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Global Burden of Disease

Known as: Disease Global Burdens 
Measure of the burden of disease using the disability-adjusted-life-year (DALY). This time-based measure combines years of life lost due to premature… 
National Institutes of Health

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2018
2018
The future of cardiovascular disease in South Africa and the role of the South African Heart Association
REFLECTIONS FROM THE OUTGOING PRESIDENT The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study is a programme of disease burden that assesses… 
2017
2017
World’s foremost institute on death and disease metrics gets massive cash boost
Centre evaluates how public-health spending can improve mortality rates and disease burden, but many countries still do not… 
Review
2017
Review
2017
Revised analyses suggest that the lesser electric ray Narcine bancroftii is not at risk of extinction
Among rays inhabiting US coastal waters in the western North Atlantic Ocean, a species of potential concern is the lesser… 
2017
2017
Does History Conquer Love? The Good of the Family and the Gift of Self
The aim of this article is to show how the modern liberal view of marriage as a temporary association contracted by two equal and… 
2015
2015
Prevalence of overweight and obesity and its contribution to Disease Burden in Ireland:1990–2010
BackgroundThe alarming increase in overweight and obesity is a global public health challenge. Accurate estimates of related… 
2012
2012
Health metrics. A controversial close-up of humanity's health.
Health MetricsThe Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation contends that it has created the most detailed and authoritative… 
2005
2005
The Unpaid Work of Families
This article deals with unpaid work by families, which plays a central role in the economy. Far from being simply limited to… 
Review
1998
Review
1998
Summary measures of population health: applications and issues in the United States
After some 30 to 40 years of research and application, summary measures of population health (SMPH) are very much on the public… 
1998
1998
Disease burden in sub-Saharan Africa [letter]
While Richard Cooper et al. correctly identify the model-based methods used by the global burden of disease (GBD) study as… 
1981
1981
On overorganization and overregulation in medicine.
The essential contributors to medical care consist of four major groups the professionals who treat patients; the hospitals, with…