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SynthesisInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020

Association between Smoking and Noise-Induced Hearing Loss: A Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies.

Xiaowen Li, Xing Rong, Zhi Wang, Aihua Lin

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Synthesis 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 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  9. Noise Exposure and Quality of Life Among Nurses.Workplace health & safety · 2022
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  15. Associations Between Tinnitus and Hearing Loss Among Noise-Exposed Workers in the United States From 1999 to 2020: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of otolaryngology - head & neck surgery = Le Journal d'oto-rhino-laryngologie et de chirurgie cervico-faciale
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Xiaowen LiDepartment of Medical Statistics, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2016-1456
Xing RongThe Institute of Occupational and Environmental Health, Guangzhou Medical University, 1 Tianqiang St., Huangpu West Ave., Guangzhou 510620, China.
Zhi WangThe Institute of Occupational and Environmental Health, Guangzhou Medical University, 1 Tianqiang St., Huangpu West Ave., Guangzhou 510620, China.
Aihua LinDepartment of Medical Statistics, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to synthesize the results of previously published observational studies through meta-analysis to clarify the association between smoking and noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL). We searched several databases as of October 2019. Based on the results of heterogeneity analysis (

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Hearing Loss, Noise-InducedSmokingCase-Control StudiesCohort StudiesCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMaleObservational Studies as TopicRisk Factorsdose-response relationshipmeta-analysisnoise-induced hearing losssmoking

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PMID32069960
PMCPMC7068375

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