Estimating health-adjusted life expectancy conditional on risk factors: results for smoking and obesity

BACKGROUND: Smoking and obesity are risk factors causing a large burden of disease. To help formulate and prioritize among smoking and obesity prevention activities, estimations of health-adjusted life expectancy (HALE) for cohorts that differ solely in their lifestyle (e.g. smoking vs. non smoking)...

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Main Authors: van Baal, Pieter HM, Hoogenveen, Rudolf T, de Wit, G Ardine, Boshuizen, Hendriek C
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2006
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1636666/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17083719
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1478-7954-4-14
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