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ArticleBMC cancer2014

Brain cancer mortality in an agricultural and a metropolitan region of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: a population-based, age-period-cohort study, 1996-2010.

Adalberto Luiz Miranda Filho, Rosalina Jorge Koifman, Sergio Koifman, Gina Torres Rego Monteiro

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  7. Association between exposure to pesticides and brain cancer in adults: a systematic review.Revista brasileira de medicina do trabalho : publicacao oficial da Associacao Nacional de Medicina do Trabalho-ANAMT
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4 authors.

Adalberto Luiz Miranda FilhoEnvironmental and Public Health Program, National School of Public Health, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. filhoalm@gmail.com.
Rosalina Jorge Koifman
Sergio Koifman
Gina Torres Rego Monteiro

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Abstract

backgroundIndividuals who live in rural areas are at greater risk for brain cancer, and pesticide exposure may contribute to this increased risk. The aims of this research were to analyze the mortality trends and to estimate the age-period-cohort effects on mortality rates from brain cancer in two regions in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

methodsThis descriptive study examined brain cancer mortality patterns in individuals of both sexes, >19 years of age, who died between 1996 and 2010. They were residents of a rural (Serrana) or a non-rural (Metropolitan) area of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. We estimated mortality trends using Joinpoint Regression analysis. Age-period-cohort models were estimated using Poisson regression analysis.

resultsThe estimated annual percentage change in mortality caused by brain cancer was 3.8% in the Serrana Region (95% confidence interval (CI): 0.8-5.6) and -0.2% (95% CI: -1.2-0.7) in the Metropolitan Region. The results indicated that the relative risk was higher in the rural region for the more recent birth cohorts (1954 and later). Compared with the reference birth cohort (1945-49, Serrana Region), the relative risk was four times higher for individuals born between 1985 and 1989.

conclusionsThe results of this study indicate that there is an increasing trend in brain cancer mortality rates in the rural Serrana Region in Brazil. A cohort effect occurred in the birth cohorts born in this rural area after 1954. At the ecological level, different environmental factors, especially the use of pesticides, may explain regional disparities in the mortality patterns from brain cancers.

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AdultAgedAge DistributionAge FactorsAgricultural Workers' DiseasesBrain NeoplasmsBrazilFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedOccupational ExposurePesticidesRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsRural HealthPesticides

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