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ReviewMedicina (Kaunas, Lithuania)2018

The Role of Occupational and Environmental Exposures in the Pathogenesis of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: A Narrative Literature Review.

Samuel P Trethewey, Gareth I Walters

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Review in Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
25citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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

25 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 42 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. The Role of Particle Inhalation in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  7. Respiratory Diseases Associated With Organic Dust Exposure.The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice · 2024
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  11. Incidence and Progression of Fibrotic Lung Disease in an At-Risk Cohort.American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine · 2023
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  12. Towards Treatable Traits for Pulmonary Fibrosis.Journal of personalized medicine · 2022
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  20. Human-Based AdvancedFrontiers in medicine · 2021
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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

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Samuel P TretheweyRespiratory Medicine, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham B95SS, UK. s-trethewey@doctors.org.uk.ORCID 0000-0003-0150-2283
Gareth I WaltersBirmingham Regional NHS Occupational Lung Disease Service, Birmingham Chest Clinic, Birmingham B33HX, UK. gareth.walters@heartofengland.nhs.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-7436-2261
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust · GBUniversity of Birmingham · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic interstitial lung disease characterised by a progressive and irreversible decline in lung function, which is associated with poor long-term survival. The pathogenesis of IPF is incompletely understood. An accumulating body of evidence, obtained over the past three decades, suggests that occupational and environmental exposures may play a role in the development of IPF. This narrative literature review aims to summarise current understanding and the areas of ongoing research into the role of occupational and environmental exposures in the pathogenesis of IPF.

Indexed as

Air Pollutants, OccupationalAsbestosDustEnvironmental ExposureHumansIdiopathic Pulmonary FibrosisIncidenceMetalsMineralsOccupational ExposureOrganic ChemicalsParticulate MatterWoodAir Pollutants, OccupationalAsbestosDustMetalsMineralsOrganic ChemicalsParticulate Matterenvironmentalexposuresidiopathic pulmonary fibrosisIPFoccupationalpathogenesis

Identifiers

PMID30544758
PMCPMC6306764
OpenAlexW2904637086

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Registered trials

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