Trend of oral and pharyngeal cancer mortality in Brazil in the period of 2002 to 2013

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To analyze the trend of oral and pharyngeal cancer mortality rates in the period of 2002 to 2013 in Brazil according to sex, anatomical site, and macroregion of the country. METHODS The mortality data were obtained from the Mortality Information System and the population data we...

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Main Authors: Lillia Magali Estrada Perea, Marco Aurélio Peres, Antonio Fernando Boing, José Leopoldo Ferreira Antunes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2018-02-01
Series:Revista de Saúde Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-89102018000100204&lng=en&tlng=en