The effect of HIV infection on time off work in a large cohort of gold miners with known dates of seroconversion

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 647-652

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

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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

^c GOLD FIELDS LIMITED   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^e NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT; GOLD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINER; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROCONVERSION; WORKING TIME; WORKPLACE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; GOLD; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; MORBIDITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SICK LEAVE; SOUTH AFRICA; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051791815     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2010.058487     Document Type: Article

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