Estimating the burden of diseases attributable to lead exposure in the North Africa and Middle East region, 1990-2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease study 2019

• Main Authors: Malihe Rezaee (Author), Zahra Esfahani (Author), Seyed Aria Nejadghaderi (Author), Mohsen Abbasi-Kangevari (Author), Sahar Saeedi Moghaddam (Author), Ali Ghanbari (Author), Azin Ghamari (Author), Ali Golestani (Author), Elmira Foroutan Mehr (Author), Ameneh Kazemi (Author), Rosa Haghshenas (Author), Mahsa Moradi (Author), Farzad Kompani (Author), Negar Rezaei (Author), Bagher Larijani (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Lead exposure (LE) and its attributable deaths and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) have declined in the recent decade; however, it remains one of the leading public health concerns, particularly in regions with low socio-demographic index (SDI) such as the North Africa and...