On the comparable quantification of health risks: Lessons from the Global Burden of Disease Study

Epidemiology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 594-605

  Murray, Christopher J L ^a   Lopez, Alan D ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Attributable burden; Counterfactural distributions of exposure; Global Burden of Disease; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0032792805     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199909000-00029     Document Type: Conference Paper

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