Contents: vol. 1, Childhood and maternal undernutrition—Other nutrition-related risk factors
and physical activity—Addictive substances—vol. 2, Sexual and reproductive health …

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 …

BACKGROUND: The Global Burden of Disease Study represents a large and systematic
effort to describe the burden of diseases and injuries over the past 3 decades. We aimed to …

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

Background China has more than 18% of the global population and over 770 million
workers. However, the burden of disease attributable to occupational risks is unavailable in …

Background Following the economic crisis in Greece in 2010, the country's ongoing austerity
measures include a substantial contraction of health-care expenditure, with reports of …

Background Measurement of changes in health across locations is useful to compare and
contrast changing epidemiological patterns against health system performance and identify …

Background Public health is a priority for the Chinese Government. Evidence-based
decision making for health at the province level in China, which is home to a fifth of the …

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 The prevalence of non-communicable diseases in Thailand has been steadily
increasing over the past 10 years. Reliable and comparable evidence on burden attributable …