title: A burden of disease approach to prioritizing environmental policy initiatives: a case study in the Middle East.
abstract: The UNC-Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health completed a 2.5-year project to advise a rapidly developing Middle Eastern nation on strategies for reducing environmental risks to public health. The project design, which combined quantitative risk assessment with structured stakeholder engagement, provides a possible template for a strategic assessment of environmental effects on North Carolina medical care costs.
authors: Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 162-B Rosenau Hall, 135 Dauer Dr, Campus Box 7431, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA. jackie.macdonald@unc.edu
authors: Jacqueline MacDonald
authors: JM
authors: Gibson
mesh_terms: D017281:Cost of Illness; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D004782:Environmental Health / Q000458:organization & administration; D058735:Environmental Policy; D006268:Health Facilities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008877:Middle East; D009657:North Carolina; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D011634:Public Health / Q000379:methods*