Global Health Risks: Mortality and burden of disease attributable to selected major risks

Submitted by andrea on Mon, 2010-01-04 09:14
Author(s):
Colin Mathers, Gretchen Stevens and Maya Mascarenhas.
Year:
2009
City:
Geneva
Publisher:
World Health Organization
Pages:
70
Summary:

Full Report

This report uses updated information from WHO programmes and scientific studies for both exposure data and the causal associations of risk exposure to disease and injury outcomes. It applies these updated risk analyses to the latest regional estimates of mortality and disease burden for a comprehensive set of diseases and injuries for the year 2004.