Prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis in graphite miners
Date
1974
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Publisher
Sri Lanka Medical Association. Colombo
Abstract
A total of 403 workers at a graphite mine was radiologically examined. There was evidence that 10 of them developed pulmonary tuberculosis whil working in the mine. The prevalence sputum positive tuberculosis in graohite miner was found to be higher than in the general population. The probable reasons for this are discussed
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Medical Sciences, Occupational diseases, Lung diseases
Citation
The Ceylon Journal of Medical Science23(1/2)pp.6-9