Comparative quantification of health risks: Conceptual framework and methodological issues

Population Health Metrics

Volumn 1, Issue , 2003, Pages

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

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b Resources for the Future   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EXPOSURE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INCOME; METHODOLOGY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POVERTY; PROPHYLAXIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 0038108186     PISSN: 14787954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-7954-1-1     Document Type: Review

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