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Environmental burden of disease: HRQoL and statistical perspectives
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In this article, the authors proposed to incorporate toxicology as well as environmental epidemiology in health related quality of life risk assessments, especially relating to cancer, chronic and intestinal diseases, with special attention to the arsenite contamination of the groundwater problem.Abstract:
Environmental toxicity and pollution mingled with substandard sanitation and public health practice can lead to serious health problems. Some of these toxics can be identified and subjected to preventive measures but together with some other major factors they form the environmental burden of disease, more seriously in developing countries. As a result, in health related quality of life risk assessments, especially relating to cancer of various types, as well as chronic and intestinal diseases, we need to incorporate toxicology as well as environmental epidemiology. Statistical perspectives in this challenging task are appraised with special attention to the arsenite contamination of the groundwater problem.read more
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Composite Measures of the Environmental Burden of Disease at the Global Level
TL;DR: Together, these studies have revealed considerable disparities across regions and countries in the Environmental Burden of Disease (EBD), ranging from one-tenth to more than two-thirds of the total burden of disease that can be prevented through improving environmental quality.
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Global Measures of the Environmental Burden of Disease (EBD)
TL;DR: Studies based on both exposure-based and expert opinion-based methods have revealed considerable disparities across regions and countries in the EBD, ranging in African countries from one-tenth to more than half of the total attributable burden of disease that can be prevented through improving environmental quality.