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Contrasts of cancer rates among black gold miners from Transkei and Lesotho
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posted on 2023-05-16, 15:58 authored by McGlashan, NDAgainst a brief history of the movement of the peoples concerned, the cancer experience of gold miners recruited from Transkei and Lesotho is analysed at district scale. These two territories together provide 48.3% of the industry's labour force and, in the period 1989-96, 42.4% of cancer cases. Yet this study newly shows that a very significant contrast in incidence has existed both between the territories and between their internal districts for over 30 years. Variations of case numbers for all sites of cancer and for six principal sites severally provide firm direction for research recommended at strictly local level. Some pointers to underlying causative factors in Transkei are discussed.
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Publication title
South African Journal of ScienceVolume
100Issue
9/10Pagination
491-497ISSN
0038-2353Department/School
School of Geography, Planning and Spatial SciencesPublisher
Academy of Science of South AfricaPlace of publication
South AfricaRepository Status
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