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. 1994 May;84(5):866–867. doi: 10.2105/ajph.84.5.866

The term "years of healthy life": misunderstood, defended, and challenged. A short term for "quality-adjusted life years".

P Erickson, R W Wilson

PMCID: PMC1615058 PMID: 8179068

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