Open AccessThe burden of disease and injury in Serbia
Author(s) -
Slavenka Janković,
Hristina Vlajinac,
Vesna Bjegović-Mikanović,
Jelena Marinković,
Sandra Šipetić,
Ljiljana MarkovicDenic,
Nikola Kocev,
Milena M Santric-Milicevic,
Zorica Terzić-Šupić,
Nataša Maksimović,
Ulrich Laaser
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
european journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.056
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1464-360X
pISSN - 1101-1262
DOI - 10.1093/eurpub/ckl072
Subject(s) - medicine , years of potential life lost , disability adjusted life year , burden of disease , population , disease , stroke (engine) , montenegro , disease burden , demography , diabetes mellitus , depression (economics) , ischaemic heart disease , environmental health , life expectancy , pathology , geography , mechanical engineering , sociology , engineering , economics , macroeconomics , regional science , endocrinology
In the last decade of the 20th century, a considerable effort has been put into the development of summary measures of population health that combine information on mortality and non-fatal health outcomes. We used the DALYs (Disability adjusted life years) method to assess the burden of disease and injury in the population of Serbia.
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