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Illegal gold miners in French Guiana: a neglected population with poor health

BACKGROUND: In French Guiana, a French overseas territory in South America, 6 to 10 thousands undocumented persons work illegally in gold mining sites in the Amazonian forest. Precarious life conditions lead to poor health but few data exist on the health status of illegal gold miners in French Guia...

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Autores principales:	Douine, Maylis, Mosnier, Emilie, Le Hingrat, Quentin, Charpentier, Charlotte, Corlin, Florine, Hureau, Louise, Adenis, Antoine, Lazrek, Yassamine, Niemetsky, Florence, Aucouturier, Anne-Laure, Demar, Magalie, Musset, Lise, Nacher, Mathieu
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2017
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5513330/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28716015 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-017-4557-4

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