Estimates of global and regional potential health gains from reducing multiple major risk factors

Majid Ezzati; Stephen Vander Hoorn; Anthony Rodgers; Alan D López; Colin Mathers; Christopher J L Murray

doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(03)13968-2

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MedicineAttributable riskLife expectancyEnvironmental healthRisk factorPopulationEpidemiologyDisease burdenDiseaseHazard ratioStroke (engine)CohortDemographyInternal medicineConfidence interval

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Year: 2003
Type: article
Volume: 362
Issue: 9380
Pages: 271-280
Citations: 626
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                                    Majid Ezzati, 
                                
                                    Stephen Vander Hoorn, 
                                
                                    Anthony Rodgers
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2003). 
                            Estimates of global and regional potential health gains from reducing multiple major risk factors. 
                            The Lancet
                            , 362
                            (9380)
                            , 271-280.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(03)13968-2
                        

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DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(03)13968-2