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ReviewTheScientificWorldJournal2013

Toxicological profile of chlorophenols and their derivatives in the environment: the public health perspective.

Etinosa O Igbinosa, Emmanuel E Odjadjare, Vincent N Chigor, Isoken H Igbinosa, Alexander O Emoghene, Fredrick O Ekhaise, Nicholas O Igiehon, Omoruyi G Idemudia

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In one paragraph

Review in TheScientificWorldJournal, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 50 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
50citing papers in PubMed
8.2field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

50 citing papers in PubMed, 338 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

8 authors at 2 institutions in 5 countries.

Etinosa O IgbinosaDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Benin, PMB 1154, Benin City, Nigeria. eigbinosa@gmail.com
Emmanuel E Odjadjare
Vincent N Chigor
Isoken H Igbinosa
Alexander O Emoghene
Fredrick O Ekhaise
Nicholas O Igiehon
Omoruyi G Idemudia
University of Fort Hare · ZAUniversity of Science and Technology of Benin · BJ

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chlorophenol compounds and their derivatives are ubiquitous contaminants in the environment. These compounds are used as intermediates in manufacturing agricultural chemicals, pharmaceuticals, biocides, and dyes. Chlorophenols gets into the environment from a variety of sources such as industrial waste, pesticides, and insecticides, or by degradation of complex chlorinated hydrocarbons. Thermal and chemical degradation of chlorophenols leads to the formation of harmful substances which constitute public health problems. These compounds may cause histopathological alterations, genotoxicity, mutagenicity, and carcinogenicity amongst other abnormalities in humans and animals. Furthermore, the recalcitrant nature of chlorophenolic compounds to degradation constitutes an environmental nuisance, and a good understanding of the fate and transport of these compounds and their derivatives is needed for a clearer view of the associated risks and mechanisms of pathogenicity to humans and animals. This review looks at chlorophenols and their derivatives, explores current research on their effects on public health, and proffers measures for mitigation.

Indexed as

ChlorophenolsSoil PollutantsWater PollutionWater PurificationChlorophenolsSoil Pollutants

Identifiers

PMID23690744
PMCPMC3649668
OpenAlexW2036562324

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Registered trials

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