An up-to-date comprehensive assessment of the cancer burden attributable to risk factors is
essential for cancer prevention. We analyzed the population attributable fraction (PAF) of …

Background Reliable and comparable analysis of risks to health is key for preventing
disease and injury. Causal attribution of morbidity and mortality to risk factors has …

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The World Health Organization (WHO) and International Labour
Organization (ILO) have produced their first WHO/ILO Joint Estimates of the Work-related …

The global burden of diseases and injuries poses complex and pressing challenges. This
study analyzed 369 diseases and injuries attributed to 84 risk factors globally from 1990 to …

Background Around the globe, work has a heavy impact on health. To better advise policy
makers, we assessed the global burden of disease and injury due to selected occupational …

When the global burden of disease (GBD) methodology was introduced some 30 years ago,
it represented a significant step toward providing systematic, comparable disease …

Extensive discussion and comments on the Global Burden of Disease Study findings have
suggested the need to examine more carefully the basis for comparing the magnitude of …

All environmental epidemiologists would like their research to lead to reductions in the
health impacts of environmental exposures. The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 1 project …

Abstract The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries and Risk Factors Study 2010 (GBD 2010)
is an initiative that involved 486 scientists from 302 institutions in 50 countries, under the …

Methods The WHO comparative risk assessment used a common statistical model that
allows a reader to compare the contribution (attributable fraction) of several risk factors with …