Should the GBD risk factor rankings be used to guide policy?

The Lancet

Volumn 380, Issue 9859, 2012, Pages 2060-2061

  Watts, Charlotte ^a   Cairncross, Sandy ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CONSENSUS; DIARRHEA; DISEASES; GLOBAL BURDEN OF DISEASE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYGIENE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RISK FACTOR; SANITATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SMOKING; ZINC DEFICIENCY; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; DIET; DISABILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; UNDERWEIGHT; ARTICLE; MANAGEMENT;

HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; POLICY MAKING; RISK FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84871070507     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)62121-7     Document Type: Note

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