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ReviewClinical reviews in allergy & immunology2006

Airborne environmental injuries and human health.

Andrea T Borchers, Christopher Chang, Carl L Keen, M Eric Gershwin

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In one paragraph

Review in Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
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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

6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Mold and human health: separating the wheat from the chaff.Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology · 2010
    Review
  3. Pulmonary eosinophilia.Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology · 2008
    Review
  4. Cutting edge issues in autoimmunity.Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology · 2008
    Article
  5. Whither autoimmunity: the lessons of anti-CCP and B cell depletion.Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology · 2008
    Article
  6. Dermal immunopathology: from genetics to effector mechanisms.Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology · 2007
    Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Andrea T BorchersDivision of Rheumatology, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, University of California at Davis, USA.
Christopher Chang
Carl L Keen
M Eric Gershwin

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The concept that the environment in which we live can have detrimental effects on our health has existed for centuries. Obvious examples of substances that can cause human diseases include infectious agents, poisons, chemicals and other noxious agents, drugs, and physical stimuli such as bright lights and loud sounds. Some less obvious agents can include allergens, nontangible agents such as colorless, odorless gases and aerosolized toxins. In recent decades, humans have developed various new materials and compounds. Additionally, we are now producing known compounds, and even naturally occurring substances, in vastly increased amounts. Many of these substances are generally believed to threaten the health of our environment. However, there is also a considerable amount of hype and exaggeration regarding some of these agents (e.g., mold) that is unsubstantiated. This article extensively reviews the data on a large number of airborne-related illnesses and attempted to place scientific reality in the context of clinical medicine.

Indexed as

Environmental HealthAir PollutantsAir Pollution, IndoorEnvironmental ExposureEnvironmental PollutantsHumansRespiratory SystemRisk FactorsAir PollutantsEnvironmental Pollutants

Identifiers

PMID16960302
PMCPMC7091197

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