Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010.

Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010.

BACKGROUND: Measuring disease and injury burden in populations requires a composite metric that captures both premature mortality and the prevalence and severity of ill-health. The 1990 Global Burden of Disease study proposed disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) to measure disease burden. No compr...

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Main Authors: Murray, C, Vos, T, Lozano, R, Naghavi, M, Flaxman, A, Michaud, C, Ezzati, M, Shibuya, K, Salomon, J, Abdalla, S, Aboyans, V, Abraham, J, Ackerman, I, Aggarwal, R, Ahn, S, Ali, M, Alvarado, M, Anderson, H, Anderson, L, Andrews, K, Atkinson, C, Baddour, L, Bahalim, A, Barker-Collo, S, Barrero, L
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2012

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