Cancer mortality in Guarapari, Espiríto Santo State, Brazil, with areas of high natural radioactivity

• Main Authors: Rafael Gonçalves Ferreira (Author), Marcio Vinicius de Nardi de Angeli (Author), Debora Rocha Barboza (Author), Gustavo de Paula Batista de Carvalho-Silva (Author), Romildo Rocha Azevedo Junior (Author), Fausto Edmundo Lima Pereira (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2023-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Guarapari, a municipality of the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil, reported higher mortality rates for the most common cancers from 1996 to 2000. This municipality has beaches with high natural radioactivity. To verify whether this excessive cancer mortality rate still exist in Guarapari, mortality...