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ArticleThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2017

Ifedayo M O Adetifa, Lindsay Kendall, Simon Donkor, Moses D Lugos, Abdulrahman S Hammond, Patrick K Owiafe, Martin O C Ota, Roger H Brookes, Philip C Hill

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In one paragraph

Article in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2017. 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
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 36% 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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Tuberculosis prevention: current strategies and future directions.Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases · 2024
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  2. Tuberculosis Infection in Children and Adolescents.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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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

9 authors at 6 institutions in 6 countries.

Ifedayo M O AdetifaDepartment of Infectious Diseases Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
Lindsay KendallDisease Control and Elimination Theme, Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia, Fajara, The Gambia.
Simon DonkorDisease Control and Elimination Theme, Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia, Fajara, The Gambia.
Moses D LugosDepartment of Medical Laboratory Science, University of Jos, Plateau, Nigeria.
Abdulrahman S HammondDisease Control and Elimination Theme, Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia, Fajara, The Gambia.
Patrick K OwiafeDisease Control and Elimination Theme, Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia, Fajara, The Gambia.
Martin O C OtaWorld Health Organization-Regional Office for Africa, Brazzaville, Congo.
Roger H BrookesBioprocess Research and Development, Sanofi Pasteur, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Philip C HillDepartment of Preventive and Social Medicine, Centre for International Health and the Otago International Health Research Network, University of Otago School of Medicine, Dunedin, New Zealand.
MRC Unit the Gambia · GMLondon School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine · GBSanofi (Canada) · CAUniversity of Jos · NGUniversity of Otago · NZWorld Health Organization Regional Office for Africa · CG

Funding

World Health Organization 001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tobacco use is a major risk factor for tuberculosis (TB). Secondhand smoke (SHS) is also a risk factor for TB and to a lesser extent,

Indexed as

AdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overChildChild, PreschoolFemaleGambiaHumansInfantInterpersonal RelationsMaleMiddle AgedMycobacterium tuberculosisNicotianaOdds RatioTobacco Smoke Pollution

Identifiers

PMID28722570
PMCPMC5544071
OpenAlexW2624718790

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
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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.