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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2019

Factors Associated with Persistent Lower Respiratory Symptoms or Asthma among Residents Exposed to a Sulphur Stockpile Fire Incident.

Roslynn Baatjies, Shahieda Adams, Eugene Cairncross, Faieza Omar, Mohamed F Jeebhay

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2019. 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.

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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, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Roslynn BaatjiesDepartment of Environmental and Occupational Studies, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT), Cape Town 7535, South Africa. Roslynn.Baatjies@uct.ac.za.
Shahieda AdamsOccupational Medicine Division and Centre for Environmental and Occupational Health Research, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Observatory 7925, South Africa. Shahieda.Adams@uct.ac.za.ORCID 0000-0002-3630-1855
Eugene CairncrossEmeritus Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT), Cape Town 7535, South Africa. cairncrosse@gmail.com.
Faieza OmarOccupational Medicine Division and Centre for Environmental and Occupational Health Research, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Observatory 7925, South Africa.
Mohamed F JeebhayOccupational Medicine Division and Centre for Environmental and Occupational Health Research, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Observatory 7925, South Africa. Mohamed.Jeebhay@uct.ac.za.ORCID 0000-0001-6656-9193

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

FiresSulfurAdultAir PollutantsAsthmaCase-Control StudiesFemaleHumansInhalation ExposureMaleMiddle AgedRespiration DisordersRisk FactorsSouth AfricaSulfur DioxideSurveys and QuestionnairesAir PollutantsSulfurSulfur Dioxideasthmaexposurepersistent lower respiratory symptomssulphur dioxide

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PMID30717374
PMCPMC6388145

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