Evidence map›Paper›PMID 24958210›Full record

ArticleBMJ open2014

Birth cohort study on the effects of desert dust exposure on children's health: protocol of an adjunct study of the Japan Environment & Children's Study.

Kumiko T Kanatani, Yuichi Adachi, Nobuo Sugimoto, Hisashi Noma, Kazunari Onishi, Kei Hamazaki, Yoshimitsu Takahashi, Isao Ito, Miho Egawa, Keiko Sato and 6 more

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in BMJ open, 2014. 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. Article
  2. Article
  3. Article
  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

16 authors.

Kumiko T KanataniDepartment of Health Informatics, Graduate School of Medicine and Public Health, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
Yuichi AdachiDepartment of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan.
Nobuo SugimotoNational Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Japan.
Hisashi NomaDepartment of Biostatistics, Graduate School of Medicine and Public Health, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan Department of Biostatistics, Graduate School of Medicine and Public Health, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
Kazunari OnishiDepartment of Public Health, Tottori University, Yonago, Japan.
Kei HamazakiDepartment of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan.
Yoshimitsu TakahashiDepartment of Health Informatics, Graduate School of Medicine and Public Health, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
Isao ItoDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
Miho EgawaDepartment of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
Keiko SatoKyoto Unit Center for Japan Environment & Children's Study, Kyoto University, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
Tohshin GoKyoto Unit Center for Japan Environment & Children's Study, Kyoto University, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
Youichi KurozawaDepartment of Public Health, Tottori University, Yonago, Japan.
Hidekuni InaderaDepartment of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan.
Ikuo KonishiDepartment of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
Takeo NakayamaDepartment of Health Informatics, Graduate School of Medicine and Public Health, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
Japan Environment & Children's Study Group

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionDesert dust is estimated to constitute about 35% of aerosol in the troposphere. Desertification, climatic variability and global warming all can contribute to increased dust formation. This study aims to examine possible health effects of desert dust exposure on pregnant women and their children. The purpose of this report was to present the study protocol. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: This 4-year birth cohort study began in 2011 as an adjunct study of the Japan Environment & Children's Study (JECS) involving three regions: Kyoto, Toyama and Tottori. The JECS participants of the three regions above who also agreed to participate in this adjunct study were enrolled prior to delivery. Light Detecting and Ranging (LIDAR) with a polarisation analyser, which can distinguish mineral dust particles from other particles, is used for exposure measurements. Outcomes are allergic symptoms for mothers and development of asthma and other allergic or respiratory diseases for their children. Data are acquired in a timely manner by connecting local LIDAR equipment to an online questionnaire system. Participants answer the online questionnaire using mobile phones or personal computers. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: The study protocol was approved by the ethics committees of Kyoto University, University of Toyama and Tottori University. All participants provided written informed consent. The results of this study will be published in peer-reviewed journals and disseminated to the scientific community and general public. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: UMIN000010826.

Indexed as

DustChildCohort StudiesDesert ClimateEnvironmental ExposureFemaleHumansJapanPregnancyResearch DesignSurveys and QuestionnairesDustEpidemiologyImmunologyPublic Health

Identifiers

PMID24958210
PMCPMC4067890

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC
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.