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ReviewEnvironmental science and pollution research international2019

Monitoring polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins/dibenzofurans and dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls in Africa since the implementation of the Stockholm Convention-an overview.

Christina Pius, Kwenga Sichilongo, Pulane Koosaletse Mswela, Oagile Dikinya

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Review in Environmental science and pollution research international, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 24% 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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Concentrations of PCDD/Fs in Human Blood: A Review of Data from the Current Decade.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019
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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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Christina PiusDepartment of Chemistry, Mkwawa University College of Education, P.O Box 2513, Iringa, Tanzania.
Kwenga SichilongoDepartment of Chemistry, University of Botswana, Faculty of Science, 00704, Gaborone, Botswana. kwenga.sichilongo@mopipi.ub.bw.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2965-3067
Pulane Koosaletse MswelaDepartment of Environmental Science, University of Botswana Faculty of Science, 00704, Gaborone, Botswana.
Oagile DikinyaDepartment of Environmental Science, University of Botswana Faculty of Science, 00704, Gaborone, Botswana.
University of Botswana · BW

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin (PCDDs), polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDF), and dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyl (dl-PCB) are groups of toxic compounds released into the environment as unintentional by-products of combustion. They persist, bioaccumulate through the food chain, and cause adverse health effects. This review attempts to collate available information on the release of PCDD/Fs and dl-PCBs and other critical data relevant to their monitoring in Africa during the existence of the Stockholm Convention (SC). Much as the implementation of the SC may be lagging, literature showed that there has been encouraging efforts that have been made with respect to PCDDs/Fs and dl-PCBs monitoring in Africa. Results from a global monitoring study showed that PCDD/Fs released to air in Africa stood at 18-532 fg WHO

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AdultAfricaDibenzofurans, PolychlorinatedEnvironmental MonitoringEnvironmental PollutantsFemaleFood ChainHumansMilk, HumanPolychlorinated BiphenylsPolychlorinated DibenzodioxinsPregnancyDibenzofurans, PolychlorinatedEnvironmental PollutantsPolychlorinated BiphenylsPolychlorinated DibenzodioxinsAfricadl-PCBsPCDD/FsPOPsStockholmStockholm Convention

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PMID30414030
OpenAlexW2900413641

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Registered trials

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