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ArticleRespiratory physiology & neurobiology2020

Altitude and excess mortality during COVID-19 pandemic in Peru.

Andres Quevedo-Ramirez, Ali Al-Kassab-Córdova, Carolina Mendez-Guerra, Gonzalo Cornejo-Venegas, Kenedy P Alva-Chavez

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Article in Respiratory physiology & neurobiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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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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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

18 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Health Benefits of Residence at Moderate Altitude Do Not Reduce COVID-19 Mortality.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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  8. Living at High Altitude and COVID-19 Mortality in Peru.High altitude medicine & biology · 2022
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  12. Altitude and SARS-CoV-2 Infection in the First Pandemic Wave in Spain.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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  14. The Effects of Air Pollution, Sea Exposure and Altitude on COVID-19 Hospitalization Rates in Italy.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Andres Quevedo-RamirezEscuela de Medicina, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, Lima, Peru. Electronic address: andresq.231@gmail.com.
Ali Al-Kassab-CórdovaEscuela de Medicina, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, Lima, Peru.
Carolina Mendez-GuerraEscuela de Medicina, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, Lima, Peru.
Gonzalo Cornejo-VenegasEscuela de Medicina, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, Lima, Peru.
Kenedy P Alva-ChavezUniversidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

AltitudeCoronavirus InfectionsPandemicsPneumonia, ViralBetacoronavirusCOVID-19HumansPeruSARS-CoV-2

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PMID32739459
PMCPMC7392881

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