Syndrome killing young workers in 'world' s factory'
By Zheng Caixiong in Guangzhou | China Daily | Updated: 2014-07-22 07:32
About 700 young workers in Dongguan, a major production base in Guangdong province, have died in their sleep in the past decade.
According to the Epidemiological Study of Sudden Unexplained Nocturnal Death Syndrome, more than 90 percent of the victims were production line workers, with males accounting for 93 percent.
Most were between the ages of 21 and 40.
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