Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29174643›Full record

ArticleJournal of environmental management2018

Inactivation of Bacillus anthracis spores to decontaminate subway railcar and related materials via the fogging of peracetic acid and hydrogen peroxide sporicidal liquids.

William R Richter, Joseph P Wood, Morgan Q S Wendling, James V Rogers

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Article in Journal of environmental management, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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20citing papers in PubMed
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 24% 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

20 citing papers in PubMed, 35 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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

William R RichterBattelle, Columbus, OH, USA. Electronic address: richterwr@battelle.org.
Joseph P WoodU.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Homeland Security Research Center, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA.
Morgan Q S WendlingBattelle, Columbus, OH, USA.
James V RogersBattelle, Columbus, OH, USA.
Battelle · USEnvironmental Protection Agency · US

Funding

Intramural EPA EPA999999
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The inactivation of Bacillus anthracis spores on subway and used subway railcar materials was evaluated using fogged peracetic acid/hydrogen peroxide (PAA) and hydrogen peroxide (H

Indexed as

Bacillus anthracisDisinfectantsRailroadsSpores, BacterialDecontaminationHydrogen PeroxidePeracetic AcidDisinfectantsHydrogen PeroxidePeracetic AcidBacillus anthracisDecontaminationFoggingHydrogen peroxidePeracetic acidSubway

Identifiers

PMID29174643
PMCPMC5738270
OpenAlexW2769869514

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