Evaluation of autopsy data for occupational lung disease surveillance in South African miners.

J. Murray (Johannesburg, South Africa), N. Ndlovu (Johannesburg, South Africa), G. Richards (Johannesburg, South Africa)

Source: International Congress 2018 – Occupational and environmental lung diseases: from early influences and novel exposures to preventative approaches

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