Selected papers

The methods for quantitative assessment of environmental health impacts have been developed on the basis of a number of expert consultations. The links below document the steps and various contributions that have lead to the development of current methods.

• Update on WHO's initiative to assess EBD
  
  pdf, 31kb
• Methodology for assessment of burden of disease

Selection of the papers presented at a consultation sponsored by the World Health Organization and the International Labor Office, July 1997:

• Improved decision making in environmental and occupational health
  
  pdf, 19kb
  H. Pastides
• How much global ill health is attributable to environmental factors?
  
  pdf, 559kb
  K.R. Smith, C.F. Corvalán, T. Kiellström
• Methodologic issues in epidemiologic risk assessment
  
  pdf, 62kb
  M. Nurminen, T. Nurminen, C.F. Corvalan
• On the comparable quantification of health risks: Lessons from the global burden of disease study
  
  pdf, 388kb
  C.J.L. Murray, A.D. Lopez
• An aggregate public health indicator to represent the impact of multiple environmental exposures
  
  pdf, 229kb
  A.E.M. de Hollander, J.M. Melse, E. Lebret, P.G.N. Kramers
• Environmental health impact assessment: valuation of a ten step model
  
  pdf, 162kb
  R. Fehr
• Global burden of disease and injury due to occupational factors
  
  pdf, 187kb
  J. Leigh, P. Macaskill, E. Kuosma, J. Manchyk
• Global estimates of fatal occupational accidents
  
  pdf, 115kb
  J. Takala
• Health, environment and sustainable development: Identifying links and indicators to promote action
  
  pdf, 114kb
  C.F. Corvalán, T. Kjellström, K.R. Smith