Estimates of global and regional potential health gains from reducing multiple major risk factors
The LancetPublished 1 July 2003
Majid Ezzati, Stephen Vander Hoorn, Anthony Rodgers, Alan D López, Colin Mathers, Christopher J L Murray
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Removal of major risk factors would not only increase healthy life expectancy in every region, but also reduce some of the differences between regions.
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Removal of major risk factors would not only increase healthy life expectancy in every region, but also reduce some of the differences between regions. The potential for disease prevention and health gain from tackling major known risks simultaneously would be substantial.
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