Occupational lung diseases among former goldminers in two labour sending areas

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 599-604

  White, N W ^a   Steen, T W ^a   Trapido, A S M ^a   Davies, J C A ^a   Mabongo, N M ^a   Monare, N ^a   Mqoqi, N P ^a   Williams, B G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MIGRANT WORKER; MINER; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; POLITICS; PREVALENCE; REIMBURSEMENT; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOUTH AFRICA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TIME; TUBERCULOSIS; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; GOLD; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOUTH AFRICA; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 0034905108     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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