Majid Ezzati, Stephen Vander Hoorn, Alan D. Lopez, Goodarz Danaei, Anthony Rodgers,
Colin D. Mathers, and Christopher JL Murray across risk factors. For example, the implicit …

Objectives: To review the literature on the burden of occupational disease and injury and to
provide a comprehensive characterization of the burden. Methods: The scientific and …

Background The Comparative Risk Assessment (CRA) project of the World Health
Organization (WHO) assessed worldwide mortality and morbidity in the year 2000 resulting …

Background Over the last decade, there have been several attempts to estimate the global
burden of ill health due to work activity. The most recent of these is the Comparative Risk …

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 …

The true burden (morbidity, mortality, disability, cost, pain, distress) of occupational and work-
related diseases and injuries is unknown, and what is reported as burden is significantly …

We made estimates of absolute morbidity and mortality due to occupational factors for the
world using all available published data as of 1994, and, where no data were available …

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 traditionally been conducted …

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 …

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 …