European Perspectives on Environmental Burden of Disease Estimates for Nine Stressors in Six European Countries

1 | 2011 Environmental stressors contribute significantly to the global burden of disease and they are important health determinants also in Europe. The magnitude of the public health impacts associated with exposure to different environmental factors varies by orders of magnitude. Quantification of the impacts allows policy makers and evaluators to focus their efforts in an efficient way on those environmental factors that cause the greatest burden of disease.

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