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Injury rate and risk factors among small-scale gold miners in Ghana

BACKGROUND: To determine the potential risk factors for injury, estimate the annual injury rate and examine the safety perceptions, and use of personal protective equipment among small-scale gold miners in Ghana. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey was carried out with 494 small-scale gold miners from...

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Autores principales:	Nakua, Emmanuel Kweku, Owusu-Dabo, Ellis, Newton, Samuel, Koranteng, Adofo, Otupiri, Easmon, Donkor, Peter, Mock, Charles
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2019
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6813958/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31651271 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-7560-0

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