Burden of cancer mortality and differences attributable to demographic aging and risk factors in Argentina, 1986-2011

• Main Authors: Sonia Alejandra Pou (Author), Natalia Tumas (Author), Julia Becaria Coquet (Author), Camila Niclis (Author), María Dolores Román (Author), María del Pilar Díaz (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract: The world faces an aging population that implies a large number of people affected with chronic diseases. Argentina has reached an advanced stage of demographic transition and presents a comparatively high rate of cancer mortality within Latin America. The objectives of this study were to...