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SynthesisEnvironment international2017

Acute effects of fine particulate matter constituents on mortality: A systematic review and meta-regression analysis.

Souzana Achilleos, Marianthi-Anna Kioumourtzoglou, Chih-Da Wu, Joel D Schwartz, Petros Koutrakis, Stefania I Papatheodorou

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In one paragraph

Synthesis in Environment international, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 80 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
80citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
13.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

80 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 308 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Chemical constituents of PMEuropean journal of pediatrics · 2025
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  5. 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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  18. Association between Long-Term Exposure to PMEnvironment & health (Washington, D.C.) · 2024
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20 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

6 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Souzana AchilleosDepartment of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: soa080@mail.harvard.edu.
Marianthi-Anna KioumourtzoglouDepartment of Environmental Health Sciences, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY, USA.
Chih-Da WuDepartment of Forestry and Natural Resources, National Chiayi University, Chiayi, Taiwan.
Joel D SchwartzDepartment of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.
Petros KoutrakisDepartment of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.
Stefania I PapatheodorouCyprus International Institute for Environmental and Public Health, Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus.
Harvard University · USColumbia University · USCyprus University of Technology · CYNational Chiayi University · TW

Funding

Training Program in Environmental EpidemiologyT32ES007069 · NIEHS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (SCH OF PUBLIC HLTH) · PI LADEN, FRANCINE · 1985 to 2024
$13.9M
NIEHS NIH HHS T32 ES007069
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe link between PM

methodsWe systematically reviewed epidemiological studies on particle constituents and mortality using PubMed and Web of Science databases up to July 2015.We included studies that examined the association between short-term exposure to PM

resultsWe found a 0.89% (95% CI: 0.68, 1.10%) increase in all-cause, a 0.80% (95% CI: 0.41, 1.20%) increase in cardiovascular, and a 1.10% (95% CI: 0.59, 1.62%) increase in respiratory mortality per 10μg/m

conclusionsOur meta-analysis suggests that (a) combustion elements such as EC and K have a stronger association with mortality, (b) single lag studies underestimate effects, and (c) estimates of PM SYSTEMATIC REVIEW REGISTRATION: PROSPERO: CRD42017055765.

Indexed as

Air PollutantsAir PollutionCitiesDatabases, FactualHumansMortalityParticulate MatterRegression AnalysisAir PollutantsParticulate MatterAcute effectsFine particulate matter (PM(2.5))Meta-analysisMortalityParticulate matter constituentsTime series

Identifiers

PMID28988023
PMCPMC5689473
OpenAlexW2762816612

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