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Three Decades of Silicosis: Disease Trends at Autopsy in South African Gold Miners
BACKGROUND: Eliminating silicosis is a priority of the International Labour Organization and the World Health Organization. Prevalence is particularly high in developing countries. OBJECTIVES: We describe trends in silicosis among South African gold miners who had had an autopsy between 1975 and 200...
Autores principales: | Nelson, Gill, Girdler-Brown, Brendan, Ndlovu, Ntombizodwa, Murray, Jill |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
2010
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2854773/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20194070 http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.0900918 |
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