TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lopez,Alan D.
ED  - Disease Control Priorities Project.
TI  - Global burden of disease and risk factors
SN  - 9780821362624
AV  - RA441 .G5613 2006
U1  - 362.1 
PY  - 2006///
CY  - New York, NY, Washington, DC
PB  - Oxford University Press, World Bank
KW  - World health
KW  - Diseases
KW  - Diseases -- Risk Factors
KW  - Health risk assessment
KW  - Health Status Indicators
KW  - Global Health.
KW  - Risk Factors
N1  - "Disease Control Priorities Project"--Cover; Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - This volume is a single up-to-date source on the entire global epidemiology of diseases, injuries and risk factors with a comprehensive statement of methods and a complete presentation of results. It includes a refined methods to assess data, ensure epidemiological consistency, and summarize the disease burden. 'Global Burden of Disease and Risk Factors' examines the comparative importance of diseases, injuries, and risk factors; it incorporates a range of new data sources to develop consistent estimates of incidence, prevalence, severity and duration, and mortality for 136 major diseases and injuries.Drawing from more than 8,500 data sources that include epidemiological studies, disease registers, and notifications systems, 'Global Burden of Disease and Risk Factors' incorporates informationfrom more than 10,000 datasets relating to population health and mortality, representing one of the largest syntheses of global information on population health to date.
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