Estimating the burden of disease in one Swiss canton: What do disability adjusted life years (DALY) tell us?

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 871-877

  Schopper, Doris ^a   Pereira, J ^b   Torres, A ^b   Cuende, N ^b   Alonso, M ^b   Baylin, A ^b   Ammon, C ^a   Rougemont, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Burden of disease; DALY; Health priorities; Switzerland; YLD; YLL

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CANCER; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; FALLING; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INJURY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUICIDE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0033766693     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/29.5.871     Document Type: Article

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