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ReviewEnvironmental science and pollution research international2015

A review of PAH exposure from the combustion of biomass fuel and their less surveyed effect on the blood parameters.

Atif Kamal, Alessandra Cincinelli, Tania Martellini, Riffat Naseem Malik

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Review in Environmental science and pollution research international, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03498755 (The Invisible Fishers), which is not on this map. Cited by 37 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

NCT03498755 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2018, after this paper: background citation

The Invisible Fishers: Empowering and Safeguarding Women in Fisheries Value Chains in Ghana to Reduce Anemia

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of MichiganRan2018 to 2019Enrolled120ConditionsAnemiaArmsMobile phone audio messaging, Peer-to-peer learning, Conditional cash transfer, Entrepreneurship training, Market price information
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

37 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Exposures from Oil and Gas Development and Childhood Leukemia Risk in Colorado: A Population-Based Case-Control Study.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2025
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  5. An Assessment of Multipollutant Exposures Using Silicone Wristbands Among Bangladeshi Youth.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Atif KamalEnvironmental Biology and Ecotoxicology Laboratory, Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, 45320, Pakistan, dr.atifkamal@yahoo.com.
Alessandra Cincinelli
Tania Martellini
Riffat Naseem Malik

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Many epidemiological studies from all over the world have reported that populations of rural and urban environments differ in their health issues due to the differences in the countrywide pollution pattern. In developing countries, various occupational cohorts and subsections of the population in urban and rural areas are routinely exposed to several environmentally widespread contaminants. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are a group of over hundred different compounds and have ubiquitous presence in rural and urban environments. Smoke from the combustion of biomass fuel contains a high concentration of carcinogenic PAHs, which are related with several human morbidities. The sources and types of biomass fuel are diverse and wide in distribution. Limited numbers of literature reports have focused the significant impact of PAHs on several components of blood, both in human and wildlife. The toxicity of PAHs to rapidly dividing cells (e.g., bone marrow cells) and other tissues is largely attributed to their reactive oxygenated metabolites, potential of causing oxidative stress, and the adducts of their metabolites with DNA. This review aims to encompass the blood-related effects of PAHs and associated human health risks-an aspect that needs further research-on the population of developing countries of the world in particular.

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BiofuelsBiomarkersDeveloping CountriesEnvironmental ExposureHemoglobinsHumansPolycyclic Aromatic HydrocarbonsRisk AssessmentRural PopulationSmokeBiofuelsBiomarkersHemoglobinsPolycyclic Aromatic HydrocarbonsSmoke

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