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ArticleJournal of tropical life science2015

Bacteria as Potential Indicators of Heavy Metal Contamination in a Tropical Mangrove and the Implications on Environmental and Human Health.

Melanie De La Rosa-Acosta, Johannys Jiménez-Collazo, Marixa Maldonado-Román, Karlo Malavé-Llamas, Juan C Musa-Wasil

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Article in Journal of tropical life science, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
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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

9 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Melanie De La Rosa-AcostaSchool of Science and Technology, URGREAT-MBRS-RISE, Universidad Del Este, Carolina, Puerto Rico.
Johannys Jiménez-CollazoSchool of Science and Technology, Universidad Del Este, Carolina, Puerto Rico.
Marixa Maldonado-RománSchool of Environmental Affairs, Universidad Metropolitana, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Karlo Malavé-LlamasSchool of Science and Technology, URGREAT-MBRS-RISE, Universidad Del Este, Carolina, Puerto Rico.
Juan C Musa-WasilSchool of Environmental Affairs, Universidad Metropolitana, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Universidad Del Este · PRUniversidad Metropolitana · PR

Funding

Undergraduate Research Education and Training (URGREAT) ProgramR25GM066250 · NIGMS · UNIVERSIDAD DEL ESTE · PI MALAVE-LLAMAS, KARLO · 2004 to 2017
$5.5M
NIGMS NIH HHS R25 GM066250
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Heavy metal (HM) exposure has been associated with human health diseases like cancer, kidney and liver damage, neurological disorders, motor skills, low bone density and learning problems. With the beginning of the industrialization, the heavy metals in high concentration contribute to putting on the risk the humans in the vicinity. Our study site is located in Cataño, Puerto Rico. This is a highly industrialized area. It is surrounded by a recreational park, a rum distillery, two thermoelectric factories, and was impacted by CAPECO (oil refinery) explosion in 2009. Las Cucharillas marsh is part of The San Juan Bay Estuary System, considered as a critical wildlife area. The mangrove marsh has three of the four mangrove species found in PR

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bioindicatorsBIOLOG®caribbeanHeavy metalstropical marsh

Identifiers

PMID28835856
PMCPMC5565159
OpenAlexW1839017838

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