Trends in childhood renal cancer mortality in Brazil, 1980-2000

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 323-328

  De Cássia Braga Ribeiro, Karina ^a,b   De Camargo, Beatriz ^a  

^a A C CAMARGO CANCER CENTER   (Brazil)

^b FACULDADE DE CIÊNCIAS MÉDICAS DA SANTA CASA DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Childhood cancer; Mortality rates; Renal cancer; Time trend

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CANCER MORTALITY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; KIDNEY CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33745094077     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: 13653016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2006.00738.x     Document Type: Article

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