Unveiling the lead exposure attributed burden in Iran from 1990 to 2019 through the lens of the Global Burden of Disease study 2019

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 14; no. 1; p. 8688
• Main Authors: Karimi, Hanie, Mahdavi, Sara, Moghaddam, Sahar Saeedi, Abbasi-Kangevari, Mohsen, Soleimani, Zahra, Esfahani, Zahra, Masinaei, Masoud, Fateh, Sahar Mohammadi, Golestani, Ali, Dilmaghani-Marand, Arezou, Kompani, Farzad, Rezaei, Negar, Ghasemi, Erfan, Larijani, Bagher, Farzadfar, Farshad
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 15.04.2024; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 692/4019; 692/4022; 692/499; 692/617; 704/172; 704/4111; Aging; Animals; Cardiovascular diseases; Death; Disability-adjusted life years; Disease; Environmental pollutants; Female; Global Burden of Disease; Global Health; Humanities and Social Sciences; Humans; Iran - epidemiology; Kidney diseases; Lead; Life Expectancy; Male; Males; Mental disorders; multidisciplinary; Quality-Adjusted Life Years; Risk assessment; Risk Factors; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Sex differences; Unionidae; Iran; Lead; Death; Environmental pollutants; Cardiovascular diseases; Disability-adjusted life years; Global burden of disease

This study aimed to investigate the estimated burden attributed to lead exposure (LE), at the national and subnational levels from 1990 to 2019 in Iran. The burden attributed to LE was determined through the estimation of deaths, disability-adjusted life years (DALYs), years of life lost (YLLs) and...