Economic value of disability-adjusted life years lost to violence: Estimates for WHO Member States

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 203-209

  Brown, David W ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost of illness; Violence

Indexed keywords

DISABILITY; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; MORTALITY; VIOLENCE; WORLD BANK; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 54549102258     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: 16805348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1020-49892008000900007     Document Type: Article

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