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...
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Autor*in:

Vusumuzi Nkosi [verfasserIn]

Joyce Shirinde [verfasserIn]

Funzani Rathogwa-Takalani [verfasserIn]

Kuku Voyi [verfasserIn]

Format:

E-Artikel

Sprache:

Englisch

Erschienen:

2021

Schlagwörter:

High blood pressure

Elderly

Mine dumps

South Africa

Übergeordnetes Werk:

In: Public Health in Practice - Elsevier, 2020, 2(2021), Seite 100146-

Übergeordnetes Werk:

volume:2 ; year:2021 ; pages:100146-

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DOI / URN:

10.1016/j.puhip.2021.100146

Katalog-ID:

DOAJ019163231

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