Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29558787›Full record

SynthesisEnvironmental science and pollution research international2018

Exposure to nitrogen dioxide and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Zili Zhang, Jian Wang, Wenju Lu

Abstract readMeta-AnalysisSystematic Review
PubMed Publisher
In one paragraph

Synthesis in Environmental science and pollution research international, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
31citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
–field-weighted citation impact
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

31 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Pooled it
  3. Identifying risk factors for COPD and adult-onset asthma: an umbrella review.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2023
    Pooled it
  4. Pooled it
  5. Trial
  6. Article
  7. Article
  8. Article
  9. Review
  10. The Impact of NOJournal of applied toxicology : JAT · 2025
    Article
  11. Article
  12. Article
  13. Observational
  14. Review
  15. [Personal nitrogen oxides exposure levels and related influencing factors in adults over 35 years old in Tianjin and Shanghai].Beijing da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Peking University. Health sciences · 2024
    Article
  16. Article
  17. Article
  18. Article
  19. Article
  20. Article
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

3 authors.

Zili ZhangState Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, The First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Jian WangState Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, The First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Wenju LuState Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, The First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. wlu92@yahoo.com.

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 81520108001, 81700043state Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases (SKLRD), Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health SKLRD- QN-201719the 973 Key Scheme of China 2015CB553406the Guangdong Natural Science Foundation 2016A030313593the Guangzhou Department of Education Innovative Team 13C08
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Exposure to nitrogen dioxide (NO

Indexed as

AdultAir PollutantsEnvironmental ExposureFemaleHospitalizationHumansMaleNitrogen DioxidePulmonary Disease, Chronic ObstructiveAir PollutantsNitrogen DioxideAir pollutionCOPDExposure assessmentNO2Relative risk

Identifiers

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.