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Mortality by cause for eight regions of the world: Global Burden of Disease Study

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Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 306 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 188 countries, 1990–2013: quantifying the epidemiological transition

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Guidelines for accurate and transparent health estimates reporting: the GATHER statement

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Common values in assessing health outcomes from disease and injury: disability weights measurement study for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

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Global Sodium Consumption and Death from Cardiovascular Causes

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GBD 2010: design, definitions, and metrics

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The magnitude of the global problem of acute diarrhoeal disease: a review of active surveillance data.

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Disability-adjusted life years: a critical review

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Healthcare Access and Quality Index based on mortality from causes amenable to personal health care in 195 countries and territories, 1990–2015: a novel analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

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Understanding DALYs

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Measuring the health-related Sustainable Development Goals in 188 countries: A baseline analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

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Modeling causes of death: an integrated approach using CODEm

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Global health statistics : a compendium of incidence, prevalence and mortality estimates for over 200 conditions / Christopher J. L. Murray, Alan D. Lopez

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Regional patterns of disability-free life expectancy and disability-adjusted life expectancy: Global Burden of Disease Study

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Multiple-informant ranking of the disabling effects of different health conditions in 14 countries

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Transport for health: the global burden of disease from motorized road transport

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Measuring health in a vacuum: examining the disability weight of the DALY

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The Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors

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World Health Organization cardiovascular disease risk charts: revised models to estimate risk in 21 global regions

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