• DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(10)61388-8
Corpus ID: 7179156

Worldwide burden of disease from exposure to second-hand smoke: a retrospective analysis of data from 192 countries

@article{berg2011WorldwideBO,
  title={Worldwide burden of disease from exposure to second-hand smoke: a retrospective analysis of data from 192 countries},
  author={Mattias {\"O}berg and M. Jaakkola and A. Woodward and A. Peruga and A. Pr{\"u}ss-Ust{\"u}n},
  journal={The Lancet},
  year={2011},
  volume={377},
  pages={139-146}
}

Mattias Öberg, M. Jaakkola, +2 authors A. Prüss-Ustün

Published 2011

Medicine

The Lancet

BACKGROUND Exposure to second-hand smoke is common in many countries but the magnitude of the problem worldwide is poorly described. We aimed to estimate the worldwide exposure to second-hand smoke and its burden of disease in children and adult non-smokers in 2004. METHODS The burden of disease from second-hand smoke was estimated as deaths and disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for children and adult non-smokers. The calculations were based on disease-specific relative risk estimates… CONTINUE READING

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