Analysis of Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) among arsenic victims: A cross-sectional study on health economics perspective

Bangladesh Medical Research Council Bulletin

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 43-50

  Molla, A A ^a   Anwar, K S ^b   Hamid, S A ^a   Hoque, M E ^c   Haq, A K M Z ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^b Institute of Health Technology   (Bangladesh)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^d Military Institute of Science and Technology   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; GROUND WATER;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE DURATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ONSET AGE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARSENIC; ARSENIC POISONING; BANGLADESH; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 15944415424     PISSN: 03779238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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