WHO - Global health risks: Mortality and burden of diseases attributable to selected major risks [2009]
Description:
Updated based on 2004 data the document provides information on the burden of disease for global risk factors including asbestos. Using information from WHO programmes and scientific studies for exposure data and causal associations of risk exposure to disease and injury outcomes, it applies risk analyses to regional estimates of mortality and disease burden.
Why this Tool/Guidance?
A description of diseases and the risk factors attributed to them is important for environmental health decision making and planning. Information on the burden of disease for global risk factors including asbestos is provided.
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