Health risks of exposure to air pollution in areas where coal-fired power plants are located: protocol for a scoping review
Introduction Coal-fired power plants are major sources of air pollution which impact human health. Coal combustion byproducts released into the air include particulate matter, nitrogen oxides and sulphur dioxide. Exposure to fine particulate matter is associated with increased risk of mortality. Thi...
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| description | Introduction Coal-fired power plants are major sources of air pollution which impact human health. Coal combustion byproducts released into the air include particulate matter, nitrogen oxides and sulphur dioxide. Exposure to fine particulate matter is associated with increased risk of mortality. This scoping review will examine and summarise the current literature on the health risks of exposure to air pollution in areas in which coal-fired power plants exist.Methods and analysis This scoping review will be conducted according to the Joanna Briggs Institute methodological framework and reported in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews guidelines. Five electronic databases (PubMed, ScienceDirect, Scopus, Web of Science and Google Scholar) will be searched for relevant articles. Studies will be included up until 31 January 2024. There will be no restriction on geographical area. The searches will be limited to studies published in English. Title, abstract, full-text screening and data extraction of relevant articles will be done by two independent reviewers. Discrepancies will be resolved by group discussion. The findings will be presented in tables with a narrative summary. This review will consider epidemiological studies and grey literature that report on the health risks of exposure to air pollution in areas where coal-fired power plants exist.Ethics and dissemination All data will be collected from published and grey literature. Ethics approval is therefore not required. We will submit our findings for publication in a peer-reviewed journal. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3ce7f1f9708c41cb814859d8f1513c492024-03-20T04:35:08ZengBMJ Publishing GroupBMJ Open2044-60552024-03-0114310.1136/bmjopen-2024-084074Health risks of exposure to air pollution in areas where coal-fired power plants are located: protocol for a scoping reviewThandi Kapwata0Nomfundo Mahlangeni1Tracey Laban2Caradee Yael Wright31South African Medical Research Council, Pretoria, Gauteng, South AfricaEnvironment and Health Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South AfricaDepartment of Environmental Health, University of Johannesburg - Doornfontein Campus, Johannesburg, South AfricaEnvironment and Health Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Pretoria, South AfricaIntroduction Coal-fired power plants are major sources of air pollution which impact human health. Coal combustion byproducts released into the air include particulate matter, nitrogen oxides and sulphur dioxide. Exposure to fine particulate matter is associated with increased risk of mortality. This scoping review will examine and summarise the current literature on the health risks of exposure to air pollution in areas in which coal-fired power plants exist.Methods and analysis This scoping review will be conducted according to the Joanna Briggs Institute methodological framework and reported in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews guidelines. Five electronic databases (PubMed, ScienceDirect, Scopus, Web of Science and Google Scholar) will be searched for relevant articles. Studies will be included up until 31 January 2024. There will be no restriction on geographical area. The searches will be limited to studies published in English. Title, abstract, full-text screening and data extraction of relevant articles will be done by two independent reviewers. Discrepancies will be resolved by group discussion. The findings will be presented in tables with a narrative summary. This review will consider epidemiological studies and grey literature that report on the health risks of exposure to air pollution in areas where coal-fired power plants exist.Ethics and dissemination All data will be collected from published and grey literature. Ethics approval is therefore not required. We will submit our findings for publication in a peer-reviewed journal.https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/14/3/e084074.full |
| spellingShingle | Thandi Kapwata Nomfundo Mahlangeni Tracey Laban Caradee Yael Wright Health risks of exposure to air pollution in areas where coal-fired power plants are located: protocol for a scoping review BMJ Open |
| title | Health risks of exposure to air pollution in areas where coal-fired power plants are located: protocol for a scoping review |
| title_full | Health risks of exposure to air pollution in areas where coal-fired power plants are located: protocol for a scoping review |
| title_fullStr | Health risks of exposure to air pollution in areas where coal-fired power plants are located: protocol for a scoping review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Health risks of exposure to air pollution in areas where coal-fired power plants are located: protocol for a scoping review |
| title_short | Health risks of exposure to air pollution in areas where coal-fired power plants are located: protocol for a scoping review |
| title_sort | health risks of exposure to air pollution in areas where coal fired power plants are located protocol for a scoping review |
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