Evidence map›Paper›PMID 23570513›Full record

ArticleAmyotrophic lateral sclerosis & frontotemporal degeneration2013

Assessment of ALS mortality in a cohort of formaldehyde-exposed garment workers.

Lynne E Pinkerton, Misty J Hein, Alysha Meyers, Freya Kamel

Abstract read
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Article in Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis & frontotemporal degeneration, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
–field-weighted citation impact
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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Occupational Exposures: A Systematic Literature Review and Meta-Analyses.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018
    Pooled it
  3. Review
  4. Article
  5. Occupational formaldehyde and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.European journal of epidemiology · 2017
    Article
  6. Job-related formaldehyde exposure and ALS mortality in the USA.Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry · 2016
    Article
  7. Article
  8. 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.

Lynne E PinkertonIndustrywide Studies Branch, Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations and Field Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45226, USA. lep5@cdc.gov
Misty J Hein
Alysha Meyers
Freya Kamel

Funding

HEALTH EFFECTS OF EXPOSURES IN AGRICULTUREZ01ES049030 · NIEHS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES · PI SANDLER, DALE P · 1997 to 2008
$889k
Lead And Other Neurotoxins As Risk Factors For Amyotrophic Lateral SclerosisZIAES049005 · NIEHS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES · PI SANDLER, DALE P · 2009 to 2017
$718k
Intramural NIH HHS Z01 ES049030Intramural NIH HHS ZIA ES049005
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

FixativesFormaldehydeTextile IndustryAmyotrophic Lateral SclerosisCohort StudiesFemaleHumansMaleOccupational DiseasesOccupational ExposureFixativesFormaldehyde

Identifiers

PMID23570513
PMCPMC3837684

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Registered trials

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