Tackling injustices of occupational lung disease acquired in South African mines: recent developments and ongoing challenges

Tackling injustices of occupational lung disease acquired in South African mines: recent developments and ongoing challenges

Abstract Background South Africa’s mineral resources have produced, and continue to produce, enormous economic wealth; yet decades of colonialism, apartheid, capital flight, and challenges in the neoliberal post-apartheid era have resulted in high rates of occupational lung disease and low rates of...

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Main Authors: Barry Kistnasamy, Annalee Yassi, Jessica Yu, Samuel J. Spiegel, Andre Fourie, Stephen Barker, Jerry M. Spiegel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-06-01
Series:Globalization and Health
Subjects:
Mining
South Africa
Workers’ compensation
Tuberculosis
Occupational lung disease
Social justice
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12992-018-0376-3

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