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Christopher J L Murray

Researcher at Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation

Publications -  833
Citations -  393064

Christopher J L Murray is an academic researcher from Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Mortality rate. The author has an hindex of 209, co-authored 754 publications receiving 310329 citations. Previous affiliations of Christopher J L Murray include Harvard University & University of Washington.

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Methods for Estimating the Global Burden of Cerebrovascular Diseases.

TL;DR: The methods used to estimate the global burden of stroke for the GBD 2013 study are described and disease modeling methods have been updated to better integrate mortality and incidence data.
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Administration of R24 monoclonal antibody and low-dose interleukin 2 for malignant melanoma.

TL;DR: It is indicated that R24 and low-dose IL-2 can be safely combined in patients with metastatic melanoma and that this combination can promote destruction of cultured melanoma cells.
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A rapid triage test for active pulmonary tuberculosis in adult patients with persistent cough

TL;DR: The authors validated their triage test’s discriminatory power using blood samples from subjects with persistent cough across several continents, showing that performance was improved when detection of antibodies against a mycobacterial antigen was added to the panel.
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Infant mortality rate as an indicator of population health. Commentaries

TL;DR: The authors found that the use of IMR as a measure of population health has a negative impact on older groups in the population and that more comprehensive measures such as disability adjusted life expectancy (DALE) have come into favour as alternatives.

The health of adults in the developing worldcontinued.

TL;DR: This work introduces adult health and discusses the current and future determinants of adult ill-health, as well as the emerging agenda for adult health.