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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2018

Lung Function of Children at Three Sites of Varying Ambient Air Pollution Levels in Uganda: A Cross Sectional Comparative Study.

Bruce J Kirenga, Rebecca Nantanda, Corina de Jong, Levicatus Mugenyi, Qingyu Meng, Gilbert Aniku, Sian Williams, Hellen Aanyu-Tukamuhebwa, Moses Kamya, Stephan Schwander and 2 more

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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.

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, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Bruce J KirengaDepartment of Medicine, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda. brucekirenga@yahoo.co.uk.
Rebecca NantandaMakerere University Lung Institute, Kampala, Uganda. rnantanda@gmail.com.
Corina de JongGRIAC-Primary Care, Department of General Practice and Elderly Care, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, EB79 Groningen, The Netherlands. c.de.jong02@umcg.nl.
Levicatus MugenyiMakerere University Lung Institute, Kampala, Uganda. lmugenyi005@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0002-9423-2472
Qingyu MengDepartments of Urban-Global Public Health and Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health, Rutgers University, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA. Qingyu.Meng@dtsc.ca.gov.
Gilbert AnikuDepartment of Paediatrics and Child Health, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda. gilbert.aniku@gmail.com.
Sian WilliamsInternational Primary Care Respiratory Group, Aberdeen AB32 9AE, UK. sian.health@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0002-0527-2254
Hellen Aanyu-TukamuhebwaDepartment of Paediatrics and Child Health, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda. hellen.aanyut@gmail.com.
Moses KamyaDepartment of Medicine, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda. mkamya@infocom.co.ug.
Stephan SchwanderDepartments of Urban-Global Public Health and Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health, Rutgers University, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA. schwansk@sph.rutgers.edu.
Thys van der MolenGRIAC-Primary Care, Department of General Practice and Elderly Care, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, EB79 Groningen, The Netherlands. thys.v.molen@gsk.com.
Vahid MohseninDepartment of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA. vahid.mohsenin@yale.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-9384-8374
Makerere University · UGUniversity Medical Center Groningen · NLRutgers, The State University of New Jersey · USYale University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Air pollution is a major cause of sub-optimal lung function and lung diseases in childhood and adulthood. In this study we compared the lung function (measured by spirometry) of 537 Ugandan children, mean age 11.1 years in sites with high (Kampala and Jinja) and low (Buwenge) ambient air pollution levels, based on the concentrations of particulate matter smaller than 2.5 micrometres in diameter (PM

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Air PollutantsAir PollutionChildCross-Sectional StudiesEnvironmental ExposureEnvironmental MonitoringFemaleForced Expiratory VolumeHumansLinear ModelsMaleParticulate MatterRespiratory Function TestsRisk AssessmentSpirometryUgandaAir PollutantsParticulate Matterair pollutionchildrenlung functionUgandaurbanization

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PMID30486291
PMCPMC6313711
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