Annually, 1% of gold miners die – 4% sent home sick
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Mortality of white South African gold miners.
OBJECTIVES This two part study aimed to determine whether there was an excess mortality generally or for some diseases among middle aged white South African gold miners on the Witwatersrand and whether the underground dust exposure of these miners contributed to the development of lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), or ischaemic heart disease (IHD). METHODS A cohort of ...
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عنوان ژورنال: South African Medical Journal
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2078-5135
DOI: 10.7196/samj.7998