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Compensation for environmental asbestos-related diseases in South Africa: a neglected issue

BACKGROUND: Environmentally acquired asbestos-related diseases (ARDs) are of concern globally. In South Africa, there is widespread contamination of the environment due to historical asbestos mining operations that were poorly regulated. Although the law makes provision for the compensation of occup...

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Autores principales:	Ndlovu, Ntombizodwa, Naude, Jim teWater, Murray, Jill
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Co-Action Publishing 2013
Materias:	Building New Knowledge Supplement
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3556709/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23364080 http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/gha.v6i0.19410

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