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ArticleScientific reports2019

Effects of PM

Chi-Hsien Chen, Li-Ying Huang, Kang-Yun Lee, Chih-Da Wu, Hung-Che Chiang, Bing-Yu Chen, Wei-Shan Chin, Shih-Chun Pan, Yue Leon Guo

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Article in Scientific reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
27citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 17% 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

27 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 46 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

9 authors at 8 institutions in 1 country.

Chi-Hsien ChenDepartment of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital Hsin-Chu Branch, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
Li-Ying HuangSchool of Medicine, College of Medicine, Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City, Taiwan.
Kang-Yun LeeDepartment of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Chih-Da WuDepartment of Geomatics, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
Hung-Che ChiangNational Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli County, Taiwan.
Bing-Yu ChenDepartment of Medical Research and Development, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan.
Wei-Shan ChinSchool of Nursing, College of Nursing, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9295-7966
Shih-Chun PanInstitute of Occupational Medicine and Industrial Hygiene, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Yue Leon GuoDepartment of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, National Taiwan University (NTU) College of medicine and NTU Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan. leonguo@ntu.edu.tw.
National Health Research Institutes · TWFu Jen Catholic University · TWKeelung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital · TWNational Cheng Kung University · TWNational Taiwan University · TWNational Taiwan University Hospital · TWTaipei Medical University · TWTaipei Medical University-Shuang Ho Hospital · TW

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Loss of skeletal muscle mass is common with aging and can cause morbidity and mortality in the elderly. The effects of particulate air pollution on skeletal muscle mass is not known. The study aims to assess the chronic effects of ambient fine particulates (PM

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Adipose TissueAgedAged, 80 and overBody CompositionCross-Sectional StudiesElectric ImpedanceEnvironmental ExposureExerciseFemaleHand StrengthHumansMaleMuscle, SkeletalParticulate MatterTaiwanParticulate Matter

Identifiers

PMID31371747
PMCPMC6671961
OpenAlexW2964725953

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