Background Air pollution is an important public health concern in China, with high levels of
exposure to both ambient and household air pollution. To inform action at provincial levels in …

Background High-level exposure to indoor air pollutants (IAPs) and their corresponding
adverse health effects have become a public concern in China in the past 10 years …

Background Up-to-date evidence on levels and trends for age-sex-specifi c all-cause and
cause-specifi c mortality is essential for the formation of global, regional, and national health …

Background Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma are common
diseases with a heterogeneous distribution worldwide. Here, we present methods and …

Background A comprehensive evaluation of the burden of injury is an important foundation
for selecting and formulating strategies of injury prevention. We present results from the …

Executive summary The Lancet Countdown: tracking progress on health and climate change
was established to provide an independent, global monitoring system dedicated to tracking …

The latest estimates and analyses from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015 (GBD
2015) 1–7 provide a vital link between the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the …

Background The UK has had universal free health care and public health programmes for
more than six decades. Several policy initiatives and structural reforms of the health system …

Background Long-term exposure to air pollution has been linked with an increase in risk of
mortality. Whether existing US Environmental Protection Agency standards are sufficient to …

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death worldwide and a major public health
concern. Therefore, its risk assessment is crucial to many existing treatment guidelines. 1 …