Mortality from pleural mesothelioma in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1979-2000: Estimation from death certificates, hospital records, and histopathologic assessments

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 147-152

  Pinheiro, Germania A ^a,b,c   Antão, Vinicius C S ^a,b   Monteiro, Maria Margarida T ^b   Capelozzi, Vera L ^b   Terra Filho, Mário ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Brazil, Rio de Janeiro; Death certificates; Epidemiology; Mortality; Pleural mesothelioma; Pleural tumors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MESOTHELIOMA; PATHOLOGY; PLEURA TUMOR; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ASBESTOS;

ASBESTOS; BRAZIL; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MESOTHELIOMA; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0042285714     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/oeh.2003.9.2.147     Document Type: Article

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