The phrase "although this refers" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to introduce a contrast or exception regarding what is being referred to in a discussion or argument.
Example: "Although this refers to a specific case, it can also be applied to broader situations."
Alternatives: "even though this pertains" or "despite this relating".
The possible exception is 'psychosocial factors' included under the acceptability dimension (following Anderson [ 26]), although this refers to ethnic background, class and culture which fails to adequately reflect our interesting findings about internal barriers.
Although this refers to the experience relative to one year ago, which cannot be measured absolutely, we believe that this is a critical element in fully capturing an individual's perception of current health, particularly when one has a chronic condition and is on treatment.
Our analysis indicates that the TATA box is not a particularly common motif, the peak observed using TRANSFAC matrix V$MTATA_B corresponds to only 3,4% of the genes, although given that this refers to a region +/- 15 bp of position -41, it is likely to be an under-estimation of the real number of sites.
Sediment bound pesticides were identified as the primary source for ecotoxicity, although in most papers this refers only to the extractable part of residues [6].
Although this article refers to looking after a single child, you can also use this information when looking after multiple children.
Although this advice refers to the coast and Somali border, the entire country is suffering.
Although this model refers to bit errors, an error in a single bit will corrupt a whole packet.
Although this paper refers to insects, some of the catch identifies not only insects, so for example woodlice, which are isopods belonging to the crustacea, are frequently logged in large numbers on the traps.
Although this article refers to PCPs to provide a broader understanding of the products discussed, the term 'cosmetics' is used in both European and South African legislation to refer to PCPs - that is, cosmetic products and cosmetics in the European Cosmetics regulation (EC 1223/2009) [1] and cosmetics in South African legislation (SA Act 39 of 2007 [2]).
Although this statement refers to carcinoma and not to the broader class of chronic diseases, it seems to be very close to my statement (Kundi 2006) that Goldstein criticizes.
Although this study refers to a decent sample size, a limitation is the low number of events (n=21), which may explain why PSA was not a predictor of failure in the cohort of localised PCA cases in this setting and which results in a limited degree of freedom in regression models.
