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ArticleEnvironmental health perspectives2019

Long-Term Exposure to Ambient Fine Particulate Matter (

Cui Guo, Gerard Hoek, Ly-Yun Chang, Yacong Bo, Changqing Lin, Bo Huang, Ta-Chien Chan, Tony Tam, Alexis K H Lau, Xiang Qian Lao

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Article in Environmental health perspectives, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
31citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.7field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

31 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 97 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 5 institutions in 4 countries.

Cui GuoJockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Gerard HoekInstitute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, Netherlands.
Ly-Yun ChangInstitute of Sociology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan.
Yacong BoJockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Changqing LinDivision of Environment and Sustainability, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Bo HuangDepartment of Geography and Resource Management, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Ta-Chien ChanResearch Center for Humanities and Social Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taiwan.
Tony TamDepartment of Sociology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Alexis K H LauDivision of Environment and Sustainability, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Xiang Qian LaoJockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Chinese University of Hong Kong · HKHong Kong University of Science and Technology · HKInstitute of Sociology, Academia Sinica · TWResearch Center for Humanities and Social Sciences, Academia Sinica · TWUtrecht University · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe association between long-term exposure to ambient fine particulate matter with aerodynamic diameter

objectivesThis study investigated the association between long-term exposure to ambient

methodsThis study comprised 24,544 participants 6-24 years of age, with 33,506 medical observations made between 2000 and 2014. We used a spatiotemporal model to estimate

resultsEvery

conclusionsTwo-year ambient

Indexed as

Air PollutantsParticulate MatterAdolescentAir PollutionChildEnvironmental ExposureFemaleForced Expiratory VolumeHumansMaleRespiratory Function TestsTaiwanVital CapacityYoung AdultAir PollutantsParticulate Matter

Identifiers

PMID31873044
PMCPMC6957275
OpenAlexW2997262015

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