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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...
Autores principales: | Nkosi, Vusumuzi, Shirinde, Joyce, Rathogwa-Takalani, Funzani, Voyi, Kuku |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Elsevier
2021
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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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