Introduction: 'Dying for gold': The effects of mineral mining on hiv, tuberculosis, silicosis, and occupational diseases in Southern Africa

International Journal of Health Services

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 639-649

  Stuckler, David ^a   Steele, Sarah ^a   Lurie, Mark ^a   Basu, Sanjay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MINERAL;

ALCOHOL; APARTHEID; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DRUG RESISTANCE; DUST; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH RISK; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LABOR MIGRATION; LABOR SUPPLY; MINERAL RESOURCE; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SILICA; SOCIAL HOUSING; TOBACCO; TRAFFICKING; TUBERCULOSIS;

AFRICA; DUST; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TRAFFICKING; IMMUNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; LIFESTYLE; LUNG INJURY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MANPOWER; MIGRATION; MINING; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SILICOSIS; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AFRICA, SOUTHERN; DUST; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOUSING; HUMAN TRAFFICKING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE STYLE; LUNG INJURY; MALE; MINERALS; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SILICOSIS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

SOUTHERN AFRICA;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 84886710334     PISSN: 00207314     EISSN: 15414469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/HS.43.4.c     Document Type: Review

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