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ArticleEnvironmental research2020

Short-term exposure to ambient air quality of the most polluted Indian cities due to lockdown amid SARS-CoV-2.

Susanta Mahato, Krishna Gopal Ghosh

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Article in Environmental research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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21citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.8field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
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

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

21 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 72 citations in OpenAlex.

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  16. Impact of COVID-19 lockdown on the fine particulate matter concentration levels: Results from Bengaluru megacity, India.Advances in space research : the official journal of the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) · 2021
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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

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Susanta MahatoDepartment of Geography, University of Gour Banga, Malda, West Bengal, India. Electronic address: mahatosusanta2011@gmail.com.
Krishna Gopal GhoshDepartment of Geography, Presidency University, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Electronic address: krishna.geog@presiuniv.ac.in.
Presidency University · INUniversity of Gour Banga · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Air pollution has happened to be one of the mounting alarms to be concerned with in many Indian cities. COVID-19 epidemic endow with a unique opportunity to report the degree of air quality improvement due to the nationwide lockdown in 10 most polluted cities across the country. National Air Quality Index (NAQI) based on continuous monitoring records of seven criteria pollutants (i.e. common air pollutants with known health impacts e.g. PM

Indexed as

Air PollutionBetacoronavirusCoronavirus InfectionsPandemicsPneumonia, ViralCitiesCOVID-19Environmental MonitoringHumansIndiaSARS-CoV-2Aerosol optical depth (AOD)Criterion pollutantsLockdownMost polluted citiesNational air quality index (NAQI)SARS-CoV-2

Identifiers

PMID32798952
PMCPMC7330599
OpenAlexW3038307101

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