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DALY FOR EVALUATION OF HEALTH LOSS IN CHILDREN WITH AIRWAYS DISEASES

Abstract

Authors presented first results of health estimation in children with airways diseases with DALY (disability-adjusted life years). The criterion is able to characterize true loss of health with differently directed dynamics of morbidity, disability and mortality of these diseases.
Key words: children, health, diseases of airways, DALY.
(Voprosy sovremennoi pediatrii — Current Pediatrics. 2010;9(6):16-18)

About the Authors

R.N. Terletskaya
Scietific Center of Children’s Health, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow
Russian Federation



L.M. Babkina
Children’s Regional Hospital, Kaluga
Russian Federation


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Terletskaya R., Babkina L. DALY FOR EVALUATION OF HEALTH LOSS IN CHILDREN WITH AIRWAYS DISEASES. Current Pediatrics. 2010;9(6):16-18.

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