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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2019

Association between Ambient Particulate Matter 2.5 Exposure and Mortality in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

Chern-Horng Lee, Sen-Yung Hsieh, Wen-Hung Huang, I-Kuan Wang, Tzung-Hai Yen

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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 7 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  3. The impact of particulate matter 2.5 on the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma: a meta-analysis.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2022
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  4. Environmental PMeGastroenterology · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Chern-Horng LeeDivision of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou 333, Taiwan.
Sen-Yung HsiehDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou 333, Taiwan.
Wen-Hung HuangCollege of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan.
I-Kuan WangDepartment of Nephrology, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung 404, Taiwan.
Tzung-Hai YenCollege of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan. m19570@adm.cgmh.org.tw.ORCID 0000-0002-0907-1505

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Air pollution is a severe public health problem in Taiwan. Moreover, Taiwan is an endemic area for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). This study examined the effect of particulate matter 2.5 (PM

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AdultAir PollutantsAir PollutionCarcinoma, HepatocellularEnvironmental ExposureFemaleHumansLiver NeoplasmsMaleMiddle AgedOdds RatioParticle SizeParticulate MatterRisk FactorsTaiwanAir PollutantsParticulate Matterair pollutionhepatocellular carcinomamortalityparticulate matterPM2.5

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PMID31336910
PMCPMC6678370

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