The Fraction of Cancer Attributable to Ways of Life, Infections, Occupation, and Environmental Agents in Brazil in 2020.

Many human cancers develop as a result of exposure to risk factors related to the environment and ways of life. The aim of this study was to estimate attributable fractions of 25 types of cancers resulting from exposure to modifiable risk factors in Brazil. The prevalence of exposure to selected ris...

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Main Authors: Gulnar Azevedo E Silva, Lenildo de Moura, Maria Paula Curado, Fabio da Silva Gomes, Ubirani Otero, Leandro Fórnias Machado de Rezende, Regina Paiva Daumas, Raphael Mendonça Guimarães, Karina Cardoso Meira, Iuri da Costa Leite, Joaquim Gonçalves Valente, Ronaldo Ismério Moreira, Rosalina Koifman, Deborah Carvalho Malta, Marcia Sarpa de Campos Mello, Thiago Wagnos Guimarães Guedes, Paolo Boffetta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4749327?pdf=render