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QALY losses for chronic diseases and its social distribution in the general population: results from the Belgian Health Interview Survey
rapidly rising, both in terms of morbidity and mortality. This burden is disproportionally carried by socially disadvantaged population subgroups. Quality-adjusted life years (QALY s) measure the impact of ...
Global burden of cancer and coronary heart disease resulting from dietary exposure to arsenic, 2015
used the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates of food consumption in 17 country clusters, in conjunction with the reported measurements of total and inorganic arsenic in different foods. We ...
Quantifying burden of disease to support public health policy in Belgium: opportunities and constraints
the most important summary measure of public health. DALY s quantify the number of healthy life years lost due to morbidity and mortality, and thereby facilitate the comparison of the relative impact of ...