Evidence map›Paper›PMID 24482554›Full record

ArticleToxicological and environmental chemistry2011

Toxicity biomarkers among US children compared to a similar cohort in France: a blinded study measuring urinary porphyrins.

Janet K Kern, David A Geier, Françoise Ayzac, James B Adams, Jyutika A Mehta, Mark R Geier

Abstract read
PubMed Full text at PMC Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in Toxicological and environmental chemistry, 2011. 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
–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

5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Article
  3. Observational
  4. Article
  5. 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

6 authors.

Janet K KernGenetic Consultants of Dallas, 408 North Allen Drive, Allen, TX 75013, USA ; Autism Treatment Center, 10503 Metric Drive, Dallas, TX 75243, USA ; University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX 75390, USA.
David A GeierCoMeD, Inc. and Institute of Chronic Illnesses, Inc., 14 Redgate Court, Silver Spring, MD 20905, USA.
Françoise AyzacAutism Research Institute, 4182 Adams Avenue, San Diego, CA 92116, USA.
James B AdamsDepartment of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Arizona State University, 7001 East Williams Field Road, Mesa, AZ 85212, USA.
Jyutika A MehtaDepartment of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Texas Woman's University, 304 Administration Drive, Denton, Texas 76204, USA.
Mark R GeierAutism Spectrum Disorder Centers, LLC, 14 Redgate Court, Silver Spring, MD 20905, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The purpose of this blinded study was to evaluate potential environmental toxicity in a cohort of neurotypical children (

Indexed as

biomarkersheavy metalleadmercuryporphyrinstoxicityxenobiotic

Identifiers

PMID24482554
PMCPMC3898545

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

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.