The Reducing risks, promoting healthy life World Health Organization creator ebrary, Inc text bibliography Electronic books. sz Geneva World Health Organization 2002 monographic eng

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232 p. : ill. The report describes the amount of disease, disability and death in the world today that can be attributed to a selected number of the most important risks to human health and also calculates how much of this present burden could be avoided in the next couple of decades if the same risk factors were reduced. It shows how some of those possible reductions can be achieved in a range of cost-effective ways--P. xiii. Message from the Director-General -- Overview -- ch. 1. Protecting the people -- ch. 2. Defining and assessing risks to health -- ch. 3. Perceiving risks -- ch. 4. Quantifying selected major risks to health -- ch. 5. Some strategies to reduce risk -- ch. 6. Strengthening risk prevention policies -- ch. 7. Preventing risks and taking action -- Statistical annex -- List of member states by WHO region and mortality stratum. World Health Organization. Includes bibliographical references and index. Also available via the World Wide Web. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. World health Statistics RA441 .W67 2002eb http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10019887 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10019887 CaPaEBR 021205 ebr10019887