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Towards an estimate of the environmental burden of diseasePREVENTING DISEASE THROUGH HEALTHY ENVIRONMENTSHow much DISEASE could be prevented throughbetter management of our environment? Theenvironment influences our health in many ways THROUGH exposures to physical, chemical and biologicalrisk factors, and THROUGH related changes in ourbehaviour in response to those factors. To answer thisquestion, the available scientific evidence wassummarized and more than 100 experts were consultedfor their estimates of how much environmental riskfactors contribute to the DISEASE burden of 85 report summarizes the results globally, by 14regions worldwide, and separately for children. The evidence shows that environmental risk factors playa role in more than 80% of the diseases regularlyreported by the World Health Organization. Globally,nearly one quarter of all deaths and of the total diseaseburden can be attributed to the environment.
Towards an estimate of the environmental burden of disease PREVENTING DISEASE THROUGH HEALTHY ENVIRONMENTS How much disease could be prevented through
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