Open AccessEcological study of gastric cancer in Brazil: Geographic and time trend analysis
Author(s) -
César Augusto Amorim,
Jacqueline de Oliveira Moreira,
Luisa Rial,
Antonio José V. Carneiro,
Homero Soares Fogaça,
Celeste C. Elia,
Ronir Raggio Luiz,
Heitor Siffert Pereira de Souza
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v20.i17.5036
Subject(s) - ecological study , residence , demography , incidence (geometry) , medicine , mortality rate , young adult , spatial distribution , distribution (mathematics) , geography , gerontology , environmental health , population , mathematical analysis , physics , mathematics , sociology , optics , remote sensing
To investigate the geographic distributions and time trends of gastric cancer (GC) incidence and mortality in Brazil.