Measuring global health: motivation and evolution of the Global Burden of Disease Study

The Lancet

Volumn 390, Issue 10100, 2017, Pages 1460-1464

  Murray, Christopher J L ^a   Lopez, Alan D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISABILITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; DISEASE BURDEN; GLOBAL DISEASE BURDEN; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; FORECASTING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

DATA COLLECTION; FORECASTING; GLOBAL BURDEN OF DISEASE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MOTIVATION; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS;

EID: 85031718865     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)32367-X     Document Type: Note

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