Annals of Diagnostic Pathology
Volume 13, Issue 4 , Pages 233-238 , August 2009

Causes of death in older people autopsied

  • Flávia Aparecida de Oliveira, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Sector of General Pathology, Instituto de Patologia Tropical e Saúde Pública (IPTSP), Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG), Goiânia 74605-050, Goiás, Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Setor de Patologia Geral, Instituto de Patologia Tropical e Saúde Pública, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Rua: 235, s/n, Setor Universitário, Goiânia (GO) CEP 74605-050, Brazil. Tel.: +55 62 3209 6110; fax: +55 62 3209 6363.
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  • Vicente de Paula Antunes Teixeira, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Sector of General Pathology, Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro (UFTM), Uberaba 38025-180, Minas Gerais, Brazil
    • ,
  • Ruy de Souza Lino Junior, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Sector of General Pathology, Instituto de Patologia Tropical e Saúde Pública (IPTSP), Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG), Goiânia 74605-050, Goiás, Brazil
    • ,
  • Janaina Valadares Guimarães, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Sector of General Pathology, Instituto de Patologia Tropical e Saúde Pública (IPTSP), Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG), Goiânia 74605-050, Goiás, Brazil
    • ,
  • Marlene Antônia dos Reis, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Sector of General Pathology, Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro (UFTM), Uberaba 38025-180, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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☆ Place where the manuscript was produced: General Pathology Sector of the IPTSP/UFG and UFTM.

☆☆ This study was funded by Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais (Fapemig)—grant number CBS 144, Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq), Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES), Fundação de Ensino e Pesquisa de Uberaba (FUNEPU), Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Goiás (FAPEG), and IPTSP/UFG.

PII: S1092-9134(09)00040-9

doi: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2009.04.002

Annals of Diagnostic Pathology
Volume 13, Issue 4 , Pages 233-238 , August 2009

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