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Editorial
. 2017 Aug;6(4):277-279.
doi: 10.21037/hbsn.2017.05.01.

The evolution of the burden of viral hepatitis from 1990 to 2013: still an open challenge to global public health policy

Elisabetta Franco  1 , Valentina Pettinicchio  2 , Ermanno Zorzoli  2
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Editorial

The evolution of the burden of viral hepatitis from 1990 to 2013: still an open challenge to global public health policy

Elisabetta Franco et al. Hepatobiliary Surg Nutr. 2017 Aug.
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Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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Figure 1
Absolute number and proportion of deaths from different hepatitis viruses in major world regions in 1990 and 2013.
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Comment on

  • The global burden of viral hepatitis from 1990 to 2013: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013.
    Stanaway JD, Flaxman AD, Naghavi M, Fitzmaurice C, Vos T, Abubakar I, Abu-Raddad LJ, Assadi R, Bhala N, Cowie B, Forouzanfour MH, Groeger J, Hanafiah KM, Jacobsen KH, James SL, MacLachlan J, Malekzadeh R, Martin NK, Mokdad AA, Mokdad AH, Murray CJL, Plass D, Rana S, Rein DB, Richardus JH, Sanabria J, Saylan M, Shahraz S, So S, Vlassov VV, Weiderpass E, Wiersma ST, Younis M, Yu C, El Sayed Zaki M, Cooke GS. Stanaway JD, et al. Lancet. 2016 Sep 10;388(10049):1081-1088. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)30579-7. Epub 2016 Jul 7. Lancet. 2016. PMID: 27394647 Free PMC article.

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