Trends in health burden of untreated water and insanitary environments in Iran, 1990-2010: Findings from the global burden of disease study 2010
Journal article published in 2016 by
Afshin Ebrahimi,
Mokhtar Mahdavi,
Anoosheh Ghasemian,
Parinaz Poursafa,
Farshad Sharifi,
Rasool Mohammadi,
Masoumeh Nejatifar,
Mohammad Mehdi Amin,
Hamid Asayesh,
Saeid Safiri,
Hossain Ansari,
Mostafa Qorbani 
Abstract
Background: Water, sanitation and hygiene have a very important role in public health. Poor sanitation is the cause of water contamination, which causes many types of diseases. The aim of this paper was to present the attributable death and disability adjusted life year (DALYs) of untreated water and insanitary environments from 1990 to 2010 in Iran.