Mortality from liver cirrhosis in Espírito Santo State, Brazil

To study mortality from liver cirrhosis in Espírito Santo State, Brazil, we reviewed death certificates (DC) from 2000-2010 and medical records of deceased patients with investigation of alcoholism and hepatitis B or C. From a total of 218,410 DC, 3,554 deaths from liver cirrhosis were retrieved. Th...

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Main Authors: Patricia Lofego Gonçalves, Carlos Sandoval Gonçalves, Fausto Edmundo Lima Pereira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz 2014-06-01
Series:Cadernos de Saúde Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X2014000601335&lng=en&tlng=en