Selected major risk factors and global and regional burden of disease

Lancet

Volumn 360, Issue 9343, 2002, Pages 1347-1360

  Ezzati, Majid ^a   Lopez, Alan D ^b   Rodgers, Anthony ^c   Vander Hoorn, Stephen ^c   Murray, Christopher J L ^b  

^a RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE   (United States)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c University of Auckland Clinical Trials Research Unit   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; FUEL; TRACE ELEMENT; WATER;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISABILITY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOVERNMENT; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH; HUMAN; HYGIENE; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLICATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SANITATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMOKING; UNDERWEIGHT; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 0037010474     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(02)11403-6     Document Type: Article

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