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ArticleJournal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology2018

Exposure to acute air pollution and risk of bronchiolitis and otitis media for preterm and term infants.

Mariam S Girguis, Matthew J Strickland, Xuefei Hu, Yang Liu, Howard H Chang, Itai Kloog, Candice Belanoff, Scott M Bartell, Verónica M Vieira

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Article in Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 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

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

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

  1. Air pollution and hospitalization risk in infants with bronchiolitis: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Pediatric allergy and immunology : official publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology · 2025
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  2. Associations between Particulate Matter and Otitis Media in Children: A Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020
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  6. PMPediatric allergy and immunology : official publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology · 2022
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  10. Titanium dioxide nanoparticles exaggerate respiratory syncytial virus-induced airway epithelial barrier dysfunction.American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology · 2020
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  15. Diesel, children and respiratory disease.BMJ paediatrics open · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Mariam S GirguisProgram in Public Health, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.
Matthew J StricklandSchool of Community Health Sciences, University of Nevada, Reno, NV, USA.
Xuefei HuDepartment of Environmental Health, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Yang LiuDepartment of Environmental Health, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Howard H ChangDepartment of Environmental Health, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Itai KloogThe Department of Geography and Environmental Development, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel.
Candice BelanoffDepartment of Community Health Sciences, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
Scott M BartellProgram in Public Health, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.
Verónica M VieiraProgram in Public Health, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA. vvieria@uci.edu.

Funding

Spatial and Temporal Modeling of PM2.5 and Infant MorbidityR01ES019897 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI VIEIRA, VERONICA M · 2011 to 2015
$1.8M
NASA NNX11AI53GNIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES019897
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Our aim is to estimate associations between acute increases in particulate matter with diameter of 2.5 µm or less (PM

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Air PollutantsAir PollutionBronchiolitisChild, PreschoolEnvironmental MonitoringFemaleHumansInfantInfant, NewbornInfant, PrematureLogistic ModelsLongitudinal StudiesMaleMassachusettsOtitis MediaParticle SizeAir PollutantsParticulate Matter

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PMID29269754
PMCPMC6013343

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