The negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on breast cancer care in Brazil: a time series study in regions with different human development indices
The COVID-19 pandemic reduced breast cancer screening and early diagnosis in Brazil, leading to more advanced cases and treatment delays across all regions, with varying impacts according to regional HDI levels.
Authors
- Sérgio Candido Kowalski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6583-7774)
- Elı́sio Costa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1158-1480)
- Adriano Hyeda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2291-6867)
Institutions
- Universidade Federal do Paraná (BR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2024-11-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-20535-4
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.57