Assessing the burden of sexual and reproductive ill-health: questions regarding the use of disability-adjusted life years

The use of the disability-adjusted life year (DALY) as the unit in which to calculate the burden of disease associated with reproductive ill-health has given rise to considerable debate. Criticisms include the failure to address the problem of missing and inadequate epidemiological data, inability t...

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Main Authors: C. AbouZahr, J.P. Vaughan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
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Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862000000500010&lng=en&tlng=en