Variation in incidences of tuberculosis in subgroups of South African gold miners

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 636-641

  Kleinschmidt, Immo ^a,c   Churchyard, Gavin ^b  

^a Epidemiology Research Unit   (South Africa)

^b Ernest Oppenheimer Hospital   (South Africa)

^c Statistics South Africa   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Gold miners; Risk factors; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

GOLD; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DUST; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MINER; MINERAL DUST; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SILICOSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; SURFACE PROPERTY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ALOCASIA MACRORRHIZOS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 0030823870     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.54.9.636     Document Type: Article

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