Browsing by Subject "Environmental health"
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Assessing the past and the present role of the National Nuclear Regulator as a public protector against potential health injuries: the West and Far West Rand as case study.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2011)Recent national and international news media articles and television programmes, official public domain Government and peer reviewed academic reports drew the international and national public’s attention to the health ... -
Characterization of personal solar ultraviolet radiation exposure using detrended fluctuation analysis
(Elsevier, 2020)Studies of personal solar ultraviolet radiation (pUVR) exposure are important to identify populations at-risk of excess and insufficient exposure given the negative and positive health impacts, respectively, of time spent ... -
Circular economy and environmental health in low- and middle-income countries
(BMC, 2019)Background The circular economy framework for human production and consumption is an alternative to the traditional, linear concept of ‘take, make, and dispose’. Circular economy (CE) principles comprise of ‘design out ... -
Comparing developments in water supply, sanitation and environmental health in four South African cities, 1840-1920
(Historical Association of South Africa, 2010)Environmental health had its modern-day roots in the sanitation and public health movement of the United Kingdom in the nineteenth century. The field addresses all human health-related aspects of both the natural environment ... -
Legal issues concerning mine closure and social responsibility on the West Rand
(2009)Mining and, especially, gold and uranium mining have played a major role in the economy, history, and demography of South Africa. The contribution of the mines to the economy of South Africa over the past century has ... -
Skin colour, photoprotective measures, and solar ultraviolet radiation exposure of workers on a macadamia nut and avocado farm
(North-West University (South-Africa), 2021)Background: Outdoor agricultural workers such as farmers and farmworkers have been identified as an occupational group that is at high risk of exposure to solar ultraviolet radiation (UVR) during their work activities. ... -
Subjective and objective skin colour of a farmworker group in the Limpopo Province, South Africa
(Wiley, 2020)Background Farmworkers in the Limpopo Province, South Africa, are at risk of excessive exposure to solar ultraviolet radiation (sUVR) due to both their work and the sUVR environment in the geographic area. However, the ...
