Comparative quantification of health risks
Subtitle: global and regional burden of disease attributable to selected major risk factors
By: edited by Majid Ezzati ... [et al.].
Contributors: Ezzati, Majid, 1969-; World Health Organization.
Publisher: World Health Organization
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Geneva
Language: eng
Number of pages: 2248
Subjects: Health risk assessment -- Statistical methods.; Diseases -- Risk factors -- Statistical methods.; Population -- Health aspects -- Statistical methods.; World health.; Risk Factors.; Cost of Illness.; Risk Assessment.; Comparative Study.
Other titles: Global and regional burden of disease attributable to selected major risk factors.
Description: Provides a comprehensive assessment of the scientific evidence on prevalence and the resulting health effects of a range of exposures that are know to be hazardous to human health, including childhood and maternal undernutrition, nutritional and physiological risk factors for adult health, addictive substances, sexual and reproductive health risks, and risks in the physical environments of households and communities, as well as among workers. This book is the culmination of over four years of scientific equiry and data collection, know as the comparative risk assessment (CRA) project.
Notes: Accompanying CD-ROM contains annex tables detailing population attributable fractions, mortality, and disease burden for selected major risk factors.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. Foreword / Richard Peto; title: Childhood and maternal undernutrition; title: Other nutrition-related risk factors and physical inactivity; title: Addictive substances; title: v. 2. Sexual and reproductive health; title: Environmental and occupational risk factors; title: Other selected risk factors; title: Distribution of risk ractors by poverty; title: Data analysis and results; title: Multi-risk factor assessment; title: Index; title: [v. 3]. CD-ROM: Annex tables; title: Population attributable fractions, mortality and disease burden for selected major risk factors.