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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020

Can Green Walls Reduce Outdoor Ambient Particulate Matter, Noise Pollution and Temperature?

Naomi J Paull, Daniel Krix, Fraser R Torpy, Peter J Irga

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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 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 56 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Review
  3. Article
  4. Associations between Greenspaces and Individual Health: A Longitudinal Study in China.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
    Article
  5. Effect of Urban Greening on Incremental PMFrontiers in public health · 2020
    Article
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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Naomi J PaullSchool of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo 2007, Australia.
Daniel KrixSchool of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo 2007, Australia.
Fraser R TorpySchool of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo 2007, Australia.
Peter J IrgaSchool of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo 2007, Australia.
University of Technology Sydney · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Green walls have previously demonstrated the capacity to reduce particulate matter (PM), noise pollution, and temperature conditions in manipulative experiments and computational models. There is, however, minimal evidence that green walls can influence ambient environmental conditions, especially taking into account the variable environmental conditions encountered

Indexed as

Air PollutantsAir PollutionEnvironment DesignEnvironmental MonitoringNoiseParticulate MatterTemperatureAir PollutantsParticulate Matterair qualityGreen wallsnoise pollutiontraffic densityurban heat island

Identifiers

PMID32674486
PMCPMC7400450
OpenAlexW3043810330

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Registered trials

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