Illegal gold miners in French Guiana: a neglected population with poor health

Douine, Maylis; Mosnier, Émilie; Le Hingrat, Quentin; Charpentier, Charlotte; Corlin, Florine; Hureau, Louise; Adenis, Antoine; Lazrek, Yassamine; Niemetsky, Florence; Aucouturier, Anne-Laure; Demar, Magalie; Musset, L.; Nacher, Mathieu

doi:10.1186/s12889-017-4557-4

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Illegal gold miners in French Guiana: a neglected population with poor health

Published in BMC Public Health • Jul 17, 2017

Authors:

Maylis Douine

Émilie Mosnier

Quentin Le Hingrat

Abstract

BACKGROUND: In French Guiana, a French overseas territory in South America, 6 to 10 thousands undocumented persons work illegally in gold mining sites in the Amazonian forest. Precarious life conditions lead to poor health but few data exist on the health status of illegal gold miners in French Guia...

Subject

Medicine

Malaria

Environmental health

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