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

Individuals 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.