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SynthesisInternational journal of environmental research and public health2017

A Comparative Health Risk Assessment of Electronic Cigarettes and Conventional Cigarettes.

Jinsong Chen, Chris Bullen, Kim Dirks

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In one paragraph

Synthesis in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
40citing papers in PubMed
6.4field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
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

40 citing papers in PubMed, 63 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Mapping the flavoring landscape: a comparative analysis of tobacco and related products.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2026
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  6. Toxicant and Nicotine Exposure in Pregnant Smokers, Vapers, and Nicotine-Replacement Users: Cross-Sectional Study.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2025
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  11. How Electronic Cigarette Affects the Vascular System.Journal of smoking cessation · 2022
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  19. E-Cigarette Health Harm Awareness and Discouragement: Implications for Health Communication.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2020
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  20. Sensory Evaluation of E-Liquid Flavors by Smelling and Vaping Yields Similar Results.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2020
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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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jinsong ChenNational Institute for Health Innovation, School of Population Health, Faculty of Medical and Health Science, University of Auckland, Auckland 1010, New Zealand. jche403@aucklanduni.ac.nz.
Chris BullenNational Institute for Health Innovation, School of Population Health, Faculty of Medical and Health Science, University of Auckland, Auckland 1010, New Zealand. c.bullen@auckland.ac.nz.
Kim DirksSchool of Population Health, Faculty of Medical and Health Science, University of Auckland, Auckland 1010, New Zealand. k.dirks@auckland.ac.nz.
University of Auckland · NZ

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Electronic Nicotine Delivery SystemsFemaleHumansMaleNicotineRisk AssessmentSmokingTobacco ProductsUnited StatesNicotinecomparative riskelectronic cigarettesrisk assessmenttobacco controltoxicology

Identifiers

PMID28379177
PMCPMC5409583
OpenAlexW2605240983

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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