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Document ID (ISN)77705
CIS number 01-1662
Year 2000
Convention or series no.
Title Industrial health unit - Annual report 2000
Bibliographic information University of Natal, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, Nelson Mandela School of Medicine, Private Bag 7, Congella 4013, South Africa, 2000. 21p.
Abstract This annual report describes the projects carried out in the year 2000 by the Industrial Health Unit of the University of Natal, South Africa. These projects include: raising awareness in safety and health in the construction industry of the KwaZulu-Natal province; estimating the prevalence of coal worker's pneumoconiosis and the risk of emphysema among South African coal miners; study of hazards in SMEs in the construction industry; education, training and information dissemination.
Descriptors (primary) occupational hygiene; occupational medicine; educational institutions; South Africa
Descriptors (secondary) small enterprises; asbestos; emphysema; report of activities; coalworkers pneumoconiosis; international cooperation; international agreements; coal mining; safety and health training; construction industry
Document type E - Books, reports, proceedings
Country / State or ProvinceSouth Africa
Subject(s) Administration, legislation
Broad subject area(s) General safety, health and conditions of work
Browse category(ies) Teaching and educational institutions