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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2017

Effects of Airborne Particulate Matter on Respiratory Health in a Community near a Cement Factory in Chilanga, Zambia: Results from a Panel Study.

Emmy Nkhama, Micky Ndhlovu, J Timothy Dvonch, Mary Lynam, Graciela Mentz, Seter Siziya, Kuku Voyi

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Article 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 20 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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20citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
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  4. Peaks, sources, and immediate health impacts of PMJournal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2025
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  6. Quantification of ambient PMScientific reports · 2023
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  8. Frontiers in microbiology · 2023
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  11. Dust Emission Monitoring in Cement Plant Mills: A Case Study in Romania.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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  12. Article
  13. Levels of PMJournal of health & pollution · 2020
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  15. Seasonal Impacts of Particulate Matter Levels on Bike Sharing in Seoul, South Korea.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020
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  16. Emissions Control of Hydrochloric and Fluorhydric Acid in cement Factories from Romania.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020
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  18. Relationship between Particulate Matter (PMCanadian respiratory journal · 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

7 authors.

Emmy NkhamaDepartment of Environmental Health/Clinical Medicine, Chainama College of Health Sciences, P.O. Box 33991, Lusaka 10101, Zambia. emmynkhama@gmail.com.
Micky NdhlovuDepartment of Environmental Health/Clinical Medicine, Chainama College of Health Sciences, P.O. Box 33991, Lusaka 10101, Zambia. makobani@yahoo.com.
J Timothy DvonchDepartment of Environmental Health Sciences/Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA. dvonch@umich.edu.
Mary LynamDepartment of Environmental Health Sciences/Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA. lynam@umich.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-1182-2694
Graciela MentzDepartment of Environmental Health Sciences/Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA. gmentz@umich.edu.
Seter SiziyaSchool of Health Sciences, University of Lusaka, P.O. Box 36711, Lusaka 10101, Zambia. ssiziya@gmail.com.
Kuku VoyiSchool of Public Health and Health System, Health Sciences Faculty, University of Pretoria, P.O. Box 667, Pretoria 0001, South Africa. kuku.voyi@gmail.com.

Funding

Research Training on Chronic Lung Diseases in Southern AfricaD43ES018744 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI IRUSEN, ELVISEGRAN MALCOLM, JEEBHAY, MOHAMED FAREED · 2009 to 2013
$1.1M
NIEHS NIH HHS D43 ES018744
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We conducted a panel study to investigate seasonal variations in concentrations of airborne PM

Indexed as

AdultAir PollutantsConstruction IndustryFemaleForced Expiratory VolumeHumansMaleMiddle AgedParticulate MatterRespiratory Tract DiseasesSeasonsVital CapacityYoung AdultZambiaAir PollutantsParticulate Mattercement productioncommunityemissionslung functionPM10PM2.5respiratory symptomsZambia

Identifiers

PMID29113101
PMCPMC5707990

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