"Global Burden of Disease" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Measure of the burden of disease using the disability-adjusted-life-year (DALY). This time-based measure combines years of life lost due to premature mortality and years of life lost due to time lived in states of less than full health. The metric was developed to assess the burden of disease consistently across diseases, risk factors and regions.
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D000071219
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N05.425.184 N06.850.520.308.980.438.475.091
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Global Burden of Disease" by people in Profiles.
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Spatiotemporal Correlation Analysis for the Incidence of Esophageal and Gastric Cancer From 2010 to 2019: Ecological Study. JMIR Cancer. 2025 Jan 29; 11:e66655.
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Analysis the Burden of Breast Cancer Among Adolescents and Young Adults Using the Global Burden of Disease 2021. Ann Surg Oncol. 2025 Mar; 32(3):2056-2069.