Comparative quantification of health risks

Description:

Provides a comprehensive assessment of the scientific evidence on prevalence and the resulting health effects of a range of exposures that are know to be hazardous to human health, including childhood and maternal undernutrition, nutritional and physiological risk factors for adult health, addictive substances, sexual and reproductive health risks, and risks in the physical environments of households and communities, as well as among workers. This book is the culmination of over four years of scientific equiry and data collection, know as the comparative risk assessment (CRA) project.

subjects: Statistical methods,  Diseases,  World health,  Health risk assessment,  Risk factors,  Santé mondiale,  Análise de risco,  Facteurs de risque,  Health Status Indicators,  Fatores de risco,  Cost of Illness,  Epidemiologia (tendências),  Risk Assessment,  Évaluation,  Risco (avaliação),  Méthodes statistiques,  Maladies,  Methods,  Health Care Costs,  Aspect sanitaire,  Risques pour la santé,  Indicadores de saúde,  Comparative Study,  Population,  Global Health,  Health risk assessment--statistical methods,  Diseases--risk factors--statistical methods,  Population--health aspects--statistical methods,  Risk assessment--methods,  Ra427.3 .c65 2004,  2005 g-938,  Wa 900.1 c7367 2004,  Health aspects