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A Century of Miners’ Phthisis on the South African Gold Mines. Any End in Sight?
Since its inception in 1886, high rates of occupational lung disease, particularly “miners’ phthisis” (silicosis and/or pulmonary tuberculosis) and accompanying racial disparities have been a feature of the South African gold mining industry. While mortality from silicosis and pulmonary tuberculosis fell among white miners during the first half of the 20th century, there was scanty information ...
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desire for further knowledge on the subject. The actual date of its first application might be traced centuries back. Hopes and disappointments have come in their way, but the world-wide search for a cure for tuberculosis has gone on through the centuries. Gold salts came into use many centuries before Christ, for in ancient Hindu medicine the preparation ' Makaradhwaja ' was supposed to be a s...
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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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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Lancet
سال: 1902
ISSN: 0140-6736
DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(01)54860-6