Mortality and morbidity in populations in the vicinity of coal mining: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Evidence of the association of coal mining with health outcomes such as increased mortality and morbidity in the general population has been provided by epidemiological studies in the last 25 years. Given the diverse sources of data included to investigate different health outcomes in the exposed populations, the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) can be used as a single classification standard to compare the findings of studies conducted in different socioeconomic and geographic contexts. The ICD classifies diagnoses of diseases and other disorders as codes organized by categories and chapters.

Objectives

Identify the ICD codes found in studies of morbidity and/or mortality in populations resident or in proximity of coal mining and assess the methods

SUBMITTER: Cortes-Ramirez J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5996462 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature