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. 2008 Feb 27;3(2):e1696. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001696

Figure 1. Relation between Global Burden of Disease and RCTs in LAC published in the five leading medical journals.

Figure 1

The figure shows an evident mismatch: non-communicable diseases represented 48% of the burden of disease in LAC and 14% of the RCTs. No RCTs addressed injuries despite these representing 18% of the DALYs in 2000.