High blood pressure and exposure to dust from gold mine dumps among the elderly in South Africa: A cross-sectional study

OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether high blood pressure was associated with living close to a mine dump among the elderly in South Africa. STUDY DESIGN: This was a cross-sectional study conducted among the elderly in communities 1–2 km (exposed) and 5 km or more (unexposed), from five pre-selected min...

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Autores principales: Nkosi, Vusumuzi, Shirinde, Joyce, Rathogwa-Takalani, Funzani, Voyi, Kuku
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Original Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9461320/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36101610
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.puhip.2021.100146

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9461320/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36101610
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.puhip.2021.100146

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