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ArticleEnvironmental science & technology2020

Letter to the Editor Regarding: "An Imperative Need for Research on the Role of Environmental Factors in Transmission of Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)" -Secondhand and Thirdhand Smoke As Potential Sources of COVID-19.

E Melinda Mahabee-Gittens, Ashley L Merianos, Georg E Matt

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Article in Environmental science & technology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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12citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

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

  1. The effect of latitude and PMEnvironmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987) · 2020
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  7. Mitigation of Airborne Contaminant Spread through Simple Interventions in an Occupied Single-Family Home.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

E Melinda Mahabee-GittensCincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine, 3333 Burnet Avenue, MLC 2008, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229, United States.
Ashley L MerianosUniversity of Cincinnati, School of Human Services, PO Box 210068, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221-0068, United States.
Georg E MattDepartment of Psychology, College of Sciences, San Diego State University, MC4611, San Diego, California 92182-4611, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-5604-4609

Funding

Supplement: Contribution of Thirdhand Smoke to Overall Tobacco SmokeR01ES027815 · NIEHS · CINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSP MED CTR · PI MAHABEE-GITTENS, E. MELINDA, MATT, GEORG E · 2018 to 2022
$3.1M
Prevalence and Clinical Correlates of Thirdhand Smoke Exposure in a Pediatric Patient PopulationR01ES030743 · NIEHS · CINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSP MED CTR · PI MAHABEE-GITTENS, E. MELINDA · 2019 to 2023
$2.9M
Reducing Secondhand Smoke Exposure Among Pediatric Patients in the Emergency Department SettingK01DA044313 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI · PI MERIANOS, ASHLEY L · 2017 to 2021
$727k
NIDA NIH HHS K01 DA044313NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES027815NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES030743
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

CoronavirusCoronavirus InfectionsBetacoronavirusCOVID-19HumansPandemicsPneumonia, ViralSARS-CoV-2SmokeSmoke

Identifiers

PMID32319756
PMCPMC7179740

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