Household Air Pollution and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. "A Riddle, Wrapped in a Mystery, Inside an Enigma".

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.

The trial behind it

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Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed.

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Corrections and comments

• Comment on
  Airflow Obstruction and Use of Solid Fuels for Cooking or Heating: BOLD Results.2018
• Comment on
  Association between Household Air Pollution Exposure and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Outcomes in 13 Low- and Middle-Income Country Settings.2018

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Funding

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Abstract

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