Lung cancer mortality in Mexico, 1990-2016: age-period-cohort effect

Objective. To update information on the mortality trend due to lung cancer in Mexico from 1990 to 2016. Materials and methods. Age-adjusted rates were obtained using the direct method. The percentage of annual change in the mortality of lung cancer was obtained through joinpoint analysis at the nati...

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Main Authors: Rosalba Rojas-Martínez, Consuelo Escamilla-Núñez, Rafael Meza, Ruth Argelia Vázquez-Salas, Emiliano Zárate-Rojas, Eduardo Lazcano-Ponce
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública 2019-06-01
Series:Salud Pública de México
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Online Access:http://www.saludpublica.mx/index.php/spm/article/view/9962