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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020

Association between Uranium Exposure and Thyroid Health: A National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Analysis and Ecological Study.

Maaike van Gerwen, Naomi Alpert, Wil Lieberman-Cribbin, Peter Cooke, Kimia Ziadkhanpour, Bian Liu, Eric Genden

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 13% 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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 30 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

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Maaike van Gerwen¹Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA.
Naomi AlpertInstitute for Translational Epidemiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA.
Wil Lieberman-CribbinInstitute for Translational Epidemiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA.
Peter Cooke¹Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA.
Kimia Ziadkhanpour¹Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA.
Bian LiuDepartment of Population Health Science and Policy, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA.
Eric Genden¹Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Radiation ExposureThyroid GlandThyroid NeoplasmsUraniumFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedNutrition SurveysUnited StatesUraniumenvironmental exposureradiationthyroid healthuranium

Identifiers

PMID31979063
PMCPMC7036996
OpenAlexW3000896228

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Registered trials

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