High blood pressure and exposure to dust from gold mine dumps among the elderly in South Africa: A cross-sectional study

• Հիմնական հեղինակներ: Vusumuzi Nkosi (Հեղինակ), Joyce Shirinde (Հեղինակ), Funzani Rathogwa-Takalani (Հեղինակ), Kuku Voyi (Հեղինակ)
• Ձևաչափ: Գիրք
• Հրապարակվել է: Elsevier, 2021-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Խորագրեր: article
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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...