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ArticleJournal of epidemiology and global health2019

Effect of Leishmaniasis on the Performance of Elementary School Students: A Case Study among Syrian Refugees in Some Bekaa (Lebanon) Area Schools.

Hussein H Khachfe, Firyal J Zayyoun, Ehssan Sharif-Askari, Wiam Ramadan, Nancy Hallal, Hassan M Khachfe

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Article in Journal of epidemiology and global health, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 29% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Hussein H KhachfeFaculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon.
Firyal J ZayyounSchool of Education, Lebanese International University (LIU), Nabatieh, Lebanon.
Ehssan Sharif-AskariSchool of Arts and Sciences, International University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
Wiam RamadanSchool of Arts and Sciences, International University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
Nancy HallalSchool of Arts and Sciences, International University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
Hassan M KhachfeBusiness, Educational, & Medical Optimization Research Institute, Lebanese International University (LIU), Nabatieh, Lebanon.
International University of Beirut · LBAmerican University of Beirut Medical Center · LBLebanese International University · LB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Since the Syrian conflict started, Lebanon became a common destination receiving a huge number of Syrian refugees that are living in camps spread all over the country, with the largest concentration in the Bekaa Valley. Generous steps are being taken to increase the access to formal education, such as offering free public education and opening second shifts in the public schools in the afternoon. Yet barriers, such as child labor and health-related factors like the spreading of some communicable diseases, like

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Academic PerformanceLeishmaniasisAdolescentAdultChildChild, PreschoolHumansInfantLebanonMiddle AgedRefugeesSchoolsSelf ReportSyriaYoung AdultabsenteeismattendanceCommunicable diseasesLeishmanialeishmaniasisSyrian refugees

Identifiers

PMID31854168
PMCPMC7310787
OpenAlexW2978406650

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