Table of Contents

From the contents

Preface. Part 1: Instruments Used in the Assessment of Disease Impact. Part 2: Disease Burdens, Disability-Adjusted Life Years and Other Measures of Harm or Disease. Part 3: Quality of Life (QOL), Quality-Adjusted Life-Years (QALYs) and Financial Measures in Disease. Part 4: Glossary.

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New methods for gauging the impact of disease on individuals and society

About the Author

Victor R. Preedy is currently Director of the Genomics Centre and Professor in the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, King's College London. Ronald Ross Watson is a Professor in the College of Public Health at the University of Arizona, Tucson. He is a former Director of a National Institutes of Health funded Alcohol Research Center.