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Health-related quality of life (EQ-5D + C) among people living in artisanal and small-scale gold mining areas in Zimbabwe: a cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: In Zimbabwe, an estimated 500,000 people work in the sector of artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM). Two million Zimbabweans are dependent on this sector. Using mercury is common to extract gold from ore. Long term exposure to mercury can cause various adverse health conditions i...

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Autores principales: Butscher, Friederike-Marie, Rakete, Stefan, Tobollik, Myriam, Mambrey, Viola, Moyo, Dingani, Shoko, Dennis, Muteti-Fana, Shamiso, Steckling-Muschack, Nadine, Bose-O’Reilly, Stephan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7437047/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32811504
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12955-020-01530-w