The contribution of leading diseases and risk factors to excess losses of healthy life in eastern Europe: burden of disease study

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The East/West gradient in health across Europe has been described often, but not using metrics as comprehensive and comparable as those of the Global Burden of Disease 2000 and Comparative Risk Assessment studies.</p> <p>...

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Main Authors: Vander Hoorn Stephen, Zatonski Witold, Powles John W, Ezzati Majid
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2005-11-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/5/116