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NALT Full

Preferred term

disability weights

Type

Topic

Definition

A scaling factor that ranks the severity of disease from zero (perfect health) to one (equivalent to death).
Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff
Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

disease severity

Related concepts

disability-adjusted life year

Synonyms

severity weights

Source

Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (JIFSAN)

In other languages

peso de la discapacidad

Spanish

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/137625

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