The Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risks

Estimation of the Economic Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases in Selected Hospitals of Yazd in 2018

Background and Objectives: In Iran, cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of mortality. The economic burden of these diseases imposed on families makes the situation even worse. Health system policymakers need to be aware of the costs of these diseases to make wise decisions regarding the allocation of resources. The present study aimed to estimate the economic burden of cardiovascular di...

The Global Burden of Rotavirus Diarrheal Diseases: Results from the Global Burden of Diseases Study 2016

The global burden of selected occupational diseases and injury risks: Methodology and summary.

BACKGROUND Around the globe, work has a heavy impact on health. To better advise policy makers, we assessed the global burden of disease and injury due to selected occupational hazards. This article presents an overview, and describes the methodology employed in the companion studies. METHODS Using the World Health Organization (WHO) Comparative Risk Assessment methodology, we applied relativ...

The global burden of oral diseases and risks to oral health.

This paper outlines the burden of oral diseases worldwide and describes the influence of major sociobehavioural risk factors in oral health. Despite great improvements in the oral health of populations in several countries, global problems still persist. The burden of oral disease is particularly high for the disadvantaged and poor population groups in both developing and developed countries. O...

the relationship between field-related cognitive styles and global reading comprehension of hypertext

this study investigates the relationship between field-related cognitive styles and global reading comprehension of hypertext. technically, field dependency is prevailing dominance of field on perception of parts, while global comprehension is skim-like reading to grasp the general content. in this research project, 60 senior and junior students of arak university majoring in english literature...