Disability weights for environmental noise-related health states: results of a disability weights measurement study in Europe
Periklis Charalampous,
Carolien C H M Maas,
Juanita A Haagsma
Abstract:IntroductionMeasurement of the burden of disease using disability-adjusted life years requires disability weights to quantify health losses for non-fatal consequences of disease and injury. We aimed to obtain a set of disability weights for environmental and non-environmental noise-related health states (NOISE) using a nationally representative sample survey among the general population of four European countries; and to compare the resulting NOISE disability weights with those estimated in the Global Burden o… Show more
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