Safer water, better health: costs, benefits and sustainability of interventions to protect and promote health.
- A. Prüss-Ustün, R. Bos, F. Gore, J. Bartram
- Medicine
- 2008
An Integrated Risk Function for Estimating the Global Burden of Disease Attributable to Ambient Fine Particulate Matter Exposure
- R. Burnett, C. Pope, A. Cohen
- Medicine, Environmental ScienceEnvironmental Health Perspectives
- 11 February 2014
A fine particulate mass–based RR model that covered the global range of exposure by integrating RR information from different combustion types that generate emissions of particulate matter is developed.
Worldwide burden of disease from exposure to second-hand smoke: a retrospective analysis of data from 192 countries
- M. Öberg, M. Jaakkola, A. Woodward, A. Peruga, A. Prüss-Ustün
- MedicineThe Lancet
- 8 January 2011
Solid Fuel Use for Household Cooking: Country and Regional Estimates for 1980–2010
- S. Bonjour, Heather Adair-Rohani, Kirk R. Smith
- Environmental ScienceEnvironmental Health Perspectives
- 3 May 2013
Worldwide, the proportion of households cooking mainly with solid fuels is decreasing and the absolute number of persons using solid fuels, however, has remained steady globally and is increasing in some regions.
Estimation of the global burden of disease attributable to contaminated sharps injuries among health-care workers.
- A. Prüss-Ustün, E. Rapiti, Y. Hutin
- MedicineAmerican Journal of Industrial Medicine
- 1 December 2005
Occupational exposures to percutaneous injuries are substantial source of infections with bloodborne pathogens among health-care workers (HCWs).
Preventing disease through healthy environments: a global assessment of the burden of disease from environmental risks
- A. Prüss-Ustün, J. Wolf, C. Corvalan
- Medicine
- 2016
The main message emerging from this new comprehensive global assessment is that premature death and disease can be prevented through healthier environments – and to a significant degree. Analysing…
Global assessment of exposure to faecal contamination through drinking water based on a systematic review
- Robert E. S. Bain, R. Cronk, J. Bartram
- Environmental ScienceTropical medicine & international health
- 8 May 2014
To estimate exposure to faecal contamination through drinking water as indicated by levels of Escherichia coli (E. coli) or thermotolerant coliform (TTC) in water sources, seawater samples are analyzed for E. coli andTC levels are counted.
Burden of disease from inadequate water, sanitation and hygiene in low- and middle-income settings: a retrospective analysis of data from 145 countries
- A. Prüss-Ustün, J. Bartram, S. Cairncross
- Medicine, EconomicsTropical medicine & international health
- 30 April 2014
The burden of diarrhoeal diseases from exposure to inadequate water, sanitation and hand hygiene in low‐ and middle‐income settings and an overview of the impact on other diseases are estimated.
Preventing Disease Through Healthy Environments: Towards an Estimate of the Environmental Burden of Disease
- A. Prüss-Ustün, C. Corvalan
- Medicine
- 1 May 2006
A diminuição do número de doenças ou ferimentos pode ser obtida pela redução dos fatores de risco ambiental that contribuem para aquela determinada doença ouferimento.
Introduction and methods: assessing the environmental burden of disease at national and local levels.
- A. Prüss-Ustün, C. Mathers, C. Corvalan, A. Woodward
- Medicine, Political Science
- 2003
The objective of the guides is to provide practical information to countries on how to assess what fraction of a national or subnational disease burden is attributable to an environmental risk…
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