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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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The global burden of childhood and adolescent cancer in 2017: an analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

Lisa M. Force, +170 more
- 01 Sep 2019 - 
TL;DR: The use of DALY-based estimates is crucial in demonstrating that childhood cancer burden represents an important global cancer and child health concern, which disproportionately affects populations in resource-limited settings.
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Global, regional, and national progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 3.2 for neonatal and child health: all-cause and cause-specific mortality findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019.

Katherine R. Paulson, +738 more
- 04 Sep 2021 - 
TL;DR: The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2019 findings for all-cause mortality and cause-specific mortality in children younger than 5 years of age, with multiple scenarios for child mortality in 2030, were presented in this paper.
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Fifty years of violent war deaths from Vietnam to Bosnia: analysis of data from the world health survey programme.

Ziad Obermeyer, +2 more
- 26 Jun 2008 - 
TL;DR: The use of data on sibling history from peacetime population surveys can retrospectively estimate mortality from war, and there is no evidence of a recent decline in war deaths.
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Eight Americas: new perspectives on U.S. health disparities.

Christopher J L Murray, +2 more
- 01 Dec 2005 - 
TL;DR: Risk factor analysis using Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data for the Eight Americas suggests that the pattern for tobacco, alcohol, and obesity is distinct for each America, and public health will need to increase its focus on chronic diseases in young and middle-aged Americans.
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The Health of Adults in the Developing World: A Summary

Richard G A Feachem, +4 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the main points of the full length publication of the same name were summarized and the salient points discussed concerning health sector resources in developing countries were discussed concerning adult health, including all major health conditions, communicable, noncommunicable, or injuries.