Open AccessThree Decades of Silicosis: Disease Trends at Autopsy in South African Gold Miners
Author(s) -
Gill Nelson,
Brendan GirdlerBrown,
Ntombizodwa Ndlovu,
Jill Murray
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
environmental health perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 282
eISSN - 1552-9924
pISSN - 0091-6765
DOI - 10.1289/ehp.0900918
Subject(s) - silicosis , medicine , demography , population , occupational lung disease , pneumoconiosis , autopsy , environmental health , pathology , occupational exposure , sociology
Eliminating silicosis is a priority of the International Labour Organization and the World Health Organization. Prevalence is particularly high in developing countries.
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