Potential health gains and health losses in eleven EU countries attainable through feasible prevalences of the life-style related risk factors alcohol, BMI, and smoking: a quantitative health impact assessment

Abstract Background Influencing the life-style risk-factors alcohol, body mass index (BMI), and smoking is an European Union (EU) wide objective of public health policy. The population-level health effects of these risk-factors depend on population specific characteristics and are difficult to quant...

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Published in:	BMC Public Health
Main Authors:	Stefan K. Lhachimi, Wilma J. Nusselder, Henriette A. Smit, Paolo Baili, Kathleen Bennett, Esteve Fernández, Margarete C. Kulik, Tim Lobstein, Joceline Pomerleau, Hendriek C. Boshuizen, Johan P. Mackenbach
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2016-08-01
Subjects:	Alcohol BMI Smoking Life-style related risk-factors Health impact assessment Modeling
Online Access:	http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-016-3299-z