Incidence of tuberculosis and HIV and progression of silicosis and lung function impairment among former Basotho gold miners

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 901-908

  Park, Harriet H ^a   Girdler Brown, Brendan V ^b   Churchyard, Gavin J ^c,d   White, Neil W ^e   Ehrlich, Rodney I ^d  

^a INTERNATIONAL AIDS VACCINE INITIATIVE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c AURUM INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

HIV; Miners; Pulmonary disease; Pulmonary tuberculosis; Silicosis

Indexed keywords

GOLD;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW; LESOTHO; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIGRANT WORKER; MINER; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREVALENCE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SILICOSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; SPIROMETRY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GOLD; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LESOTHO; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SILICOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 71949114946     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20767     Document Type: Article

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