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ArticleEnvironmental science and pollution research international2018

Industrial air pollution and low birth weight: a case-control study in Texas, USA.

Xi Gong, Yan Lin, F Benjamin Zhan

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Article 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 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 27% 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

10 citing papers in PubMed, 19 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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Xi GongDepartment of Geography & Environmental Studies, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, USA.
Yan LinDepartment of Geography & Environmental Studies, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, USA.
F Benjamin ZhanTexas Center for Geographic Information Science, Department of Geography, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX, 78666, USA. zhan@txstate.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1974-976X
University of New Mexico · USTexas State University · US

Funding

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency R834790
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Many studies have investigated associations between maternal residential exposures to air pollutants and low birth weight (LBW) in offspring. However, most studies focused on the criteria air pollutants (PM

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Maternal ExposureAdultAir PollutantsAir PollutionBirth WeightCase-Control StudiesFemaleHousingHumansInfant, Low Birth WeightInfant, NewbornLogistic ModelsMaleOdds RatioPregnancyTexasAir PollutantsAir pollutionExposure assessmentGISHealthLow birth weight (LBW)Toxic release inventory (TRI) chemicals

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PMID30159842
OpenAlexW2889007630

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