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Burden of disease
Copyright: Nigel Bruce
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Reliable and comparable analysis of risks to health is essential for quantifying the underlying causes of disease and death, and for prioritizing preventive interventions. WHO conducted a comparative risk assessment to estimate the contributions of selected major risk factors to the burden of disease in a unified framework. The results for the year 2000 were published in The World Health Report 2002. Solid fuel use - as a cause of acute lower respiratory infections in children and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults - was assessed as one of these risk factors. The assessment of the burden of disease from solid fuel use was updated for the year 2002 and published in Fuel for life: household energy and health.
The world health report 2002: reducing risks, promoting healthy life
Global estimates of burden of disease caused by the environment and occupational risks
Fuel for life: household energy and health
The results are presented as global and regional burden of disease estimates:
Global burden of disease due to indoor air pollution
Regional burden of disease due to indoor air pollution
National burden of disease due to indoor air pollution
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Global estimates of burden of disease caused by the environment and occupational risks: indoor air pollution
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