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Revista de Salud Pública

versión impresa ISSN 0124-0064

Resumen

CELY-ANDRADE, José L.; GARCIA-UBAQUE, Juan C.  y  MANRIQUE-ABRIL, Fred. Quality of life related to health in the mining population of Boyacá. Rev. salud pública [online]. 2017, vol.19, n.3, pp.362-367. ISSN 0124-0064.  https://doi.org/10.15446/rsap.v19n3.56163.

Objective

To evaluate the perception of quality of life in inhabitants of mineral mining areas of mineral coal and agricultural areas.

Materials and Methods

Descriptive cross-sectional study of 229 individuals living in coal mining municipalities (n=151) and municipalities with agricultural activities (n=78). Those who answered SF36 survey and socio-demographic test.

Results

It was found that the perception of the health-related quality of life is lower in the inhabitants of the area of coal exploitation compared to the inhabitants of agricultural zone only with statistical difference in the general perception of the scale and with no difference pro each one of the scales.

Discussion

Pollution generated in coal mining areas has an impact on the health of people and their perception of quality of life. The evidence is weak in showing no statistically significant differences by area in each subscale and was only demonstrated in general perception.

Palabras clave : Quality of live; mining; coal; environmental health; Colombia; (source: MeSH, NLM).

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