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ArticleJournal of clinical epidemiology2019

There are good clinical, scientific, and social reasons to strengthen links between biomedical and environmental research.

Miquel Porta, Laura N Vandenberg

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Article in Journal of clinical epidemiology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 33% 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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Reproductive Health Risks Associated with Occupational and Environmental Exposure to Pesticides.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Miquel PortaHospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM PSMar PRBB), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red - Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Spain; School of Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain; Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Electronic address: mporta@imim.es.
Laura N VandenbergSchool of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA.
Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública · ESUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst · US

Funding

Metabolomics Administrative Supplement: Disruption of parity-induced tumor suppressor pathways by xenoestrogen exposures during pregnancyU01ES026140 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST · PI JERRY, D. JOSEPH, SCHNEIDER, SALLIE SMITH · 2015 to 2019
$3.7M
Impact of Environmental Estrogens on Sexually Dimorphic Development of the Mouse Mammary GlandK22ES025811 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST · PI VANDENBERG, LAURA N. · 2015 to 2017
$445k
NIEHS NIH HHS K22 ES025811NIEHS NIH HHS U01 ES026140
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Clinical epidemiology rarely addresses biological, clinical, epidemiological, environmental, economic, and other social and scientific issues posed by environmental chemical contaminants such as endocrine-disrupting chemicals. There is a considerable gap between research and practice in clinical medicine and in environmental health. Organizations often fail to appreciate the human and economic costs of the diseases that environmental chemical contaminants contribute to cause. Also, the relative lack of attention to environmental causes of disease by researchers in medicine and clinical epidemiology cannot be explained just on scientific grounds. Many scientists have shown the virtues of integrative research. Knowledge on the causes of disease is often secondary in clinical practice, but in other instances, to help patients, clinicians tackle causes of diseases. We can better address how environmental contaminants influence negatively not just the occurrence of disease but its course. To do so, we can generate better evidence and strengthen the social conversation on environmental influences on all dimensions of health and disease.

Indexed as

Endocrine DisruptorsHumansEndocrine DisruptorsBiomedical researchClinical epidemiologyEndocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs)Environmental chemical contaminantsMedicinePolicies

Identifiers

PMID30905697
PMCPMC6664300
OpenAlexW2924649905

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Registered trials

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