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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2016

Use of a Robotic Sampler (PIPER) for Evaluation of Particulate Matter Exposure and Eczema in Preschoolers.

Lokesh Shah, Gediminas Mainelis, Maya Ramagopal, Kathleen Black, Stuart L Shalat

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Human Skin Diseases Due to Particulate Matter.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2017
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  3. Impact of Air Pollution on Atopic Dermatitis: A Comprehensive Review.Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Lokesh ShahRutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA. lokesh006@gmail.com.
Gediminas MainelisDepartment of Environmental Sciences, Rutgers The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA. mainelis@envsci.rutgers.edu.
Maya RamagopalDepartment of Pediatrics, Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ 08903, USA. ramagoma@rwjms.rutgers.edu.
Kathleen BlackEnvironmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA. kgblack@eohsi.rutgers.edu.
Stuart L ShalatDivision of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA. sshalat@gsu.edu.
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey · USEnvironmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute · USGeorgia State University · US

Funding

Translational Research Support CoreP30ES005022 · NIEHS · UNIV OF MED/DENT NJ-R W JOHNSON MED SCH · PI ROBERT John LAUMBACH · 1988 to 2026
$47.4M
Validation of a Robotic Surrogate for Measurement of Early Childhood Personal ExpR01ES020415 · NIEHS · UNIV OF MED/DENT NJ-R W JOHNSON MED SCH · PI SHALAT, STUART LLOYD · 2011 to 2012
$895k
Characterization of Floor Level Aerosol (PM) Exposure and Childhood AsthmaR01ES014717 · NIEHS · UNIV OF MED/DENT NJ-R W JOHNSON MED SCH · PI SHALAT, STUART LLOYD · 2007 to 2009
$850k
NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES005022NIEHS NIH HHS P30ES005022NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES014717NIEHS NIH HHS R01ES014717NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES020415NIEHS NIH HHS R01ES020415
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

While the association of eczema with asthma is well recognized, little research has focused on the potential role of inhalable exposures and eczema. While indoor air quality is important in the development of respiratory disease as children in the U.S. spend the majority of their time indoors, relatively little research has focused on correlated non-respiratory conditions. This study examined the relationship between particulate matter (PM) exposures in preschool age children and major correlates of asthma, such as wheeze and eczema. Air sampling was carried out using a robotic (PIPER) child-sampling surrogate. This study enrolled 128 participants, 57 male and 71 female children. Ages ranged from 3 to 58 months with the mean age of 29.3 months. A comparison of subjects with and without eczema showed a difference in the natural log (ln) of PM collected from the PIPER air sampling (p = 0.049). PIPER's sampling observed an association between the ln PM concentrations and eczema, but not an association with wheezing history in pre-school children. Our findings are consistent with the hypothesis of the role of the microenvironment in mediating atopic dermatitis, which is one of the predictors of persistent asthma. Our findings also support the use of PIPER in its ability to model and sample the microenvironment of young children.

Indexed as

Inhalation ExposureRoboticsAir Pollution, IndoorAsthmaChild, PreschoolDermatitis, AtopicEczemaEnvironmental MonitoringFemaleHumansInfantMaleParticulate MatterRespiratory SoundsParticulate Matterasthmachildreneczemaparticulate matterrobot

Identifiers

PMID26907317
PMCPMC4772262
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