Changes in the geographical and temporal patterns of cancer incidence among black gold miners working in South Africa, 1964-1996

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1361-1369

  McGlashan, N D ^a   Harington, J S ^b   Chelkowska, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Black gold miners; South Africa

Indexed keywords

GOLD;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; COLORECTAL CANCER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LARYNX CANCER; LEUKEMIA; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINER; MOUTH CANCER; MOZAMBIQUE; NEGRO; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOMACH CANCER;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; GEOGRAPHY; GOLD; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MINING; NEOPLASMS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0038485535     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6600841     Document Type: Article

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