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ArticleHeliyon2018

Assessment and remediation of pollutants in Ghana's Kete-Krachi District Hospital effluents using granular and smooth activated carbon.

Samuel Kofi Tulashie, Francis Kotoka, Foster Kwame Kholi, Samira Esinam Elsie Aggor-Woananu, Gifty Rhodalyn Tetteh

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Article in Heliyon, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 22% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Literature Review: Evaluation of Drug Removal Techniques in Municipal and Hospital Wastewater.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Samuel Kofi TulashieUniversity of Cape Coast, School of Physical Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Industrial Chemistry Section, Cape Coast, Ghana.
Francis KotokaUniversity of Cape Coast, School of Physical Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Industrial Chemistry Section, Cape Coast, Ghana.
Foster Kwame KholiRolls Royce & Pusan National University Technology Center, Department of Mechanical Engineering-Energy Systems, South Korea.
Samira Esinam Elsie Aggor-WoananuUniversity of Cape Coast, School of Physical Sciences, Department of Laboratory Technology, Cape Coast, Ghana.
Gifty Rhodalyn TettehUniversity of Cape Coast, School of Biological Sciences, Department of Environmental Science, Cape Coast, Ghana.
University of Cape Coast · GHPusan National University · KR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The need for simple, cheaper and high performance hospital effluent treatment system in Kete-Krachi District which is adjacent to the Lake Volta has necessitated this study. This study focuses on assessing, and treating Kete-Krachi District Hospital effluent using packed granular (GAC) and smooth activated carbon (SAC). The use of activated carbon is due to its less expensive method of operation, the ease to prepare from local raw materials, high availability, and effectiveness for treating hospital effluent. The dissolved oxygen (DO), chemical oxygen demand (COD), biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), nutrient compounds (P-PO

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Identifiers

PMID30094364
PMCPMC6072895
OpenAlexW2883508846

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