The Global Burden of Disease Study 2010: Interpretation and Implications for the Neglected Tropical Diseases
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Peter J. Hotez*, Miriam Alvarado, Marı́a-Gloria Basáñez, Ian Bolliger, Rupert Bourne, Michel Boussinesq, Simon J. Brooker, Ami Shah Brown, Geoffrey Buckle, Christine M. Budke, Hélène Carabin, Luc E. Coffeng, Eric M. Fèvre, Thomas Fürst, Yara A. Halasa, Rashmi Jasrasaria, Nicole E. Johns, Jennifer Keiser, Charles H. King, Rafael Lozano, Michele E. Murdoch, Simon O’Hanlon, Sébastien D. S. Pion, Rachel L. Pullan, Kapa D. Ramaiah, Thomas Roberts, Donald S. Shepard, Jennifer L. Smith, Wilma A. Stolk, Eduardo A. Undurraga, Jürg Utzinger, Mengru Wang, Christopher J. L. Murray*, Mohsen Naghavi*
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One of the most important summary measures of population health, is Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALY), introduced for the first time in the project of Global Burden of Disease (GBD), that is the newest as well as the most accepted and familial summary measure of health and the burden of diseases has been measured by this measure at national and regional levels in many countries of the world...
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دوره 8 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2014