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- Title
Global mortality, disability, and the contribution of risk factors: Global Burden of Disease Study.
- Authors
Murray, C J; Lopez, A D
- Abstract
Prevention and control of disease and injury require information about the leading medical causes of illness and exposures or risk factors. The assessment of the public-health importance of these has been hampered by the lack of common methods to investigate the overall, worldwide burden. The Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD) provides a standardised approach to epidemiological assessment and uses a standard unit, the disability-adjusted life year (DALY), to aid comparisons.
- Publication
Lancet (London, England), 1997, Vol 349, Issue 9063, p1436
- ISSN
0140-6736
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1016/S0140-6736(96)07495-8