Selected major risk factors and global and regional burden of disease

@article{Ezzati2002SelectedMR,
  title={Selected major risk factors and global and regional burden of disease},
  author={Majid Ezzati and Alan D. Lopez and Anthony Rodgers and Stephen vander Hoorn and Christopher J. L. Murray},
  journal={The Lancet},
  year={2002},
  volume={360},
  pages={1347-1360}
}
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