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Kevin O’Rourke is a freelance Scientific Writer at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington. In addition to his work at IHME, he is an active critic and nonfiction writer, and is the author of a collection of essays, As If Seen at an Angle. Read more at kforourke.com.

Mokdad AH, Forouzanfar MH, Daoud F, El Bcheraoui C, Moradi-Lakeh M, Khalil I, Afshin A, Tuffaha M, Charara R, Barber RM, Wagner J, Cercy K, Kravitz H, Coates MM, Robinson M, Estep K, Steiner C, Jaber S, Mokdad AA, O’Rourke KF, Chew A, Kim P, Abd El Razek MM, Abdalla S, Abd-Allah F, Abraham JP, Abu-Raddad LJ, Abu-Rmeileh NME, Al-Nehmi AA, Akanda AS, Al Ahmadi H, Al Khabouri MJ, Al Lami FH, Al Rayess ZA, Alasfoor D, AlBuhairan FS, Aldhahri SF, Alghnam S, Alhabib S, Al-Hamad N, Ali R, Ali SD, Alkhateeb M, AlMazroa MA, Alomari MA, Al-Raddadi R, Alsharif U, Al-Sheyab N, Alsowaidi S, Al-Thani M, Altirkawi KA, Amare AT, Amini H, Ammar W, Anwari P, Asayesh H, Asghar R, Assabri AM, Assadi R, Bacha U, Badawi A, Bakfalouni T, Basulaiman MO, Bazargan-Hejazi S, Bedi N, Bhakta AR, Bhutta ZA, Bin Abdulhak AA, Boufous S, Bourne RRA, Danawi H, Das J, Deribew A, Ding EL, Durrani AM, Elshrek Y, Ibrahim ME, Eshrati B, Esteghamati A, Faghmous IAD, Farzadfar F, Feigl AB, Fereshtehnejad S, Filip I, Fischer F, Gankpé FG, Ginawi I, Gishu MD, Gupta R, Habash RM, Hafezi-Nejad N, Hamadeh RR, Hamdouni H, Hamidi S, Harb HL, Hassanvand MS, Hedayati MT, Heydarpour P, Hsairi M, Husseini A, Jahanmehr N, Jha V, Jonas JB, Karam NE, Kasaeian A, Kassa NA, Kaul A, Khader Y, Khalifa SEA, Khan EA, Khan G, Khoja T, Khosravi A, Kinfu Y, Kuate Defo B, Lakshmana Balaji A, Lunevicius R, Makhlouf Obermeyer C, Malekzadeh R, Mansourian M, Marcenes W, Masoudi Farid H, Mehari A, Mehio-Sibai A, Memish ZA, Mensah GA, Mohammad KA, Nahas Z, Nasher JT, Nawaz H, Nejjari C, Nisar MI, Omer SB, Parsaeian M, Peprah EK, Pervaiz A, Pourmalek F, Qato DM, Qorbani M, Radfar A, Rafay A, Rahimi K, Rahimi-Movaghar V, Rahman S, Rai RK, Rana SM, Rao SR, Refaat AH, Resnikoff R, Roshandel G, Saade G, Saeedi MY, Sahraian MA, Saleh S, Sanchez-Riera L, Satpathy M, Sepanlou SG, Setegn T, Shaheen A, Shahraz S, Sheikhbahaei S, Shishani K, Sliwa K, Tavakkoli M, Terkawi AS, Uthman OA, Westerman R, Younis MZ, Zaki MS, Zannad F, Roth GA, Wang H, Naghavi M, Vos T, Al Rabeeah AA, Lopez AD, Murray CJL. Health in times of uncertainty in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. The Lancet Global Health. 2016 Aug. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(16)30168-1.

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Mokdad AH, Forouzanfar MH, Daoud F, Mokdad AA, El Bcheraoui C, Moradi-Lakeh M, Kyu HH, Barber RM, Wagner J, Cercy K, Kravitz H, Coggeshall M, Chew A, O’Rourke KF, Steiner C, Tuffaha M, Charara R, Al-Ghamdi EA*, Adi Y*, Afifi RA*, Alahmadi H*, AlBuhairan F*, Allen N*, AlMazroa M*, Al-Nehmi AA*, AlRayess Z*, Arora M*, Azzopardi P*, Barroso C*, Basulaiman M*, Bhutta ZA*, Bonell C*, Breinbauer C*, Degenhardt L*, Denno D*, Fang J*, Fatusi A*, Feigl AB*, Kakuma R*, Karam N*, Kennedy E*, Khoja TAM*, Maalouf F*, Makhlouf Obermeyer C*, Mattoo A*, McGovern T*, Memish ZA*, Mensah GA*, Patel V*, Petroni S*, Reavley N*, Zertuche DR*, Saeedi M*, Santelli J*, Sawyer SM*, Ssewamala F*, Taiwo K*, Tantawy M*, Viner RM*, Waldfogel J*, Zuñiga MP*, Naghavi M, Wang H, Vos T, Lopez AD, Al Rabeeah AA, Patton GC†, Murray CJL.† Global burden of diseases, injuries, and risk factors for young people’s health during 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. The Lancet. 2016 May 9. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)00648-6.

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