Tuberculosis in the twentieth century: time-series mortality in São Paulo, Brazil, 1900-97 A tuberculose através do século: séries temporais para a mortalidade em São Paulo, Brasil, 1900-97

The objective of this study was to characterize tuberculosis mortality trends in the Municipality of São Paulo, Brazil, from 1900 to 1997. Standardized tuberculosis mortality rates and proportional mortality ratios were calculated and stratified by gender and age group based on data provided by gove...

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Main Authors: José Leopoldo Ferreira Antunes, Eliseu Alves Waldman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz 1999-09-01
Series:Cadernos de Saúde Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X1999000300003