Effect of HIV on work-related injury rates in South African gold miners

AIDS

Volumn 19, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 2019-2024

  Murray, Jill ^a,b,f   Sonnenberg, Pam ^c   Nelson, Gill ^b   Shearer, Stuart ^d   Bester, Andre ^d   Begley, Arthur ^e   Glynn, Judith R ^c  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

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

^d GOLD FIELDS LIMITED   (South Africa)

^e Rand Mutual Assurance Co Ltd   (South Africa)

^f National Centre for Occupational Health   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Accidents; HIV; Injuries; Miners

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CALCULATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INJURY; MINER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROCONVERSION; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 27944489571     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.aids.0000188424.79914.ad     Document Type: Article

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