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In response to public concerns over newly emerging environmental risks, the Environment Agency\u2013Abu Dhabi commissioned a multidisciplinary environmental health strategic planning project.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>Objectives: In order to develop the environmental health strategic plan, we sought to quantify the illnesses and premature deaths in the UAE attributable to 14 environmental pollutant categories, prioritize these 14 risk factors, and identify interventions.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>Methods: We estimated the disease burden imposed by each risk factor using an attributable fraction approach, and we prioritized the risks using an empirically tested stakeholder engagement process. We then engaged government personnel, scientists, and other stakeholders to identify interventions.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>Results: The UAE\u2019s environmental disease burden is low by global standards. Ambient air pollution is the leading contributor to premature mortality [~ 650 annual deaths; 95% confidence interval (CI): 140, 1,400]. Risk factors leading to &amp;gt; 10,000 annual health care facility visits included occupational exposures, indoor air pollution, drinking water contamination, seafood contamination, and ambient air pollution. Among the 14 risks considered, on average, outdoor air pollution was ranked by the stakeholders as the highest priority (mean rank, 1.4; interquartile range, 1\u20132) and indoor air pollution as the second-highest priority (mean rank 3.3; interquartile range, 2\u20134). The resulting strategic plan identified 216 potential interventions for reducing environmental risks to health.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>Conclusions: The strategic planning exercise described here provides a framework for systematically deciding how to invest public funds to maximize expected returns in environmental health, where returns are measured in terms of reductions in a population\u2019s environmental burden of disease.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1289\/ehp.1104064","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2012,2,21]],"date-time":"2012-02-21T23:10:17Z","timestamp":1329865817000},"page":"681-686","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":24,"title":["Environmental Risks to Public Health in the United Arab Emirates: A Quantitative Assessment and Strategic Plan"],"prefix":"10.1021","volume":"120","author":[{"given":"Jacqueline MacDonald","family":"Gibson","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina\u2013Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Zeinab S.","family":"Farah","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London, London, United Kingdom"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"316","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2012,2,22]]},"reference":[{"key":"2026080314063530800_micit1","author":"Abu Dhabi Executive Council","year":"2007"},{"issue":"1","key":"2026080314063530800_micit2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1","DOI":"10.1002\/1097-0266(200101)22:1<1::AID-SMJ143>3.0.CO;2-T","article-title":"Does corporate strategy matter?","volume":"22","author":"Bowman","year":"2001","journal-title":"Strat Manag J"},{"key":"2026080314063530800_micit3","article-title":"Environmental Health for All: Risk Assessment and Risk Communication for National Environmental Health Action Plans","author":"Briggs DJ, Stern R, Tinker TL","year":"1999"},{"issue":"2","key":"2026080314063530800_micit4","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"331","DOI":"10.2307\/1972285","article-title":"Current trends in population change and their causes.","volume":"4","author":"Cassen","year":"1978","journal-title":"Popul Dev Rev"},{"issue":"3","key":"2026080314063530800_micit5","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"381","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1539-6924.2011.01679.x","article-title":"Foodborne exposure to pesticides and methylmercury in the United Arab Emirates.","volume":"32","author":"Davidson","year":"2012","journal-title":"Risk Anal"},{"key":"2026080314063530800_micit6","article-title":"Comparative risk analysis in the 1990s: the state of the art. 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