The phrase "refers to the issue" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing a topic or subject matter that is being addressed or highlighted.
Example: "The report refers to the issue of climate change and its impact on global economies."
Alternatives: "addresses the matter" or "pertains to the topic."
Variety refers to the issue of disparate and incompatible data formats.
Much of the existing literature refers to the issue of 'weighting', but this is only one particular form of the more general 'aggregating', since aggregation may take a different functional form than simply adding up.
Indeed, Bush's sound bite where he refers to the issue of overarching purpose as "the vision thing" has become a metonym applied to other political figures accused of similar difficulties.
A facet of this problem is known as the 'jingle-jangle fallacies': the jingle fallacy being that just because things are called the same name it does not mean that they are the same thing; the jangle refers to the issue that because things are called different things it does not necessarily mean they are different [ 5].
On the home page of its Web site, it referred to the issue briefly and discreetly.
"We will continue to report this story," he said, referring to the issue of head injuries in football.
Senior officials and members of Parliament have increasingly referred to the issue as a "crisis" and a "national threat".
He also referred to the issue of political prisoners, saying a single prisoner of conscience was one too many.
It could refer to the issue, the first article published on the topic and any subsequent follow-ups.
But he was obviously referring to the issue when he assessed the state of relations between Anglicans and Roman Catholics.
"I lay awake thinking about that the other night," Mr. Burwell said, referring to the issue of the killer's age.
