Gender and racial inequalities in trends of oral cancer mortality in Sao Paulo, Brazil

OBJECTIVE: To analyse recent trends in oral cancer mortality, focusing specifically on differences concerning gender and race. METHODS: Official information on deaths and population in the city of Sao Paulo, 2003 to 2009, were used to estimate mortality rates from oral cancer (C00 to C10, Internat...

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Main Authors: Jose Leopoldo Ferreira Antunes, Tatiana Natasha Toporcov, Maria Gabriela Haye Biazevic, Antonio Fernando Boing, Joao Luiz Bastos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2013-06-01
Series:Revista de Saúde Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-89102013000500470&lng=en&tlng=en