Oscillating migration and the epidemics of silicosis, tuberculosis, and HIV infection in South African gold miners

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 398-404

  Rees, David ^a,b   Murray, Jill ^a,b   Nelson, Gill ^a,b   Sonnenberg, Pam ^c  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Circulatory migration; Gold mining; Migrant labor; South Africa

Indexed keywords

GOLD;

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MIGRATION; MINING; NEGRO; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLITICS; SILICOSIS; SOUTH AFRICA;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GOLD; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLITICS; SILICOSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 77949855688     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20716     Document Type: Article

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