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Department of Medicine

Silicosis pulmonary dysfunction and respiratory symptoms in South African gold miners

Abstract

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The purpose of this study is to examine the influence of silicosis and the occupation of gold mining on respiratory symptoms, lung function and tuberculosis in a working population of black, migrant, South African gold miners. No previous study has examined a working population of these men.

Degree

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Department of Medicine
Year dc:date.issued
1987

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Cowie, Robert Lawrence
Advisor dc:contributor.advisor
  • Brink, Brian

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eng

Identifiers

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http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10297
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oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/10297

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Cowie, Robert Lawrence. Silicosis pulmonary dysfunction and respiratory symptoms in South African gold miners. Department of Medicine, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10297