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Climate change and disability-adjusted life years.
Journal of environmental health, 2007 The authors conducted a systematic review of the studies of disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) lost because of climate change. The review considered both methodological issues and research results. It found that little is known about DALYs lost because of climate change, except for results based on limited information presented in the World Health ...
Zhang, Y., Bi, P., Hiller, J.
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Disability-Adjusted Life-Years Due to Stroke in Kenya
Neuroepidemiology, 2019 <b><i>Background:</i></b> There is little information on stroke morbidity in Kenya to inform health care planning. The disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) are a time-based measure of health status that incorporates both disability and mortality. <b><i>Methods:</i></b> This was a multicenter prospective
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Assessing burden of disease as disability adjusted life years in life cycle assessment
Science of the Total Environment, 2015Disability adjusted life years (DALYs) have been used to quantify endpoint indicators of the human burden of disease in life cycle assessment (LCA). The purpose of this paper was to examine the current use of DALYs in LCA, and also to consider whether DALYs as used in LCA have the potential to be compatible with DALYs as used in quantitative risk ...
Yumi Kobayashi +2 more
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Estimating Disability-Adjusted Life Years due to Tuberculosis in Korea through to the Year 2040
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020 Despite efforts to reduce its incidence, tuberculosis continues to burden the rapidly aging Korean society. This study aimed to investigate the current trend of tuberculosis burden in Korea and its projections to 2040.
Su Yeon Jang, Moon Jung Kim, In-Hwan Oh
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Lancet, The, 2012 Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study ...
Christopher J L Murray +2 more
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Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) and rehabilitation
Disability and Rehabilitation, 2002The Disability Adjusted Life Year (DALY) is a unit that was developed for use in cost-effectiveness analysis and epidemiology studies. It is a combined measure of both death and disability, and has been extensively utilized in several countries and across various conditions. The purpose of this paper is to examine the implications for rehabilitation of
Jennifer, Jelsma +2 more
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Disability adjusted life years lost to dengue in Brazil
Tropical Medicine & International Health, 2009SummaryObjectives To assess the dengue burden in Brazil, and to compare it over three spatial scales: in the city of Rio de Janeiro, the state of Rio de Janeiro, and in Brazil overall.Methods We calculated disability adjusted life years (DALYs) lost to dengue per million individuals annually from 1986 through 2006.
P M, Luz, B, Grinsztejn, A P, Galvani
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The evolution of the disability-adjusted life year (DALY)
Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 2015Abstract The disability-adjusted life year (DALY) is a summary health measure that combines mortality and morbidity into a single measure as a way to estimate global disease burden and the effectiveness of health interventions. We review the methodological progression of the DALY, focusing on how the use of life expectancy estimates, disability ...
Ariel Chen +3 more
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