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ArticleEnvironmental science & technology2019

Personal Fine Particulate Matter Constituents, Increased Systemic Inflammation, and the Role of DNA Hypomethylation.

Xiaoning Lei, Renjie Chen, Cuicui Wang, Jingjin Shi, Zhuohui Zhao, Weihua Li, Beizhan Yan, Steve Chillrud, Jing Cai, Haidong Kan

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Article in Environmental science & technology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
20citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 10% 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

20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 70 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

10 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Xiaoning LeiSchool of Public Health, Key Lab of Public Health Safety of the Ministry of Education and NHC Key Laboratory of Health Technology Assessment , Fudan University , Shanghai , 200433 , China.
Renjie ChenSchool of Public Health, Key Lab of Public Health Safety of the Ministry of Education and NHC Key Laboratory of Health Technology Assessment , Fudan University , Shanghai , 200433 , China.
Cuicui WangSchool of Public Health, Key Lab of Public Health Safety of the Ministry of Education and NHC Key Laboratory of Health Technology Assessment , Fudan University , Shanghai , 200433 , China.
Jingjin ShiSchool of Public Health, Key Lab of Public Health Safety of the Ministry of Education and NHC Key Laboratory of Health Technology Assessment , Fudan University , Shanghai , 200433 , China.
Zhuohui ZhaoSchool of Public Health, Key Lab of Public Health Safety of the Ministry of Education and NHC Key Laboratory of Health Technology Assessment , Fudan University , Shanghai , 200433 , China.
Weihua LiKey Laboratory of Reproduction Regulation of National Population and Family Planning Commission, Shanghai Institute of Planned Research, Institute of Reproduction and Development , Fudan University , Shanghai , 200433 , China.
Beizhan YanDivision of Geochemistry , Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University , Palisades , New York 10964 , United States.
Steve ChillrudDivision of Geochemistry , Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University , Palisades , New York 10964 , United States.
Jing CaiSchool of Public Health, Key Lab of Public Health Safety of the Ministry of Education and NHC Key Laboratory of Health Technology Assessment , Fudan University , Shanghai , 200433 , China.
Haidong KanSchool of Public Health, Key Lab of Public Health Safety of the Ministry of Education and NHC Key Laboratory of Health Technology Assessment , Fudan University , Shanghai , 200433 , China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1871-8999
Fudan University · CNLamont-Doherty Earth Observatory · US

Funding

True Metal fac coreP30ES009089 · NIEHS · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI MATTHEW S PERZANOWSKI · 1998 to 2026
$44.7M
NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES009089
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Limited evidence is available on the effects of various fine particulate matter (PM

Indexed as

Air PollutantsParticulate MatterChinaDNADNA MethylationEnvironmental ExposureHumansInflammationAir PollutantsDNAParticulate Matter

Identifiers

PMID31328512
PMCPMC7092684
OpenAlexW2963509131

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