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ArticleScientific reports2020

Ambulance Services Associated with Extreme Temperatures and Fine Particles in a Subtropical Island.

Yu-Chun Wang, Yu-Kai Lin, Yi-Jhih Chen, Shih-Chan Hung, Yasmin Zafirah, Fung-Chang Sung

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Article in Scientific reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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11citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
1.7field-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

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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

11 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 21 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

6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Yu-Chun Wang *Department of Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering, Chung Yuan Christian University, 200 Chung-Pei Road, Zhongli, 320, Taiwan.
Yu-Kai Lin *Department of Health and Welfare, University of Taipei College of City Management, 101 Zhongcheng Road Sec. 2, Taipei, 111, Taiwan.
Yi-Jhih ChenDepartment of Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering, Chung Yuan Christian University, 200 Chung-Pei Road, Zhongli, 320, Taiwan.
Shih-Chan HungDepartment of Emergency Services, Ministry of Health and Welfare Nantou Hospital, Nantou, 540, Taiwan.
Yasmin ZafirahDepartment of Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering, Chung Yuan Christian University, 200 Chung-Pei Road, Zhongli, 320, Taiwan.
Fung-Chang SungDepartment of Health Services Administration, China Medical University, 91 Hsueh-Shih Road, Taichung, 404, Taiwan. fcsung1008@yahoo.com.
Chung Yuan Christian University · TWChina Medical University · TWMinistry of Health and Welfare · TWUniversity of Taipei · TW

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study evaluated the association between the risk of events requiring ambulance services and the ambient temperature and particulate matter of 2.5 μm (PM

Indexed as

AmbulancesAir PollutantsAir PollutionExtreme WeatherFemaleHot TemperatureHumansIslandsMaleMiddle AgedOut-of-Hospital Cardiac ArrestParticulate MatterRiskRisk FactorsTaiwanTemperatureAir PollutantsParticulate Matter

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PMID32071336
PMCPMC7029034
OpenAlexW3008383536

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