Occupational disease trends in black South African gold miners: An autopsy-based study

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 706-710

  Murray, Jill ^a   Kielkowski, Danuta ^b   Reid, Peter ^b  

^a National Centre for Occupational Health   (South Africa)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; DUST EXPOSURE; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MINING; NEGRO; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK MANAGEMENT; SILICOSIS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0030048948     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.153.2.8564121     Document Type: Article

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