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ReviewEnvironmental health perspectives2017

Nanomaterials Versus Ambient Ultrafine Particles: An Opportunity to Exchange Toxicology Knowledge.

Vicki Stone, Mark R Miller, Martin J D Clift, Alison Elder, Nicholas L Mills, Peter Møller, Roel P F Schins, Ulla Vogel, Wolfgang G Kreyling, Keld Alstrup Jensen and 9 more

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Review in Environmental health perspectives, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 129 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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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

129 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Meta-analysis on short-term exposure to ambient ultrafine particles and respiratory morbidity.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

19 authors.

Vicki StoneInstitute of Biological Chemistry, Biophysics and Bioengineering, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Mark R MillerCentre for Cardiovascular Science, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Martin J D CliftAdolphe Merkle Institute, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland
Alison ElderUniversity of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York
Nicholas L MillsCentre for Cardiovascular Science, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Peter MøllerDepartment of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Roel P F SchinsIUF Leibniz-Institut für Umweltmedizinische Forschung, Düsseldorf, Germany
Ulla VogelNational Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark
Wolfgang G KreylingHelmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Institute of Epidemiology, Munich, Germany
Keld Alstrup JensenNational Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark
Thomas A J KuhlbuschAir Quality & Sustainable Nanotechnology Unit, Institut für Energie- und Umwelttechnik e. V. (IUTA), Duisburg, Germany
Per E SchwarzeNorwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
Peter HoetCenter for Environment and Health, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Antonio PietroiustiDepartment of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
Andrea De Vizcaya-RuizDepartmento de Toxicología, Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute (CINVESTAV-IPN), México City, México
Armelle Baeza-SquibanParis Diderot University, Paris, France
João Paulo TeixeiraNational Institute of Health, Porto, Portugal
C Lang TranInstitute of Occupational Medicine, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Flemming R CasseeNational Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, Netherlands

Funding

British Heart Foundation SP/15/8/31575
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundA rich body of literature exists that has demonstrated adverse human health effects following exposure to ambient air particulate matter (PM), and there is strong support for an important role of ultrafine (nanosized) particles. At present, relatively few human health or epidemiology data exist for engineered nanomaterials (NMs) despite clear parallels in their physicochemical properties and biological actions in

objectivesNMs are available with a range of physicochemical characteristics, which allows a more systematic toxicological analysis. Therefore, the study of ultrafine particles (UFP, <100 nm in diameter) provides an opportunity to identify plausible health effects for NMs, and the study of NMs provides an opportunity to facilitate the understanding of the mechanism of toxicity of UFP.

methodsA workshop of experts systematically analyzed the available information and identified 19 key lessons that can facilitate knowledge exchange between these discipline areas. DISCUSSION: Key lessons range from the availability of specific techniques and standard protocols for physicochemical characterization and toxicology assessment to understanding and defining dose and the molecular mechanisms of toxicity. This review identifies a number of key areas in which additional research prioritization would facilitate both research fields simultaneously.

conclusionThere is now an opportunity to apply knowledge from NM toxicology and use it to better inform PM health risk research and vice versa. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP424.

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Air PollutantsEnvironmental ExposureHumansNanostructuresParticulate MatterAir PollutantsParticulate Matter

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PMID29017987
PMCPMC5933410

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