incidence and severity of head and neck injuries in victims
of road traffic crashes: In an economically developed country. International Emergency Nursing
2009; 17: 52-59.
Bener A, Al-Kaabi S, Derballa M, AL-Marri A, Rikabi A. The Epidemiology of Viral hepatitis in
Qatar. Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation 2009; 20(2):300-306.
Bener A, Al-Ali M, Hoffmann G.F. High prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in young children in a
highly sunny humid country: A global health problem. Minerva Pediatrica 2009; 61(1): 15-22.
Darwish SM, Bener A, Kamel H, Omer AJ. The outcome of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
on diagnostic decision making in patients with different clinical conditions. Middle East Journal of
Internal Medicine 2009; 2(1): 24-29.
Bener A, Zirie M, Janahi IM, Al Hamaq AOAA, Musallam M, Wareham NJ. Prevalence of
Diagnosed and Undiagnosed Diabetes Mellitus and its Risk Factors in a Population – Based Study
of Qatar. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice 2009; 84: 99-106.
Salim EI, Moore MA, Al-Kayed S, Al-Lawati JA, Al-Sayyad J, Barchana M, Bawazir A, Bazarbashi
S, Bener A, Corbex M, El-Hattab O, El-Mistriri M, El-Saghir N, Habib OS, Cherif MH, Maziak W,
Seif-Eldin IAS, Sihem H, Sobue T . Cancer Epidemiology in the Arab Region – Past, Present and
Future. Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention 2009; 10: 27- 44.
Bener A, Hyder AA, Schenk E. Trends in childhood injury mortality in a developing country: United
Arab Emirates. International Emergency Nursing 2009; 17:132.
Bener A, El Ayoubi HR, Chouchane L, Ali AI, Al-Kubaisi A, Al-Sulaiti H, Teebi AS. The Impact of
Consanguinity on Cancer in a Highly Endogamous Population. Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer
Prevention 2009; 10: 35-40.
Al-Mulla N, Bener A. Amer A, Abu Laban M. Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura in childhood: A
Population based study in Qatar. Journal de Pediatria 2009; 85(3): 269-272.
Bener A, Zirie M, Musallam M, Khader YS, Al-Hamaq AOAA. Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome
According to ATP III and IDF criteria: A population based study. Metabolic Syndrome and Related
Disorders 2009; 7(3): 221-30.
Bener A. Emerging Trend in Motorization and the Epidemic of Road Traffic Crashes in an
Economically Growing Country. International Journal of Crashworthiness 2009;14(2):183-188.
Bener A, Al Ansari A.A, Zirie M, Al Hamaq AOAA. Is male fertility associated with type 2 diabetes
mellitus? International Urology and Nephrology 2009; 41: 777-784.
Bener A, Dogan M, Ehlayel MS, Shanks NJ, Sabbah A. The impact of air pollution on hospital
admission for respiratory and cardiovascular diseases in an oil & gas-rich country. European
Annals of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 2009; 41(3): 80-84.
Murshid MS, Al-Hmmdany KNK, Al-Kafaji AS, Bener A. Abdominoplasty in Obese and Morbidly
Obese Patients. Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery. 2010; 63(5): 820-825.
Bener A, Lestringant GG, Saarinen K, Takiddin AH. Treatment Outcome of Acne Vulgaris with
Oral Isotretinoin: results from a cohort of 198 patients. Journal College of Physicians and
Surgeons Pakistan 2009; 19(1): 49-51.
Rikabi A, Bener A, Al-Marri A, Al-Thani S. Hepatitis B and C viral infections in chronic liver
disease: a population-based study in Qatar, Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal 2009; 15(4):
778-784.
Alsowaidi S, Mohamed A, Bernsen R, Abdulle AM, Bener A. Characteristics, severity and
management of insect-stung patients. Biomedical Research 2009; 20(3): 155-157.
Salameh K, Rahman S, Al-Rifai H, Masoud A, Lutfi S, Abdouh, G, Omar F, Khan SI, Bener A. An
analytic study of the trends in perinatal and neonatal mortality rates in the State of Qatar over a 30
year period (1977-2007): a comparative study with regional and developed countries. Journal of
Perinatology 2009; 29:765-770.
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Bener A, Alsaied A, Al-Ali M, Al-Kubaisi A, Basha B, Abraham A, Guiter G, Mian M. High
Prevalence of Vitamin D Deficiency in Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus and Healthy Children. Acta
Diabetologica 2009; 46: 183-189.
El-Menyar A, Al Banali HA, Bener A, Mohammed I, Al Suwaidi J. Prevalence and Impact of
Diabetes Mellitus in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction: A 10-year experience. Angiology
2009; 60(6): 683-688.
Bener A, El-Ayoubi HR, Moore MA, Basha B, Joseph S, Chouchane L. Do We Need to Maximise
The Breast Cancer Screening Awareness? : Experience with an Endogamous Society With High
Fertility. Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention 2009; 10(4):599-604.
Kamal M, Bener A. Factors contributing to school failure among school children in very fast
developing Arabian Society. Oman Medical Journal 2009; 24(3): 212-217.
Bener A, Ghuloum S, Burgut FT. Gender Differences in Prevalence of Somatoform Disorders in
Patients Visiting Primary Care Centers. Journal of Primary Care & Community Health 2010;
1(1):37-42.
AL-Ansari AA., Al-Said SS. Bener A, Yassin A. Patterns of primary and secondary infertility in
Qatari male population. Jouranl of Men’s Health 2009; 6(3): 264.
Schreier HG, Kebbewar M, Hoffmann JF, Wilrich J, Abdoh G, Ben-Omran T, Shahbek N, Bener
A, Al-Rifai H, Al-Khal AL, Lindner M, Zschocke J, Hoffmann GF. Reliable Newborn Population
Screening for Classical Homocystinuria by Determination of Total Homocysteine Guthrie Cards.
The Journal of Pediatrics 2010; 156:427-432.
Bener A, Dogan M. Shanks NJ. The impact of air pollution on hospital admission for respiratory
and cardiovascular diseases in an oil-rich country. East African Journal of Public Health 2009;
6(2): 124-127.
Bener A, Omar AOKH, Ahmad AE, Al-Mulla FH, Abdul Rahman YS. The pattern of traumatic brain
injuries: a country Undergoing rapid development. Brain Injury 2010; 24(2):74-80.
Bener A, Al Mazroei A. Health Services Management in Qatar. Croation Medical Journal 2010;
51(1): 85-88.
Salahaldin AH, Hadi KA, Fakhro R, Bener A. Post binaural cochlear implant fluctuating hearing
loss – A Case study. Current Pediatric Research 2010; 14(1): 33-38.
Derbala M, Shebi FM, Rashid A, Amer A, Bener A. Microalbuminuria in hepatitis C-genotype 4:
Effect of pegylated interferon and ribavirin. World Journal of Gastroenterology 2010; 16(10): 12261231.
Ehlayel MS, Bener A, Abdulrahman HM. Protective effect of breastfeeding on diarrhoea among
children in a rapidly growing newly developed Society. The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics 2009;
51(6): 527-533.
Ibrahim WH, Rasul KI, Khinji A, Ahmed MS, Bener A. Clinical and epidemiological characteristics
of lung cancer in Qatar (1998-2005). Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 2010; 16(2): 166-170.
Bener A, Crundall D, Özkan T, Lajunen T. Mobile phone use while driving: A Major Public Health
Problem in an Arabian society, State of Qatar – mobile phone use and the risk of motor vehicle
crashes. Journal of Public Health 2010; 18: 123-129.
Bener A, Hussain SJ, Al-Malki MA, Shotar MM, Al-Said MF, Jadaan KS. Road Traffic fatalities in
Qatar, Jordan and the UAE: estimates using regression analysis and the relationship with
economic growth. Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal 2010; 16(3): 318-323.
Ghuloum S, Bener A, Burgut FT. Ethnic Differences in Satisfaction with Mental Health Services
among Psychiatry Patients. The Open Psychiatry Journal 2010; 4: 19-24.
Bener A. Gender differences in prevalence of somatoform disorders in patients visiting primary
care centers. European Psychiatry 2009; 24(1): S1070.
Bener A. Prevalence of Overweight, obesity, and associated psychological problems in Qatari’s
female population. European Psychiatry 2009; 24(1): S192.
Bener A, Hussain SJ, Ghaffar A, Abou-Taleb H, El-Sayed HF. Trends in Childhood Trauma
Mortality in The Fast Economicaly Developing State of Qatar. World J of Pediatr 2011; 7 (1): 4144.
Al-Dulimi HH, Abdulaziz A, Mohammed T, Bener A. Trauma Mortality in the State of Qatar, 20062007. Jemtac 2010; 9(1): 19-26.
Bener A, El Ayoubi HR, Ali AI, Al-Kubaisi A, Al-Sulaiti H. Does consanguinity lead to decreased
incidence of breast cancer? Cancer Epidemiology 2010; 34:413-418.
Ghuloum S, Bener A, Burgut FT. Epidemiological Survey of Knowledge, Attitude and Health
Literacy concerning Mental Illness in a National Community Sample: A Global Burden Disease.
Journal of Primary Care and Community Health. 2010 1(2) 111-118.
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Rahman S, Salameh K, Bener A, El Ansari W. Socioeconomic associations of improved Maternal,
Neonatal and Perinatal Survival in Qatar. International Journal of Women’s Health 2010 2:311318.
Bener A, Al-Mahdi HS, Ali AI, Al-Nufal M, Vachhani PJ, Tewfik I. Obesity and low vision as a
result of excessive internet use and television viewing. International Journal of Food Sciences and
Nutrition 2011. 62(1): 60-62.
Bener A, Al-Mahdi HS, Vachhani PJ, Al-Nufal M, Ali AI. Do excessive internet use, television
viewing and poor life-style habits affect low vision in school children? Journal of Child Health Care
2010; 14(4):375-385.
Bener A, Ghuloum S, Al-Mulla AAK, Al-Marri S, Hashim MS, Elbagi IEA. Prevalence of
somatization and psychologisation among patients visiting primary health care centers in the State
of Qatar. Libyan Journal of Medicine 2010; 5: 5266-5273.
Bener A, Guloum S. Gender Differences in the Knowledge Attitude and Practice towards Mental
Health Illness in a Very Rapid Arab Developing Society. The International Journal of Social
Psychiatry, 2010; 57(5):480-486.
Bener A, Ghuloum S, Commons ML, Miller PM, Burgut FT. Ratings of therapeutic boundary
excursions differ with culture: an application of Rasch Analysis in Psychiatry. Intl. Journal of
applied sciences & computations 2010 17(1): 1-15.
Tewfik I, Bener A, Tewfik S. Is Africa facing a nutrition transition Under the double burden of
disease? World Association for Sustainable Development, 2010, 160-171.
Bener A, Burgut HR, Sidahmed H, AlBuz R, Sanya R, Khan WA. Road Traffic Injuries and risk
factors. Californian Journal of Health Promotion 2009; 7(2): 92-101.
Bener A, Moore MA, Ali R, El Ayoubi HR. Impacts of Family History and Life Style Habits on
Colorectal Cancer Risk: A Case-Control Study. Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention 2010;
11:1-6.
Bener A, Yousif A, Al-Malki MA, El-Jack I, Bener M. Is Road traffic fatalities affected by economic
growth? Advances in Transportation Studies an International Journal 2011 Section B 23: 89 – 96.
Bener A, El-Ayoubi HR, Basha B, Joseph S, Chouchane L. Breast cancer screening barriers:
Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Women towards breast cancer. The Breast Journal 2011;
17(1): 115- 116.
Omar AO, Ahmed AE, El Bashir H, Algibali O, Al-Jaber MJ, Bener A. The Outcome of Severe
Traumatic Brain Injury in Children in Qatar: Six year study. Qatar Medical Journal, 2010 19 (1) 24
– 27.
Bener A, Kamran S, Nadeem S. A cross sectional survey to determine the impact of educational
level on awareness of stroke. Gazetta Medica Italiana 2011; 170(4):215-223.
Bener A, Abdul Rahman YS, Abdel Aleem EY, Khalid MK. Trends and characteristics of head and
neck injury from falls: A hospital based study. Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal 2010;
11(2): 244-251.
Bener A, Ghuloum S, Dafeeah EE. Prevalence of Most Common Phobias, and its SocioDemographic Correlates in Children and Adolescents in a Traditional Developing Society. African
Journal of Psychiatry 2010; 14(2):140-145.
Bener A, Mohammad A, Ismail AN, Zirei M, Abdullatef WK, Al-Hammaq AOAA. Gender and agerelated differences in patients with the metabolic syndrome in a highly endogamous population.
Bosnian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences 2010: 10 (3): 210-217.
Arbab AA, Bener A, Abdulmalik M. Prevalence, awareness and determinants of contraceptive use
in Qatari women. Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal 2011; 17(1):11-18.
Bener A, Hoffmann GF.Nutritional rickets among Children in a sun rich Country. Int. J Pediatr
Endocrinol. 2010, 7 pages.
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Bener A. Colon Cancer in Rapidly Developing Countries: Review of the Lifestyle, Dietary,
Consanguinity and Hereditary Risk Factors. Journal of Oncology Review. 2011; 5 (1): 5-11.
Burgut HR, Bener A, Sidahmed H, Albuz R, Sanya R, Khan WA. Risk Factors Contributing To
Road Traffic Crashes in a Fast Developing Country: The Negleted Public Health Problem. Turkish
Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery 2010; 16 (6): 497 – 502.
Bener A, Ghuloum S. Ethnic Differences in the Knowledge, Attitude and Beliefs towards Mental
Illness in a Traditional Fast Developing Country. Psychiatria Danubina 2011; 23(2):157-164.
Bener A, Ehlayel MS, Abdulrahman HM. Does Exclusive Breast-Feeding Prevent Diarrheal
Diseases? Brazilian Journal of Mother and Child Health (Rev. Bras. Saude Matern. Infant. Recife)
2011, 11 (1): 95 – 99.
Bener A, Ghuloum S. Psychometric Validation of the Arabic Version of the Patient-Doctor
Relationship Questionnaire (PDRQ): Are Patients Satisfied from their Psychiatrist? Middle East
Journal of Psychiatry and Alzheimers, 2010. 1(1): 3-8.
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Ghuloum S, Bener A, Abou-Saleh MT. Prevalence of Mental Disorders in Adult Population
Attending Primary Health Care Setting. Journal of Pakistan Medical Association 2011; 61(3):216221.
Salim EI, Moore MA, Al-Lawati JA, Al-Sayyad J, Bawazir A, Bazarbashi S, Bener A, Corbex M, ElSaghir N, Habib OS, Maziak W, Seif-Eldin IA, Sobue T. Cancer Epidemiology and Control in the
Arab World – Past, Present and Future. Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, 2009; 10: 316.
Bener A, Al-Hamaq AOAA. Sleep Quality and Excessive Daytime Sleepiness in an Arab Diabetic
Population. Biomedical Research 2010; 21(4):333-340.
Ehlayel MS, Abu Hazeima K, Al-Mesaifri F, Bener A. Camel Milk: An Alternative for Cow’s Milk
Allergy in Children. Allergy and Asthma Proc. 2011; 32:225-258.
Bener A, Dafeeah E, Impact of Depression and Anxiety Disorders on Gastrointestinal Symptoms
and its Prevalence in the General Population. African J Psychology, 2011; 22(4):407-415.
Ehlayel M.S., Abu Hazeima K, Al-Mesaifiri F, Bener A. Camel milk as an Alternate Milk and Pure
Nutritional Feeding Mode in Allergic Children. Food Allergy 2010; 65:748-749.
Ehlayel M.S, Bener A, A Sabbah. Is High Prevalence of Vitamin D Deficiency Evidence for
Asthma and Allergy Risks? Eur Ann Allergy Clin Immunol, 2011; 43(3):81-88.
Rahman S, Salameh K, Al-Rifai H, Masoud A, Lutfi S, Abdouh G, Bener A. Gestational Age
Specific Neonatal Survival in the State of Qatar (2003-2008)-A Comparative Study with
International Benchmarks. Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan, 2011;
21(9):542-547.
Al Mahdi, Bener A. Outcome of Occlusion Treatment for Strabismic Amblyopia in Children Below
12 years Old Age.Qatar Medical Journal 2011;20(1):23-24.
Ehlayel M.S, Bener A, Abu Hazeima K, Al-Mesaifri. Camel Milk is a Safer Choice than Goat Milk
for Feeding Children with Cow Milk Allergy. ISRN Allergy, 2011; Article ID 391641, 5 pages, 2011.
doi:10.5402/2011/391641.
Bener A, Gholoum S, Abou-Saleh MT. Prevalence, Symptom Pattern and Comorbidity of Anxiety
and Depressive Disorders in Primary Care in Qatar. Social Psychiatry & Psychiatric Epidemiology,
2011; 57(5):480-486.
Al-Hajri M, Bener A, Eljack E, Balbaid O. Travellers Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices on the
Prevention of Infectious Diseases: Qatar-Doha International Airport Study. Middle East Journal of
Family Medicine, 2011; 9(9):22-28.
Awidi A , Saleh A, Dweik M, Kailani B, Abu-Fara M, Nabulsi R, Bener A. Measurement of Platelet
Reactivity of Patients with Cardiovascular Disease on Treatment with Acetyl Salicylic Acid: A
Prospective Study. Heart Vessels, 2010; 26(5):516-522.
Bener A, Al-Hamaq AOAA, Dafeeah E. High Prevalence of Depression, Anxiety and Stress
Syptoms among Diabetes Mellitus Patients. The Open Psychiatry Journal, 2011; 5:5-12.
Bener A, Ehlayel MS, Tulic MK, Hamid Q. Vitamin D Deficiency as Strong Predictor of Asthma in
Children. International Archives of Allergy and Immunology, 2012; 157(2):168-175.
Al-Mahdi HS, Bener A, Hashimi S. Clinical Pattern of Pediatric Occular Trauma in Highly Fast
Developing Country. International Emergency Nursing, 2011; 19(4):186-191.
Bener A, Saleh NM, AL-Hamaq AOAA. Prevalence of Gestational Diabetes and Associated
Maternal and Neonatal Complications in a Fast Developing Community: Global Comparisons.
International Journal of Women’s Health, 2011; 3:367-73.
Al-Hajri M, Bener A, Balbaid O, Eljack E. Knowledge and Practice towards Travel Medicine:
Primary Health Care Physicians in Qatar. South East Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and
Public Health, 2011; 42(6):1546-1552.
Bener A. Does computer and internet addiction exist? Factorial Analysis for Internet Addiction
Test and Beck Depression Scale. International Journal of Applied Sciences & Computations,
2012; xx (xx): xx-xx (In The Press).
Singh R, Bener A, Singh K, Dwivedi SN. Child Survival Model in Reference of First Birth Order:
Statistical Validation and Prediction. Current Pediatric Research, 2012; 16(1): 19-25.
Bener A, Abdulmalik M, Al-kazaz M, Mohammed AG, Sanya R, Buhmaid S, Al-Harthy M, Zirie M.
Medical Audit of the Quality of Diabetes Care: Is Primary Care More Successful than Outpatient
Clinics of the Hospital? Journal of Primary Care and Community Health, 2012; 3(1):42-50.
Bener A, Al-Hamaq AOAA, Zirie M, Darwish S, Mohammed AA. Impacts of Type 2 Diabetes
Mellitus in Sleep Disturbances: In Fast Economicaly Developed Country. Gazzetta Medica Italiana
2011; 170(6): 387-396.
Bener A, Gerber LM, Sheikh J. Prevalence of Psychiatry Disorders and Associated Risk Factors
in Arab Women during their Postpartum Period: A Major Public Health Problem and Global
Comparison. International Journal of Women’s Health, 2012; 4:191-200.
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Bener A, Al-Mahdi HS. Internet use and Television Viewing in Children and Its Association with
Vision Loss: A Major Public Health Problem. Journal of Public Health in Africa, 2012; 3:e16, 65-69.
Bener A, Saleh NM, Yousafzai MT. Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors of Ante-Partum
Hemorrhage Among Arab Women in Economically Fast Growing Society. Nigerian Journal of
Clinical Practice, 2012; 15 (2): 185-189.
Bener A, Dafeeah E, Ghuloum S, Al-Hamaq AOAA. Association between Psychological Distress
and Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, World Journal of Diabetes, 2012;
3(6): 123-129.
Bener A, Burgut FT, Ghuloum S, Sheikh J. A Study of Postpartum Depression in a Fast
Developing Country: Prevalence and Related Factors. International Journal of Psychiatry in
Medicine, 2012; 43(4): 325-337
Bener A, Kurdi B, Hoffman GF, Teebi A. The Pattern of Neural Tube Defects in a Highly
Endogamus Society: 25 Years Incidence Trends. World Journal of Paediatric Neurology, 2012,
10(3), 2012: 193-198.
Bener A, Saleh NM, Salameh KMK, Basha B, Joseph S, Albuz R. Impact of Interpregnancy
Interval on Low Birth Weight and other Pregnancy Outcomes. Brazilian Journal of Mother& Child
Health, 2012, 12(3): 155-163.
Bener A, Al-Mahdi HS, Ali AI, Al-Nufal M, Ali A.I, Vachhani PJ, Tewfik I. Association Between
Childhood Computer Use and the Risk of Obesity and Low Vision. Journal of Public Health
Frontier, 2012, 1(3): 66-72.
Bener A, Yousafzai MT. Comparison of Reliability and Validity of the Postpartum Depression
Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS-21) with the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II) and Edinburgh
Postpartum Depression Scale (EPDS) in Arabian Women. International Journal of Applied Sc. &
Computations, July 19(2): 141-156.
Bener A, Yousafzai MT, Al-Hamaq AOAA. Familial Aggregation of T2DM among Arab Diabetic
Population. International Journal of Diabetes in Developing Countries, June 2012. 32(2): 90-92.
Hammoud M, Elnashar M, Abdelrahim H, Khidir A, Elliott H.A.K, Killawi A, Padela A.I, Al Khal A.L,
Bener A, Fetters M.D. Challenges and Oppurtunities of US and Arab Collaborations in Health
Services Research: A case study from Qatar, Journal of Global Public Health, Vol.4(6), 148159,2012.
Bener A, Dafeeah EE, Samson N. The Impact of Consanguinity on Risk of Schizophrenia?
Journal of Psychopathology, 2012; 45(6): 399-400.
Alsaied O, Bener A, Al-Moslamani Y, Nour B. Knowledge and Attitudes of Health Care
Professionals towards Organ Donation and Transplantation. Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases
and Transplantation, 2012; 23(6): 1304-1310.
Bener A, Abdul Rahman YS, Abdel Aleem EY, Khaled MK. Trends and Characteristics of Injuries
in the State of Qatar: Hospital Based Study. International Journal of Injury Control & Safety
Promotion, Dec 2012; 19(4): 368-72.
Bener A, Abdulmalik M, Al-Kazaz M, Sanya R, Buhamaid S, Al Harthy M. Does Good Clinical
Practice at the Primary Care Improve the Outcome Care for Diabetic Patients?: Gender
Differences. Journal of Primary Care Diabetes, 2012 Dec; 6(4): 285-92.
Salahaldin AH, Abdulhadi K, Najjar N, Bener A. Low Level Laser Therapy in Patients with
Complaints of Tinnitus: A Clinical Study. International Journal of Otolaryngology, Published – 5
pages, 2012.
Ghuloum S, Bener A, Commons ML, Miller PM, Burgut FT, Bhugra D. Perceptions of Boundaries
and Cultural Influences in Qatar. International Journal of Social Psychiatry, Published, 2012; 1-8.
Bener A, Salameh KMK, Yousafzai MT, Samson N, Saleh MN. Pattern of Maternal Complications
and Low Birth weight: Associated Risk Factors among highly Endogamous Women. ISRN
Obstetrics & Gynecology, Published on sep 8, vol 2012, 7 pages.
Bener A, Zirie M, Kim E, Al Buz R, Zaza M, Al-Nufal M, Hillhouse EW, Riboli E. Measuring Burden
of Diseases in a Rapidly Developing Economy: State of Qatar. Global Journal of Health Science.
2013, Vol. 5(2):134-144.
Bener A, El Ayoubi HR.The Role of Vitamin D Deficiency and Osteoporosis in Breast Cancer
Patients. International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases, 2012; 15(6): 554-61.
Bener A. The Impact of Rapid Urbanization on Road Traffic Crashes and Injuries. Journal of the
Egyptian Public Health Association, 2012; Vol. 87(5&6): 85-89.
Sajjad Rahman, Walid El Ansari, Nimeri N, Sarah El Tinay, Salameh K, Abbas T, Yousafzai MT,
Bener A. Have neonatal mortality rates in the state of Qatar become static? A PEARL study
analysis. Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 2012; 18(12): 1201-1208.
Miller PM, Bener A, Ghuloum S, Commons ML, Burgut FT. Differences and Similarities in CrossCultural Perceptions of Boundaries: A comparison of results from two studies. International
Journal of Law Psychiatry. Sep; 35(6): 398-405, 2012.
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Ehlayel MS, Bener A, Laban MA. Primary Immunodeficiency diseases in children: 15 Year
experience in a Tertiary care Medical Centre in Qatar. Journal of Clinical Immunology, 2012.
(Epub ahead of print, 14th Jan. 2013)
Bener A, Al-Nufal M, Vachhani PJ, Ali AI, Samson N, Saleh MN. Maternal Complications with
Neonatal Outcome among Arab Women in a Fast Developing Country. Journal of Family and
Community Medicine, 2012 (In The Press, will publish on April 2013)
Abdullatef WK, Gehani AA, Al-Aqeedi RF, Dabdoob W, Hajar HA, Bener A. Prevalence of
unrecognized diabetes mellitus in patients admitted with acute coronary syndrome. Angiology,
2012(Published online)
Bener A, Dafeeah EE, Chaturvedi SK, Bhugra D. Somatic Symptoms in Primary care and
Psychological Co-morbidities in Qatar: Neglected Burden of Disease. International Review of
Psychiatry, 2012 (Accepted, 1-7)
Bener A, Al-Kazaz M, Ftouni D, Al-Harthy M, Dafeeah EE. Diagnostic Overlap of Depressive,
Anxiety, Stress, and Somatoform Disorders in Primary Care: Prevalence and Comorbidity. AsiaPacific Psychiatry, 2012 (Published Online on 23rd July 2012)
Bener A, Salameh KMK, Saleh NM, Basha B, Joseph S, Albuz R. Socio-Demographic and
Consanguinity Risk Factors Associated with Low Birthweight. Journal of Pakistan Medical
Association, 2012 (Accepted).
Bener A, Dafeeah EE, Ghuloum S. Common Fears in Children and Adolescents and Their SocioDemographic Correlates in a Traditional Developing Society. Journal Medicina, 2012 (accepted,
minor revisions)
Bener A, Ghuloum S. Gender Difference on Patients’ Satisfaction and Expectation towards Mental
Health Care.Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice, 2012 (In the Press)
Bener A. Psychological Distress among Postpartum Mothers of Preterm Infants and Associated
Factors: A Neglected Public Health Problem. Revistria Brasileira de Psiquiatria, 2012 (Accepted).
Bener A, Yousafzai MT, Al-Hamaq AOAA. Wareham NJ. Parental Transmission of Type 2
Diabetes Mellitus and its Influence in the Offspring in a Highly Endogamous Population. World
Journal of Diabetes, 2012 (Under Review).
Bener A. Lifestyle and Depressive Risk Factors Associated with Internet Addiction in an Arabian
Gulf Adolescent Population. Journal of Addiction Medicine, 2012 (Under Review).
Bener A, Rahman S, Yousafzai MT. Trends of cause and sex specific mortality, and its impact on
the life expectancy among Qatari Population. Journal of Public Health Frontier, 2012 (Under
Review, 14 Jan 2013)
Bener A, Dafeeah EE, Samson N. Do Consanguinity and Family History Increase the Risk of
Schizophrena?: A Population Based Study. Frontiers in Psychiatry. (Submitted on 14th Nov. 2012)
Bener A, Darwish SM, Hoffmann GF. Vitamin D Deficiency and Risk of Dental Caries among
Young Children: A Public Health Problem. The open Dentistry Journal, 2012 (Submitted on
Nov.13, 2012).
Burgut FT, Ghuloum S, Sheikh J, Bener A. Postpartum Depression and Maternal Complications in
A Fast Developing Nation, Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2012. (Under
Review).
Bener A, Al-Hamaq AOAA, Dafeeah EE. A Two Fold Risk of Metabolic Syndrome in a Sample of
Patients with Schizophrenia. Clinical Practice & Epidemiology in Mental Health, 2012 (Under
Review)
Bener A, Dafeeah EE. A Study of Reasons of Non-compliance of Psychiatric Treatment And
Patients' Attitudes Towards of Illness And Treatment. Journal of Family and Community Medicine,
(Under Review)
Bener A, Daswish SM, Tewfik I, Hoffmann GF. The impact of Dietary and Life style factors on the
risk of Dental Caries among Young Children: Global Public Health Problem. Journal of Egyptian
Public Health Association, 2012. (Accepted, 25th Dec)
Bener A, Saleh NM. The Impact of Socio-Economic, Lifestyle Habits and Obesity in Developing of
Pregnancy Induced Hypertension in Rapidly Growing Country: Global Comparisons. Clinical &
Experimental Obstetric & Gyneacology, 2012 (In The Press)
Bener A, Dafeeah EE. Prevalence of Schizophrenia and its Association with Biological and
Environmental Factors: A Community Based Study. Community Mental Health Journal, 2012
(Under Review).
Bener A, Ghuloum S, Hanan Mousa, Iram T. Kassis. Treatment Non-Compliance of Psychiatric
Patients and Associated Factors In a Newly Developed Society. (Under Submission)
Bener A, Verjee M, Dafeeah EE, Yousafzai MT, Mari S, Al-Khatib H, Kyung Choi M, Nema N,
Ozkan T, Lajunen T. A cross “ETHNICAL” comparison of the Driver Behaviour Questionnaire
(DBQ) in a Country. Journal of Traffic Injury Prevention. Submitted on 2nd Jan. 2013.
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Bener A, Dafeeah EE, Verjee M, Al-Khatib H, Nema N, Marii S, Kyung Choi M, Yousafzai MT,
Ozkan T, Lajunen T. The Psychological distress and Aggressive driving: Age and gender
differences in voluntary risk-taking behaviour in road traffic Crashes. Advances in Transportation
Studies an International Journal, Submitted on 10th Jan. 2013.
Murphy MM, Verjee MA, Bener A, Gerber LM. The Hopeless age?: A qualitative exploration of the
experience of menopause in Arab women living in Qatar. Climacteric, 2012. (Under Review)
Ehlayel MS, Bener A, Abu Laban M. Effects of Consanguinity and Family History in Primary
Immunodeficiency Diseases in Children in Qatar, 2012. (Under Submission).
Bener A, Verjee M, Dafeeah EE, Falah O, Aljuhaisi T, Schlogl J, Sedeeq A, Khan S.
Psychological Factors: Anxiety, Depression and Somatisation Symptoms in Low back Pain
Patients. Journal of Pain Research. (Epub ahead of print).
Bener A, Dafeeah E.E, Falah o, Aljuhaisi T, Sadeeq A, Khan S, Schlogl J, Alnaqbi K. An
epidemiologic analysis of low back pain in primary care: A hot humid country and global
comparison. (Under Submission)
Barakat L, Jayyousi A, Bener A, Zuby B, Zirie M. Comparison of efficacy and safety of
Rosuvastatin, Atorvastatin and Pravastatin among dyslipidemic diabetic patients. ISRN
Pharmacology. (Submitted on 6th Dec. 2012)
Bener A, Dafeeah E.E, Alnaqbi K. Prevalence and Correlates of Low Back Pain in Primary Care:
What are the contributing factors in a rapidly developing country. Asian Spine Journal. (Submitted
on 12th Jan. 2013)
Bener A, Dafeeah E.E, Salem M.O. Determinants of Depression and Somatisation Symptoms in
Low back pain patients and its Treatment: Global Burden of Diseases. International Journal of
Psychiatry in Medicine. (Submitted on 25th Dec. 2012)
XV. BOOKS: CHAPTER
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BENER A (1982). Grandparental influences in the expression of Dermatoglyphic patterns on the
fingertips. Progress in Dermatoglyphics Research. Progress in Clinical and Biological Research
Volume 84, pp 145-156, Alan R Liss, Inc, New York, USA.
BENER A (1984). Grandparental influence in the expression of dermatoglyphics pattern
elements. Book: Human Biology Recent Advances Ed. IJS Bansal, Vol.2 p.p.505-509, TodayTomorrow's publishers, New Delhi, India.
BENER A, and EL-FRAYH AR (1985).The inheritance of dermatoglyphics on fingers, palms and
soles and correlation between family members(invited paper for a book).Dermatoglyphics in
honour of the Late Professor PC BISWAS, Ed. Prof.PK Chattopahyay, Punjab University, Patiala,
India.
TAHA A, BENER A, and NOAH M (1987).Smoking habits of King Saud University. Book: Smoking
and Health, Ed. M. Aohi, Elsevier Science Publishers, BV (Biomedical Division), Amsterdam, New
York, 633-637, 1987.
AL-ZAHRANI AH and BENER A. (1991). An application of Multiple Regression Model to Road
Traffic Accidents Data in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia .Ed. Dinesh Mohan: The Vulnerable Road User,
Macmillan India Limited, pp588-59 2, 1991.
ABDULRAZZAQ YM, BENER A, and DEBUSE P, (1996) Association of Allergic Symptoms in
Children with those in their parents. Year Book of Pediatrics, Mosby-Year Book, Inc, 1996 pp: 202203.
AL-MARRI MA, BENER A, Al-HASSAN H and SIM AJW (1994). Does peptic ulcer perforation
occur more frequently in Ramadan. Health and Ramadan, pp 214- 217, Casablanca, Morocco,
Janvier.
SZTRIHA L, AL-SUHAILI AR, TOWSEY M, PRAIS V, ALPSAN D, BENER A and BERJAWI YM
(1997). A textbook of SPECT in Neurology and Pyschiatry. Edited By. De Deyn PP, Diercex RA,
Alavi A and Pickut BA. Comparison of cerebreal perfusion and quantitative EEG in children with
supratentorial brain lesions. Chapter # 35 pp: 287-298 John Libbey & Company Ltd, 1997.
BENER A, ALMEHDI AM, ALWASH R, and AL-NEAMY FRM, (2001). X2001- Exposure
Assessment in Epidemiology and Practice, Editors: Hagberg M, Knave B, Lillienberg L, Westberg
H. Occupational lead exposure associated health problems and disease in industrial workers,
2001; 353-355.
BENER A, LESTRINGANT GG, DOGAN M, IBRAHIM A, AL-SHADLI PASHA MAH, and ISLAM
MR (2001). X2001- Exposure Assessment in Epidemiology and Practice, Editors: Hagberg M,
Knave B, Lillienberg L, Westberg H. Work related acute and chronic respiratory Symptoms among
sewage workers. 2001: 493-495.
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World Report on Traffic Injury and Prevention (2004), Edited by Peden et al. The Global Impact
by WHO and the World Bank.; p33-69, Geneva.
BENER A, Mosby’s Pocket Guide to Cultural Health Assessment. 3rd Edition, 2003; Morocco
p491-494. Saudi Arabia 607-616 and UAE p751-756. Elsevier.
Helmets: A road safety manual for decision-makers and practitioners. Edited by Peden et al.
Geneva, World Health Organization, 2006.
BENER A, Mosby’s Pocket Guide to Cultural Health Assessment. 4th Edition, 2008; Morocco
p491-494. Saudi Arabia 610-616 and UAE p751-756. Elsevier.
World Report on Child injury prevention (2008) Edited by Peden et al. Falls: p101-121, World
Health Organization, Geneva.
BENER A, LOVRIC M. Variance (2011). International Encyclopedia of Statistical Sciences, Part
22, pp 1640-1642, Springer Publishers.
RASUL KI, SALEH MM, BENER A. Epidemiology of Cancers in Qatar (2010). Asia Pacific
Organization for Cancer Prevention (APOCP) Cancer Report 2010, Edited by A. Murat Tuncer,
Published by New Hope in Health Foundation, Ankara, Turkey., p403-404.
BENER A, The Impact of Asthma and Allergic Diseases on Schoolchildren: Are They at Increased
Risk of Absenteeism and Poor School Performance? (2011) Advanced Topics in Environmental
Health and Air Pollution Case Studies, Edited by Anca Maria Moldoveanu, Published by InTech,
pp 435-452.
BENER A, Consanguineous Marriages and Their Effect on Common Diseases in Population of
Qatar, Published by Center for Arab Genomic Studies, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
XVI. PAPERS PRESENTED AT THE CONGRESS, CONFERENCE AND SYMPOSIUM:
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BENER A (1980). Grandparent-Grandchild correlations. International Conference on
Dermatoglyphics. Punjab University,Punjab, India.Abstract p5,February18-23,1980
BENER A (1980). The inheritance of palmar parathenar pattern. International Symposium on
Dermatoglyphics. Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, 5-7 November 1980.
BENER A (1980). The Analysis of Dermatoglyphics sole characters with respect tosex, bilateral
asymmetry and genetic relationship. International symposium on Dermatoglyphics. Bratislava,
Czechoslovakia, 5-7 November 1980.
BENER A (1980) Dispersion in esturies and inshore waters. TUBITAK, 7th Scientific Congress,
Istanbul, Turkey. 5-7 November 1980.
BENER A (1981). Grandparental influence in the expression of dermatoglyphics pattern on
fingertips. The Athens International Conference on Dermatoglyphics. Athens, Greece. Abstract
No.17, p 27. September 20-23, 1981.
BENER A (1982). Some evidence for the Linkage between Blood group Kell and Dermatoglyphics
sole characters. XIth. International Biometric Conference 82. The Biometrie 82 Conference
Proceedings P.7, 1982.
BENER A (1983). Statistical Analysis of traffic accidents. World Conference on Transport
Research. SNV Congress Division, Hamburg, West Germany, 26-29 April 1983.
BENER A (1983). A stochastic Model for the Bus Irregularity. Seventh International Conference
on Production Research. ICPR-83, Conference Proceedings pp 1003-1010.Windsor, Ontario,
Canada.
BENER A (1983). Some Problems on Traffic Delays at an Uncontrolled Intersection. The First
Saudi Statistics Symposium and its Application 2-5 May 1983. Abstract Bulletin p 53, Riyadh,
Saudi Arabia.
BENER A (1983). Some Statistical Analyses of the Traffic Accidents in Jeddah. The First Saudi
Engineering Conference, 14-19 May 1983. Abstract Bulletin p.60, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
BENER A.(1983). Estimation of Intraclass and Interclass Correlations in families of unequal size.
XIth International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences.18-24 August 1983,
Vancouver, Canada.
BENER A (1983). No evidence for Linkage between Dermatoglyphic Fingertips and Blood
Groups. XIth International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, 18-24 August
1983, Vancouver, Canada.
BENER A (1984).The Forecasting Techniques and their usage. The Fourth International
Symposium on Forecasting, 8-11 July 1984, London, England.
BENER A (1984). Maximum Likelihood Estimation of Components of variance and Interclass
Correlation. 7th Australian Statistical Conference 27-31 August 1984, Brisbane, Queensland,
Australia.
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BENER A (1984). The investigation of Linkage between Dermatoglyphics and Blood Groups:
using family data from three generations.4th Congress of European Anthropological Association,
1-8 September 1984, Florence, Italy. Also is printed in the Anthropologica Contemporane in
Florence.
BENER A (1984).Industrial Noise Levels in Jeddah. InteR-Noise '84, 13th International
Conference on Noise Control Engineering.3-5 December 1984, Honolulu, Hawaii-USA.
BENER A (1984). Statistical Procedure for Detecting Linkage with quantitative characters: using
data from three generations. XI.th Bartos's Symposium on Dermatoglyphics, 15-19 October 1984,
Bratislaava, Czechoslovakia.
OFOSU JB and BENER A (1986).Undergraduate Project work in Statistics. ICOTS-II, The
Second International Conference on teaching Statistics, 11-16 August 1986, University of Victoria,
British Columbia, Canada.
BENER A, AL-FRAYH AR and KILIC Z (1987). Intelligence and Family size. The supposed
decline in intelligence. Presented and appeared in the Islamic Medical Conference Proceedings,
Abstract p 58, 2-5 February 1987, Cairo, Egypt.
BENER A, and ABOUAMMOUH AM (1987).Traffic accidents in Riyadh. Magnitude and
Projection.Annual Transportation Convention 1987 (ACT'87) Proceedings: 3-7 August 1987,
Pretoria, Republic of South Africa.
BENER A. and AL-FRAYH AR (1989).Relationship between height and weight of Saudi Children.
First IC Conference on Statistical Science Proceedings, Volume: III, pp 1375-1381, Lahore,
Pakistan.
BENER A, KOUSHKI PA and AL-JIEFFRI MS. (1989).Regression analysis of Time series data on
Road accidents in Saudi Arabia. First IC Conference on Statistical Sciences Proceedings
Volume: III, pp 1541-1552, Lahore, Pakistan.
BENER A, KOUSHKI PA and AL-ZAHRANI AH (1989). An analysis of road traffic accidents in
Central Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. First IC Conferences on Statistical Sciences Proceedings Volume:
III, pp 1553-1572. Lahore, Pakistan.
ABDULLAH ME, BENER A, and AL-SHORA H (1989).A microcomputer Program in Basic for the
T-test of significance in Biopharmaceutical data.47th Pharmaceutical Meeting, Abstract p A-95.4-9
September 1989, Munich, Germany
ABDULLAH AK, AL-KASSIMI F,AL-ORAINY I, AL-HAJJAJ M and BENER A. (1989).Tuberculosis
in Saudi Arabia.An International Conference on Medicine, October 1989, Manama, Bahrain.
BENER A. and AL-FRAYH AR (1990). The usage of logistic regression model in Asthma and
allergic rhinitis. University Technology Malaysia.Second IC Statistical Science Conference
Proceedings, August 26-30 1990, Johor Bahru, Malaysia
BENER A, HUDA S and COOPER H (1990). A statistical analysis of oral cavity cancer incidence
in Saudi Arabia .University Technology of Malaysia 2nd IC Statistical Science Conference
Proceedings, August 26-30, 1990, Johor Bahru, Malaysia.
BENER A, and JADAAN KS (1990). Forecasting Vehicle Ownership in Kuwait. 2nd IC Statistical
Sciences Conference Proceedings, 26-30 August 1990, Johor Bahru, Malaysia.
BENER A. and COOPER H (1990).A statistical Analysis of Malignant Lymphoma incidence in
Saudi Arabia. The XVth International Biometric Conference.2-6 July, 1990, Budapest, Hungaria.
BENER A (1990).Teaching Biostatistics to Medical Students at the Kuwait University. The Third
International Conference on teaching Statistics, August 19-24, 1990. Dunedin, New Zealand.
JADAAN KS, KHALIL R. and BENER A. (1992). A mathematical Model using convex combination
for the prediction of Road Traffic deaths. 7th Conference on Road Engineering in Asia and
Australasia, 22-26 June 1992, Singapore.
BENER A. (1992).Computerized Scoring and Graphing of the Fransworth-Munsell 100-Hue Color
vision test. Royal Society of Medicine. Forum on Computer Medicine, Middlesborough, 15-16 April
1992, London, England (invited paper).
BENER A, and JADAAN KS (1992). Epidemiology of Road Fatalities in Kuwait. 12th World
Congress of the Int. Assoc. for Accident and Traffic Medicine. June 23-25 1992, Helsinki, Finland.
BENER A, and JADAAN KS (1992) A study on Pedestrian in some Gulf Countries. 12th World
Congress of the Int. Assoc. for Accident and Traffic Medicine. June 23-25 1992, Helsinki, Finland.
BENER A, DEBUSE P, ABDULRAZZAQ YM and ABDIN AH (1992) Asthma and Wheezing as the
Cause of School Absence. Fourth UAE Paediatric Conference 5-7 December 1992, Al-Ain, UAE
.Abstract page No.61.
BENER A, ABDULRAZZAQ YM DAWODU AH, VARADY E and LIDDLE L (1992). A study on Low
Birth Weight. Fourth UAE Paediatric Conference 5-7 December 1992, Al-Ain, UAE. Abstract page
No.67.
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OZKARAGOZ F, and BENER A (1992). The cost of Medical Care for a Moderate Asthmatic in
Istanbul, Turkey. Fourth UAE Paediatric Conference 5-7 December 1992, Al-Ain, UAE. Abstract
page No.65.
JADAAN KS, BENER A, and A.AL-MOJEL (1992). A framework for efficient Road Safety
improvement. 12th World Congress of the Int. Assoc. for Accident and Traffic Medicine. June 2325 1992, Helsinki, Finland.
AL-MARRI MA, BENER A, and SIM AJW (1992). Does peptic ulcer perforation occur more
frequently in Ramadan. Third Annual Surgical Conference, United Arab Emirates, Al-Ain,
December 15-17, 1992.
BENER A, ACHAN NV, and KUTTY M (1992). An epidemiological study of traffic injuries in United
Arab Emirates. 12th World Congress of the Int. Assoc. for Accident and Traffic Medicine. June
23-25 1992, Helsinki, Finland
BENER A, JADAAN KS, WARE J and AL-SHAMSI MA (1993). A study of pedestrian Accidents in
selected Gulf Countries. Road Traffic Accidents Symposium, 8-9 February 1993, Dubai, United
Arab Emirates.
BENER A, ACHAN NV, SANKARAN-KUTTY M, WARE J and AL-SHAMSI MA (1993). Road
Traffic Accidents: A major Public Health Problem in UAE. Second World Conference on Injury and
Control, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, May 20-23, 1993.
BENER A (1993). The effect of driving age on Road Traffic Fatalities. First North Caucasian
International Symposium on Traffic Medicine, Supported by WHO, October 6-8 1993 Nalchik,
Kabardino, Balkaria, Russian Federation.
BENER A (1993). Psychological factors in Road Traffic Fatalities. First North Caucasian
International Symposium on Traffic Medicine, Supported by WHO, October 6-8 1993 Nalchik,
Kabardino, Balkaria, Russian Federation.
BENER A, AL-MUSAIGER AO, CHEEMA MY, SHALABI A and HUSSEIN MS (1994). Trends in
Cancer Mortality during 1989-1992 in the UAE. Workshop on Nutrition and Chronic Diseases in
The Arab Middle East Countries, April 10-12, 1994, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates.
AL-MUSAIGER AO, BENER A, BIN-ISHAQ SAM and AL-HOSANI H (1994). The Cardiovascular
Disease in UAE: An Overview. Workshop on Nutrition and Chronic Diseases in the Arab Middle
East Countries, April 10-12, 1994, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates.
BENER A, ABDULRAZZAQ YM, DEBUSE P and J.AL-MUTAWWA (1994). Prevalence of Asthma
and Wheeze among Emirates School Children in A desert Country. ICACI XV and EAACI '94
Congress 26 June-1 July 1994, Stockholm, Sweden.
UDUMAN SA, BENER A, KOSH J and HUSSEIN MMS (1994). Natural Immunity to Haemophilus
Influenzae type b in Healthy infants of Al-Ain, UAE. The XXII. Congress of the Union of Middle
Eastern and Medittarean Paediatric, 19-22 November 1994, Abu-Dhabi, UAE.
BENER A, BREGER A. and AL-FALASI A.S.(1994).Risk-Taking behaviour in Road Traffic
Accidents. Regional Environmental Symposium, 11-14 December 1994, Al-Ain, UAE.
GOMES J, BENER A, LLYOD O, CHEEMA MY and ANDERSON JAD (1994). Predictor of illHealth among workers occupationally exposed to hydrocarbons and organic solvents. Regional
Environmental Symposium, 11-14 December 1994, Al-Ain, UAE.
BENER A, LLOYD OL, NORMAN JN, AL-FALASI AS and HAMODA F (1995). Road Traffic
Accidents: A Major Public health Problem in United Arab Emirates. 14th World Congress of the
International Association for Accident and Traffic Medicine, Singapore, 20-23 August, 1995.
BENER A, NORMAN JN, LLOYD OL, ACHAN NV and AL-FALASI AS (1995). Chronic Diseases
Associated with Road Traffic Accidents and Casualties 14.th World Congress of the International
Association for Accident and Traffic Medicine, Singapore, 20-23 August 1995.
BENER A and AL-FALASI AS (1996). Genetic and environmental factors.15.th World Congress of
Asthmology, Montpellier, France, 24-27 April 1996.
UDUMAN SA, BENER A and MADORE DV (1996). Impact of Haempophilus Influenzae Type
B[HIB] infection and its prevention in United Arab Emirates.7.th International Congress for
Infectious Diseases, Hong Kong, June 10-13, 1996.
IJAZ MK, UDUMAN SA, AL-KARMI TA, DAR FK, OMER RI, CHEEMA MY, BENER A and SALEM
A (1996). Seroprevalence of Hantaan Virus in various Diagnostic Groups of Al-Ain, United Arab
Emirates.7.th International Congress for Infectious Diseases, Hong Kong, June 10-13, 1996.
BENER A and ABDULLAH ME (1996). A program in Basic for the Hotteling T2 Test of significance
using therapeutic Data. XVIII.th International Biometric Conference, Amsterdam, The Netherlands,
July 1, 1996.
ALl HUSSAN KM, BENER A, OYEJIDE CO, DARKAZANLI A, CHANDRAN P, and PUGH RNH
(1996). Underutilization of screening mamography in the United Arab Emirates. Third Saudi
Oncology Symposium 21-23 October, 1996.
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BENER A, AL-GAZALI, ABDULRAZZAQ MY, MICALLEF R and GABER T (1996). Consanguinity
as a risk factor developing leukemia in childhood. Third Saudi Oncology Symposium, Riyadh, 2123 October, 1996.
GAZAWY I, HILAL S, EL-TAJ HAR, BENER A, and SIM AJW (1996). The effect of the presence
of P53 protein on patient survival in gastric cancer. Seventh UAE Annual Surgical Conference,
Sharjah, UAE 14-17 December, 1996.
BENER A, NORMAN JN, and ACHAN NV (1997). Asthma associated road traffic accidents in the
United Arab Emirates. 15th World Congress of the International Association for Accident and
Traffic Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey 27-30 September 1997.
BENER A, DUNN EV, MURDOCH JC, HAJ-AHMED MS and ACHAN NV , ABUAZAB I.(1997)
Road traffic accidents and disease in a desert country. 15.th World Congress of the International
Association for Accident and Traffic Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, 27-30 September 1997.
BENER A, AL-MARZOUQI FH, and SZTRIHA L (1997). Public awareness and attitudes toward
epilepsy in the United Arab Emirates. 22ND International Epilepsy Congress, Dublin, Ireland 29th
June- 4 July 1997, p56.
RIZK DE, BENER A, MICALLEF RM, EZIMOKHAI ME, and HASAN M (1997). Determinants of
the age of the Menopause in the United Arab Emirates. XV World Congress of Gynaecology and
Obstetrics Denmark 8 August 1997.
BENER A, AL-SALMAN, and PUGH RNH (1997) Accident mortality and morbidity among children
in a desert country. 3rd GCC Primary Health care Conference & Exhibition 20-23 October 1997,
Abstract Page: 19.
BENER A, LESTRINGANT GG, DOGAN M, IBRAHIM A, and PASHA MAH (1998) Respiratory
Symptoms and skin disorders in sewage workers. 3rd International Scientific Conference on
Prevention Work-Related and 13th International Symposium on Epidemiology in Occupational
Health, 21-25 September 1998, Helsinki, FINLAND.
BENER A, BESHWARI MMM, AMEEN A, ALMEHDI AM, OUDA HZ, and PASHA MAH (1998).
Pesticides related health problems and diseases among farm-workers in United Arab Emirates. 3rd
International Scientific Conference on Prevention Work-Related and 13th International Symposium
on Epidemiology in Occupational Health, 21-25 September 1998, Helsinki, FINLAND.
BESHWARI MMM, BENER A, ALMEHDI AM, AMEEN A, OUDA HZ, IBRAHIM A, and PASHA
MAH (1998). Liver Function and amino acid profiles in farm workers. 3rd International Scientific
Conference on Prevention Work-Related and 13th International Symposium on Epidemiology in
Occupational Health, 21-25 September 1998, Helsinki, FINLAND.
SANKARAN-KUTTY M, BENER A, MURALIKUTTAN K, SABASTIAN M (1999). Hospitalized road
traffic accident admission in the United Arab Emirates. 16th World Congress of the International
Association for Accident and Traffic Medicine, May 24-27 1999, Chongqing, CHINA.
BENER A, DUNN EV, ACHAN NV, KARAMA AH, and SZTRIHA L (1999). The effect of Epilepsy
on Road Traffic Accidents and Casualties. 16th World Congress of the International Association
for Accident and Traffic Medicine, May 24-27 1999, Chongqing, CHINA.
BENER A, DUNN EV, ACHAN NV, MOUSSA NA and AL-FALASI AS (1999). Migraine associated
with road traffic accidents in the United Arab Emirates. 16th World Congress of the International
Association for Accident and Traffic Medicine, May 24-27 1999, Chongqing, CHINA.
BENER A, ALWASH R, HUSSEIN MS, AL-FALASI AS, HAMAD HN, and AL-SAJIR MB
(2000).The effect of speed limits on motor vehicle accidents in Arabian Gulf countries. 17th World
Congress of the International Association for Accident and Traffic Medicine, May 28-31 2000,
Stockholm, Sweden. Journal Traffic Medicine Vol.28, No.2S: 19-20.
BENER A, BILLING B, ACHAN NV, ABOU-AZAB I, AL-BAKR S, and AL-FALASI AS (2000). A
descriptive eye injuries associated with motor vehicle accidents. 17th World Congress of the
International Association for Accident and Traffic Medicine, May 28-31 2000, Stockholm, Sweden.
Journal Traffic Medicine Vol.28, No.2S: p 27.
El-GHAZAWI I, BENER A, SAAD ELDIN S, ABOU AZAB I, Al-Sharhan M. (2001) Predictors of
outcome of surgical treatment for colorectal carcinoma in the United Arab Emirates. The 4th UAE
International Cancer Conference, January 28-31, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
BENER A, DENIC S, and GALADARI S (2001). Longer Breast-feeding and Protection against
Childhood Leukaemia and Lymphomas. The 4th UAE International Cancer Conference, January
28-31, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
BENER A, RIZK DE, SHAHEEN H, MICALLEF R, OSMAN N, and DUNN EV (2001). A
measurement- specific quality of life satisfaction during menopause in an Arabian Gulf Country.
United Arab Emirates University, 2nd Research Conference, 17th April 2001.
BENER A, UDUMAN SA, QASSIMI EMA KHALAILY G, SZTRIHA L, KILPELAINEN H, and
OBINECHE E (2000). Genetics and environmental factors associated with migraine in school
children. United Arab Emirates University, 2nd Research Conference, 17th April 2001.
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BENER A, STEWART T, and AL-KETBI LMB (1999). Cigarette Smoking habits among school
boys in the United Arab Emirates. United Arab Emirates University, 2nd Research Conference, 17th
April 2001.
BENER A, ALWASH R, AHMED MSH, SABRI S (2001). A. perspective on motor vehicle crash
injuries and speeding in the United Arab Emirates. United Arab Emirates University, 2nd Research
Conference, 17th April 2001.
BENER A, ALMEHDI AM, ALWASH R, and AL-NEAMY FRM, (2001)., Occupational lead
exposure associated health problems and disease in industrial workers, X2001 - Exposure
Assessment in Epidemiology and Practice, Goteborg, June 10-13, 2001.
BENER A, LESTRINGANT GG, DOGAN M, IBRAHIM A, AL-SHADLI PASHA MAH, and ISLAM
MR (2001). Work related acute and chronic respiratory Symptoms among sewage workers. X2001
- Exposure Assessment in Epidemiology and Practice, Goteborg, June 10-13, 2001.
BENER A, (2001). Proceedings of WHO Meeting to develop a 5 Year Strategy for Road Traffic
Injury Prevention. 26-27 April 2001, WHO, Geneva Switzerland, WHO / NMH / VIP/ 01.04.
BENER A, (2001). A 5 Year World Health Organization Strategy for Road Traffic Injury
Prevention. 26-27 April 2001, WHO, Geneva Switzerland, WHO / NMH / VIP/ 01.03.
BENER A, DENIC S, and GALADARI S (2001). Longer Breast-feeding and Protection against
Childhood Leukaemia and Lymphomas. British Cancer Research Meeting, 1-4 July, Leeds, United
Kingdom.
BENER A, DENIC S, and AL-MAZROUI M (2001). Consanguinity rate and case control study of
family history of cancer in children with Leukemia and lymphomas. British Cancer Research
Meeting, 1-4 July, Leeds, United Kingdom.
BENER A, GALADARI S, GILLETT M. OSMAN N, AL-TANEJI H, AL-KUWAITI MHH, and ALSABOSY MMA (2001). Fasting during the holy month of Ramadan does not change the
composition of breast milk. 17th International Medical Sciences Student Congress, Istanbul, May 36 2001.
BENER A, (2001). Global forum for Health Research: Assessing the Progress, World Health
Organization. 9-12 October 2001, WHO, Geneva Switzerland, WHO Helping correct the 10/90
gap.
GURURAJ AK, SZTRIHA L, DAWODU, EAPEN V, BENER A, and KRISTIANSSON B. (2001).
Epilepsy in children with cerebral palsy. 13th Annual Meeting of the European Academy of
Childhood Disabilities, Goteborg, Sweden 10-13 October 2001.
BENER A, DAWSON KP, and BI-OTHMAN S (2002). Parental views on road safety in Al-Ain,
United Arab Emirates. 18th World Congress of the International Traffic Medicine Association,
September 22-25, 2002, Cairo, Egypt.
BENER A, ABU ZIDAN FM, BENSIALI AK, AL-MULLA AAK, and JADAAN KS (2003). Strategy to
improve road safety in developing countries. 18th World Congress of the International Traffic
Medicine Association, September 22-25, 2002, Cairo, Egypt.
ABU ZIDAN FM, AL-RUKN S, MANSOUR T, and BENER A (2002). Behaviour of bicyclist in AlAin, United Arab Emirates. Qatar International Trauma and Emergency Medicine Conference,
April 13-16, 2002, Doha, Qatar.
ABU ZIDAN FM, AL-RUKN S, MANSOUR T, and BENER A (2002). Behaviour of bicyclist in AlAin, United Arab Emirates. Abu Dhabi International Trauma and Emergency Medicine Conference,
October, 2002, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
BENER A (2003). Risk taking behaviour in road traffic accident. 19th World Congress of
International Traffic Medicine Association 14th-17th September 2003, Budapest, Hungary.
BENER A (2003). Chair person in 19th World Congress of International Traffic Medicine
Association 14th-17th September 2003, for the main topic: Insurance, Education, Public Health and
Policy, Regulation, Psychological Background of Traffic Crashes, Budapest, Hungary.
BENER A, ABU ZIDAN FM, BENSIALI AK, Al Mulla AAK, JEDDAN KS (2003). Some strategies to
improve road safety in developing countries. 19th World Congress of International Traffic Medicine
Association 14th-17th September 2003, Budapest, Hungary.
BENER A (2003). 1ST GCC Conference on Breast Cancer organized by Qatar National Cancer
Society, October 6-7, 2003, Doha, State of Qatar.
BENER A, ABU AZAB I, KUTTY MS, LOVASZ G. (2004) Impact of Four-Wheelers on Road Traffic
disability and deaths: a major public health problem. 10th International Congress on Public Health,
and 12 Annual Public Health Forum, Brighton, UK,19-22 April 2004,
BENER A, ABU AZAB I, KUTTY MS, LOVASZ G. (2004) Misuse and Impact of Four-Wheelers on
Road Traffic disability and deaths: a major public health problem. 7th World Conference on Injury
Prevention and Safety Promotion, 6-9 June, 2004, Vienna, Austria.
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BENER A AND CRUNDALL D. (2004) TP 130 – “Risk taking behaviour road traffic accidents and
fatalities in the United Arab Emirates”. 3rd International Conference on Traffic & Transport
Psychology, ICTTP, 5-9 September 2004, Nottingham, UK.
BENER A, HAIGNEY D, CRUNDAL D, BENSIALI AK, AL-FALASI AS. TP 348 "Driving behaviour
Stress Error & Violations on the Road: A cross-cultural comparison study" 3rd International
Conference on Traffic & Transport Psychology, ICTTP , 5-9 September 2004, Nottingham, UK.
BENER A AND CRUNDALL D. TP 131 – “The effect of socio-economic development on driver
behaviour: a major Public Health Problem in Qatar”. 3rd International Conference on Traffic &
Transport Psychology, ICTTP, 5-9 September 2004, Nottingham, UK.
KAMRAN S, BENER A. Gulf Cooperative Council (GCC) Stroke awareness study. 57th Annual
Meeting American Academy of Neurology, April 9-16 2005, MN, USA.
Bener A, Ghaffar A. Azab A, Kutty MS, Toth F, Lovasz G. The impact of four-wheel drives on
traffic disability and deaths compared to passenger cars. 14th International Conference on Safe
communities, Norway, Bergen, 13-15, June 2005
Bener A, Al-Mulla F, Al-Humoud SMG, Azhar A .Camel racing related injuries among children
.14th International Conference on Safe communities, Norway, Bergen, 13-15, June 2005.
Bener A. Obesity and Diabetics among occupational workers. 4th Annual GCC Occupational
Health Conference, Dubai, UAE, 27-31 May 2006.
Bener A, Janahi I, Sabbah A. Genetics and environmental risk factors associated with asthma in
schoolchildren. XXV Congress of the European Academy of Allergeology and Clinical
Immunology, EAACI, Vienna, Austria, 10-14, June 2006.
Janahi IA, Bener A, Bush A. Prevalence of asthma among Qatari schoolchildren: International
study of asthma and allergies in childhood ISAAC Qatar. XXV Congress of the European
Academy of Allergeology and Clinical Immunology, EAACI, Vienna, Austria, 10-14, June 2006.
Bener A. Chair- a workshop on “skills development for Research in Road traffic Injuries by the
board of the Road Traffic Injuries Research Network (RTIRN),Global Forum For Health Research,
Cairo, Egypt 28/10 – 2/11/06.
Bener A. Regional Training Workshop for National Injury Focal Points of Priority Countries using
WHO TECH VIP Curriculum, EMRO, Cairo, Egypt, 17-19 December 2006.
Bener A. Falls. AFRO-EMRO Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention Meeting, WHO premises,
Cairo, Egypt, 11-12 June 2007.
Bener A, Denic S, Hoffmann GF, Afify Z, Rasul K. Gender and protection against childhood
leukaemia and lymphomas by breastfeeding. Faculty of Public Health Annual Conference: Making
Public Health Work, The Devonshire Park Conference Centre, Eastbourne, 26-28 June 2007.
Bener A, Crundall, Ozkan T, Lajunen T. Mobile phone use while driving, a major public health
problem in an Arabian society. Faculty of Public Health Annual Conference: Making Public Health
Work, The Devonshire Park Conference Centre, Eastbourne, 26-28 June 2007.
Bener A. Prevalence of overweight, obesity and Underweight in Qatari adolescents. Faculty of
Public Health Annual Conference: Making Public Health Work, The Devonshire Park Conference
Centre, Eastbourne, 26-28 June 2007.
Bener A, Speaker, Implementing effective Multidisciplinary and Cross Departmental Campaigns
to increase road safety, Gulf Traffic Conference, Dubai International Exhibition Centre, 9-12
December 2007.
Bener A, Speaker, The Driver Behaviour Questionnaire in Arab Gulf countries: Qatar and United
Arab Emirates, International Trauma, Disaster & Emergency Medicine Conference. Ritz Carlton,
24-27 February 2008.
Bener A, Speaker, The effect of seatbelt legislation on hospital admissions with road traffic
injuries in an oil-rich, fast-developing country, International Trauma, Disaster & Emergency
Medicine Conference. Ritz Carlton, 24-27 February 2008.
Bener A, Speaker, Development of Road Safety Strategy in Developing Countries, International
Trauma, Disaster & Emergency Medicine Conference. Ritz Carlton, 24-27 February 2008.
Bener A, Alsaied A, Al-Ali M, Al-Kubaisi A, Basha B, Abraham A, Guiter G, Mian M. High
Prevalence of Vitamin D Deficiency in Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus and Healthy Children. 16th UKPHA
Annual Public Health Forum, Liverpool, 1-2 April 2008
Bener A, Speaker, High Prevalence of Vitamin D Deficiency in Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus and
Healthy Children, 5th World Congress on Diabetes and its Complications, Helsinki, Finland, 1-4
June 2008.
Bener A, Alsaied A, Al-Ali M, Hassan AS, Basha B, Al-Kubaisi A, Abraham A, Mian M, Guiter G,
Tewfik I. Impact of Lifestyle and Dietary Habits on Hypovitaminosis D in T1DM and Healthy
Children from Qatar: A sun rich country, 5th World Congress on Diabetes and its Complications,
Helsinki, Finland, 1-4 June 2008.
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Janahi IA, Bener A, Bush A. Prevalence of asthma among Qatari schoolchildren. Global burden
of asthma, Kuwait Asthma conference 6-8 January 2009.
Bener A, El Ayoubi HR, Ali AI, Al-Kubaisi A, Al-Sulaiti H, Chouchane L. Does inbreeding lead to
decreased incidence of breast cancer? 17th UKPHA Annual Public Health Forum, Brighton, UK,
25-26 March 2009.
Bener A, El Ayoubi HR, Chouchane L, AL-Kubaisi A, Sl- Sulaiti H, Ali AI. The Effect of
Consanguinity and inbreeding on Cancer: Studies from an endogamous Population. 17th UKPHA
Annual Public Health Forum, Brighton, UK, 25-26 March 2009.
Bener A, Zirie M, Musallam M, Khader YS, Al-Hamaq AOAA. Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome
According to ATP III and IDF criteria: A population based study. 3rd International Congress on Prediabetes and the Metabolic Sybdrome, Nice, France, 1-4 April 2009.
Ehlayel MS, Bener A. Is vitamin D deficiency in children a risk factor for asthma and allergic
diseases?. XXVIII Congress of the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology,
EAACI, Poland, 6-10 June 2009
Bener A, Abdul Rahman YS, Khalid MK, Incidence and Severity of Head and Neck Injury Related
To Falls: A Population-Based Study. 9th National Conference on Injury Prevention & Safety
Promotion Melbourne, Australia, 26 – 28 July 2009.
Bener A, Burgut HR, Sidahmed H, AlBuz R, Sanya R, Pattern of Road Traffic Crashes in Qatar:
role of gender, driver behaviour and driving skills. 9th National Conference on Injury Prevention &
Safety Promotion Melbourne, Australia, 26 – 28 July 2009.
Bener A, El Ayoubi HR, Basha B, Joseph S, Chouchane L. Study of the barriers to screening and
early diagnosis of breast cancer in Arab women. 20th Asia Pacific Cancer Conference (20th
APCC), Tsukuba, Japan, 12 – 14 November 2009.
Bener A, S. Ghuloum. Gender Difference on Patient Satisfaction and Expectation towards
Psychiatrist in Mental Health Care. European Psychiatric Association (EPA) 18th European
Congress of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany, February 27 – March 2, 2010.
Bener A, S. Ghuloum. Epidemiological Survey of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Mental
Illness in Arab Population in Qatar. European Psychiatric Association (EPA) 18th European
Congress of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany, February 27 – March 2, 2010.
Bener A, S. Ghuloum, Burgut FT. Ethnic Differences in Satisfaction with Mental Health Services
among Psychiatry Patients. European Psychiatric Association (EPA) 18th European Congress of
Psychiatry, Munich, Germany, February 27 – March 2, 2010.
Bener A, S. Ghuloum, Coomons ML, Miller PM, Burgut FT. Perceptions of Boundaries and the
Cultural Influences in Qatar. European Psychiatric Association (EPA) 18th European Congress of
Psychiatry, Munich, Germany, February 27 – March 2, 2010.
Bener A, The Need for Good Data and Scientific Approach for Accidents and Injuries: Prevention
of Injuries Among Children, Arab Choldren’s Health Congress 2010, Duabi, UAE, March 23 – 25,
2010.
Bener A, El-Ayoubi HR, Moore MA, Basha B, Joseph S, Chouchane L. Do We Need to Maximise
The Breast Cancer Screening Awareness?: An Endogamous Society With High Fertility. 5th
International Conference of Aisan Pacific Organization for Cancer prevention, Istanbul, Turkey,
April 3 – 7, 2010.
Bener A, El Ayoubi HR, Ali AI, Al-Kubaisi A, Al-Sulaiti H, Chouchane L. Does inbreeding lead to
decreased incidence of breast cance, 5th International Conference of Aisan Pacific Organization
for Cancer prevention, Istanbul, Turkey, April 3 – 7, 2010.
Bener A, How to Strengthen the Community for Cancer Control? Breast Cancer Screening
Awareness Program, 5th International Conference of Aisan Pacific Organization for Cancer
prevention, Istanbul, Turkey, April 3 – 7, 2010.
Bener A, XI International Congress on Obesity Stockholm, Sweden, 11 – 15 July, 2010.
Bener A, Safety 2010 World Conference in London, 21 – 24 September, 2010.
Bener A, Ghuloum S, Dafeeah EE. Prevalence of Common Phobias and Their SocioDemographic Correlates in Children and Adolescents in a Traditional Developing Society. 19th
European Congress of Psychiatry, Vienna, Austria 12-15 March, 2011 (Poster Presentation).
Bener A, Ghuloum S, Abou-Saleh MT. Prevalence, Symptom Patterns Comorbidity of Anxiety and
Depressive Disorders in Primary Care in Qatar. 19th European Congress of Psychiatry, Vienna,
Austria 12-15 March, 2011 (Poster Presentation).
Bener A, Al-Hammaq AOAA, Dafeeah EE. Is Psychological Distress, Depression and Generalised
Anxiety Associated with Gastrointestinal Symptoms and Generalized Anxiety Associated with
Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. 19th European Congress of Psychiatry,
Vienna, Austria 12-15 March, 2011 (Poster Presentation).
Bener A, El Ayoubi HR, Ali Al, Al-kubaisi A, Al-Sulaiti H. Consanguinity and the risk of breast
cancer: the importance of breast cancer awareness programs, 6th World Conference Breast
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Cancer: transcending the breast cancer experience – a global partnership, 7th-11th June,
2011(Oral Presentation).
Regional Consultation WHO ICD-10 Revision Expert Working Group in Madrid, Spain 14th-17th
June, 2011.
Official Mission to UK Universities to discuss teaching and research activities. Universit of
Westminster, University of Sheffield, University of Manchester, Imperial College, 3rd -14th July,
2011.
Bener A, Burgut FT, Ghuloum S, Sheikh J. A Study of Postpartum Depression in a Fast
Developing Country: Prevalence and Related Factors. The 12th International Mental Health
Conference: Personaliy Disorders: Out of the Darkness, Gold Coast, Australia 24th – 26th August,
2011 (Poster Presentation).
Regional Consultation on Developing a Framework for the Implementation of Recommendations
of World Health Report on Child Injury Prevention, EMRO, Cairo, Egypt 26th-28th September 2011.
Bener A, Burgut FT, Ghuloum S, Sheikh J. Comparative study of postpartum depression and its
predictors in Qatar. Australian Cognitive Neurosciences Conference-21 Meeting of the Australian
Society of Psychopysiology, Sydney, Australia 9th -12th December, 2011(Poster Presentation).
Bener A. Depressive, anxiety and stress disorders in the postpartum period: how prevalent are
they and can we improve their detection? a major health problem. Australian Cognitive
Neurosciences Conference -21 Meeting of the Australian Society of Psychopysiology, Sydney,
Australia 9th -12th December, 2011(Poster Presentation).
Bener A, Burgut FT, Ghuloum S, Sheikh J. A study of Postpartum Depression in a Fast
Developing Country: Prevalence and Related Factors. (2011) Qatar International Psychiatry
Symposium. Doha, Qatar, 16th -17th December 2011.
Regional Consultation WHO ICD-11 Revision Expert Working Group in Geneva, Switzerland
30th-31st January, 2012.
Bener A. Prevalence and Diagnostic Overlap of Somatization, Anxiety, Depression and Stress
among Qatari Nationals and other Arab Population in Qatar. 20th EPA Congress, Prague, Czech
Republic, 3rd - 6th March 2012. (Poster Presentation)
Bener A. Depressive, Anxiety and Stress disorders in the postpartum period: how prevalent are
they and can we improve their detection? A major health problem. 20th EPA Congress, Prague,
Czech Republic, 3rd – 6th March 2012. (Poster Presesntation)
Bener A, Burgut FT,Ghuloum S, Sheikh J. Comparative Study of postpartum depression and its
predictors in Qatar. 20th EPA Congress, Prague, Czech Republic, 3rd – 6th March 2012. (Poster
Presentation)
Bener A. Prevalence and Diagnostic Overlap of Somatization, Anxiety, Depression and Stress
among Arab Population. 2nd Asian Conference on Psychology and the Behavioral Sciences and
2nd Asian Conference on Ethics, Religion & Philosophy, Osaka, Japan, March 31 – April 1 2012.
(Oral Presentation)
Bener A. National Burden of Diseases & Establishment of Health priorities in the state of Qatar.
5th Annual European Public Health Conference, Malta, 8-10 Novemeber 2012. (Oral Presentation)
Bener A. A Two fold risk of Metabolic Syndrome in a Sample of patients with Schizophrenia. 4th
Australian Rural and Remote Mental Health Conference, Adelaide, 19th – 21st November, 2012.
(Poster Presentation)
Bener A. Diagnostic overlap of Depressive, Anxiety, Stress and Somatoform Disorders in Primary
Care: Prevalence and Comorbidity. . 4th Australian Rural and Remote Mental Health Conference,
Adelaide, 19th – 21st November, 2012. (Poster Presentation)
Bener A. Does Consanguinity increase the risk of Schizophrenia? A population based Study. . 4th
Australian Rural and Remote Mental Health Conference, Adelaide, 19th – 21st November, 2012.
(Poster Presentation)
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