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

• Main Authors: Jose Leopoldo Ferreira Antunes (Author), Tatiana Natasha Toporcov (Author), Maria Gabriela Haye Biazevic (Author), Antonio Fernando Boing (Author), Joao Luiz Bastos (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo, 2013-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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, Internatio...