Tendencies of mortality by prostate cancer in the states of the Central-West Region of Brazil, 1980 - 2011

This study aimed at analyzing the pattern of prostate cancer mortality in the Central-West Region, in the period 1980 - 2011. The quadrennial and annual mortality rates, age-standardized by the world population, were calculated. Polynomial regression models were estimated to analyze trends of mortal...

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Main Authors: João Francisco Santos da Silva, Inês Echenique Mattos, Ricardo Dutra Aydos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva 2014-06-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-790X2014000200395&lng=en&tlng=en