Different quantitative measures of the impact of premature deaths on the community in Australia

Abstract Objective: Different quantitative measures based on the concept of years of potential life lost have been derived for assessing the burden of diseases and injuries. However, few studies have been conducted to compare the usefulness of these measures in terms of providing practical informati...

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Main Author: Lawrence T. Lam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2004-12-01
Series:Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-842X.2004.tb00046.x