Global Burden of Disease And Risk Factors
, by USA, Oxford University Press; Lopez, Alan D.; Mathers, Colin D.; Ezzati, Majid; Jamison, Dean T.; Murray, Christopher J. L.- ISBN: 9780821362624 | 0821362623
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 4/2/2006
Strategic health planning, the cornerstone of initiatives to facilitate the attainment of health goals in populations around the world, requires an understanding of the comparative burden of diseases and injuries, their corresponding risk factors, and the likely effects of proposed interventions. Critical to an effective assessment of risks and outcomes is a framework to integrate, validate, analyze, compare and disseminate available information to policy makers.