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Mining is bad for health: a voyage of discovery | Environmental

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Health risks of gold miners: a synoptic review

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Review of Environmental and Health Impacts of Mining in Ghana

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Mining : Responding to a Public Health Catastrophe Part I

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Mining fatalities reach a new low of 49; injuries, disease also …

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ISSUES IN OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH Occupational lung …

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Environmental and health risks posed to children by artisanal gold

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Gold Miners Breathe The Dust, Fall Ill: 'They Did Not …

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Perception of the environmental, socio-economic and health …

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Historical gold mining infectious disease epidemics

The early history of gold mines around Palmer River, Queensland in the 1870s, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia in the 1890s and Papua on the island of New Guinea in the …

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GOLD: human exposure and update on toxic risks

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Occupational health: how mining impacts workers' well-being

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What are the Health Risks for Workers in Gold Mining?

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Health Risks of Gold Miners: A Synoptic Review

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Bat-Borne Pathogens and Public Health in Rural African Artisanal Gold

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Toxicological effects of mining hazard elements

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'Dying for gold': the effects of mineral mining on HIV, tuberculosis

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Illegal Gold Mining Brought Death, Disease, and Violence to the

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Health risks of gold miners: a synoptic review

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Illegal mining in Ghana: The negative impact on WASH, typhoid, …

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Health Risks of Gold Miners: A Synoptic Review

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5 Common Health Issues Miners Face and How to Prevent Them

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