The Preventable Causes of Death in the United States: Comparative Risk Assessment of Dietary, Lifestyle, and Metabolic Risk Factors

Danaei, Goodarz; L. Ding, Eric; Mozaffarian, Dariush; Taylor, Ben; Rehm, Jürgen; J L Murray, Christopher; Ezzati, Majid

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1000058

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The Preventable Causes of Death in the United States: Comparative Risk Assessment of Dietary, Lifestyle, and Metabolic Risk Factors

Published in PLoS Medicine • Apr 27, 2009

Authors:

Goodarz Danaei

Eric L. Ding

Dariush Mozaffarian

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Knowledge of the number of deaths caused by risk factors is needed for health policy and priority setting. Our aim was to estimate the mortality effects of the following 12 modifiable dietary, lifestyle, and metabolic risk factors in the United States (US) using consistent and comparable...

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Medicine

Environmental health

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