Evidence map›Paper›PMID 12946981›Full record

ArticleBMJ (Clinical research ed.)2003

Passive smoking: secondhand smoke does cause respiratory disease.

A J Hedley, T H Lam, S M McGhee, G M Leung, M Pow

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In one paragraph

Article in BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 2003. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 38% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Association between secondhand smoke exposure and quality of life in pregnant women and postpartum women and the consequences on the newborns.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

A J Hedley
T H Lam
S M McGhee
G M Leung
M Pow
University of Hong Kong · HKCancer Research UK · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

FemaleHumansMalePulmonary Disease, Chronic ObstructiveRisk FactorsTobacco Smoke PollutionTobacco Smoke Pollution

Identifiers

PMID12946981
PMCPMC188398
OpenAlexW2001734241

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.