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1. Faculty of Public Health, Institute of Health and Society (IRSS), Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
   Brecht Devleesschauwer, Charline Maertens de Noordhout & Niko Speybroeck
2. Department of Virology, Parasitology and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium
   Brecht Devleesschauwer & Pierre Dorny
3. Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands
   Arie H. Havelaar
4. Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, University Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
   Arie H. Havelaar
5. Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
   Juanita A. Haagsma
6. Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
   Nicolas Praet & Pierre Dorny
7. Department of Comparative Physiology and Biometrics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium
   Luc Duchateau
8. Section of Epidemiology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
   Paul R. Torgerson
9. Unit of Public Health and Surveillance, Scientific Institute of Public Health, Brussels, Belgium
   Herman Van Oyen

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Devleesschauwer, B., Havelaar, A.H., Maertens de Noordhout, C. et al. DALY calculation in practice: a stepwise approach.Int J Public Health 59, 571–574 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-014-0553-y

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• Received: 23 February 2013
• Revised: 22 March 2014
• Accepted: 03 April 2014
• Published: 21 April 2014
• Issue Date: June 2014
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-014-0553-y

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