Three decades of silicosis: Disease trends at autopsy in South African Gold Miners

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 421-426

  Nelson, Gill ^a,b   Girdler Brown, Brendan ^c   Ndlovu, Ntombizodwa ^a   Murray, Jill ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; Mining; PATHAUT; Pneumoconiosis; Silica

Indexed keywords

GOLD;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPENSATION; DATA BASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MINER; MULTICENTER STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SILICOSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AUTOPSY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GOLD; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTORS; SILICON DIOXIDE; SILICOSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649209305     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.0900918     Document Type: Article

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