Risk factors for pulmonary disease due to culture-positive M. tuberculosis or nontuberculous mycobacteria in South African gold miners

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 291-296

  Sonnenberg, P ^a,d   Murray, J ^e   Glynn, J R ^e   Thomas, R Glyn ^e   Godfrey Faussett, P ^c   Shearer, S ^b  

^a Epidemiology Research Unit   (South Africa)

^b GOLD FIELDS LIMITED   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Zambia)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Africa; Mining; Mycobacteria; Risk factors; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINER; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILICOSIS; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; GOLD; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MINING; MYCOBACTERIA, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SILICOSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; SPUTUM; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0033972783     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3003.2000.15b12.x     Document Type: Article

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