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disability-adjusted life year

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-008085

A unit of health care status that adjusts age-specific life expectancy by the loss of health and years of life due to disability from disease or injury. DALYs are often used to measure the global burden of disease.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-008085
FieldEnvironment
SubjectHealth and safety
AbbreviationDALY
ReferencesNLM/NICHSR 2004
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-008085",
  "term": "disability-adjusted life year",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "A unit of health care status that adjusts age-specific life expectancy by the loss of health and years of life due to disability from disease or injury. DALYs are often used to measure the global burden of disease.",
  "abbreviation": "DALY",
  "subject": "Health and safety",
  "references": [
    "NLM/NICHSR 2004"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/disability-adjusted-life-year/"
}

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