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Vol. 21 No. 6 November/December 2015

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e-ISSN: 2226-6097
ISSN: 1024-6274
Frequency: 4 issues per year
Occupational Health Southern Africa is on the Department of Higher Education and Training’s list of Approved South African Journals; authors of peer-reviewed papers thus qualify for subsidies for their affiliated tertiary institutions. It is also listed in African Index Medicus; and is on the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) website list of journals following the ICMJE recommendations for the conduct, reporting, editing and publication of scholarly work in medical journals.
In this issue

Guest editorial

Penny Orton, SASOHN

Upcoming events


SASOM Northern Cape Branch Annual General Meeting - 15 October 2015

Report by Jim teWaterNaude

South African Society of Occupational Health Nursing (SASOHN) - ­Celebrating 35 years

Belinda Walters-Girout

Fate of outstanding COIDA ­occupational disease claims ­following closure of the Western Cape Prov

RI Ehrlich, S Adams, S Manjra, T Mokoena, MF Jeebhay

Mobile hearing testing - the challenge to stay SABS compliant - Part 3 of a 3-part series

Dr Dirk Koekemoer

Dust exposure, respiratory symptoms and disease among informal quarry workers in Lusaka Province, Za

E Muneku, S Naidoo

The profile and management of needle-stick injuries among ­healthcare workers in a primary health s

TD Ledibane, WH Kruger, G Joubert

Testing for drugs of abuse - Part 1

John Stanfliet, Younus Essack

Reporting of Occupational ­Diseases according to Section 25 of the ­Occupational Health and Safety

Report by Warren Mallon

New requirements for mine dumps and stockpiles

Cormac Cullinan

Setting an occupational health ­research agenda - impressions from an explorative meeting

Report by Derk Brouwer

People on the move in occupational health - Prof. Derk Brouwer


NIOH Research Day - Address by NHLS CEO, Ms Joyce Mogale


The role of research in supporting a ­preventive culture in OHS in the mining sector. Points from

Sophia Kisting

Occupational hygiene and ethics in southern Africa

Report by Cas Badenhorst