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ArticleThe Libyan journal of medicine2015

Critical analysis of the published literature about the effects of narghile use on oral health.

Mehdi Khemiss, Sonia Rouatbi, Latifa Berrezouga, Helmi Ben Saad

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Article in The Libyan journal of medicine, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Mehdi KhemissDepartment of Dental Medicine, Fattouma Bourguiba Hospital, University of Monastir, Monastir, Tunisia.
Sonia RouatbiLaboratory of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine of Sousse, University of Sousse, Sousse, Tunisia, Department of Physiology and Functional Exploration, Farhat Hached Hospital, Sousse, Tunisia.
Latifa BerrezougaDepartment of Dental Medicine, Fattouma Bourguiba Hospital, University of Monastir, Monastir, Tunisia, Department of Medical Microbiology-Immunology, Faculty of Dental Medicine, University of Monastir, Monastir, Tunisia.
Helmi Ben SaadLaboratory of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine of Sousse, University of Sousse, Sousse, Tunisia, Department of Physiology and Functional Exploration, Farhat Hached Hospital, Sousse, Tunisia; helmi.bensaad@rns.tn.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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AdolescentAdultFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedMouth MucosaOral HealthPeriodontal DiseasesSmokingStatistics as TopicYoung Adult

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PMID26561406
PMCPMC4641890

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