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The production of consumption: addressing the impact of mineral mining on tuberculosis in southern Africa

BACKGROUND: Miners in southern Africa experience incident rates of tuberculosis up to ten times greater than the general population. Migration to and from mines may be amplifying tuberculosis epidemics in the general population. DISCUSSION: Migration to and from mineral mines contributes to HIV risk...

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Autores principales: Basu, Sanjay, Stuckler, David, Gonsalves, Gregg, Lurie, Mark
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2770998/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19785769
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1744-8603-5-11