Estimating the burden of diseases attributable to lead exposure in the North Africa and Middle East region, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease study 2019

Abstract Background Lead exposure (LE) and its attributable deaths and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) have declined in the recent decade; however, it remains one of the leading public health concerns, particularly in regions with low socio-demographic index (SDI) such as the North Africa and...

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Main Authors: Malihe Rezaee, Zahra Esfahani, Seyed Aria Nejadghaderi, Mohsen Abbasi-Kangevari, Sahar Saeedi Moghaddam, Ali Ghanbari, Azin Ghamari, Ali Golestani, Elmira Foroutan Mehr, Ameneh Kazemi, Rosa Haghshenas, Mahsa Moradi, Farzad Kompani, Negar Rezaei, Bagher Larijani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-10-01
Series:Environmental Health
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12940-022-00914-3