Background: Relations between the consumption of nuts and legumes and risk of ischemic
heart disease (IHD), stroke, and diabetes have not been well established. Objective: We …

In the Comparative Risk Assessment (CRA) done as part of the Global Burden of Disease
project (GBD-2010), the global and regional burdens of household air pollution (HAP) due to …

This study provides an approximate estimate of how much disease can be prevented by
reducing the environmental risks to health. It includes a meta-synthesis of key evidence …

Abstract In China, over 1.3 billion people have high health risks associated with exposure to
ambient fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) that exceeds the World Health Organization (WHO) …

Background Diabetes and high body-mass index (BMI) are associated with increased risk of
several cancers, and are increasing in prevalence in most countries. We estimated the …

Background One of the most important consequences of climate change could be its effects
on agriculture. Although much research has focused on questions of food security, less has …

Background Understanding disparities in the burden of cancer attributable to different risk
factors is crucial to inform and improve cancer prevention and control. In this report, we …

Background Quantification of the disease burden caused by different risks informs
prevention by providing an account of health loss different to that provided by a disease-by …

Patients with asthma–chronic obstructive pulmonary disease overlap syndrome (ACOS)
have been largely excluded from pivotal therapeutic trials and, as a result, its treatment …

Background Ischaemic heart disease (IHD) is the leading cause of death worldwide. The
World Health Organisation (WHO) collects mortality data coded using the International …