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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020

Racial Differences in the Biochemical Effects of Stress in Pregnancy.

Paris Ekeke, Dara D Mendez, Toby D Yanowitz, Janet M Catov

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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 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
4.6field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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  16. More Than Shelter: Housing for Urban Maternal and Infant Health.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Paris EkekeDepartment of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health and Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, UPMC Magee Women's Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
Dara D MendezDepartment of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA.
Toby D YanowitzDivision of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, UPMC Magee Women's Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
Janet M CatovDepartment of Obstetrics, Gynecology, & Reproductive Services, UPMC Magee Women's Hospital and Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA.
University of Pittsburgh · USMagee-Womens Hospital · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Prenatal stress has been linked to preterm birth via inflammatory dysregulation. We conducted a cross-sectional study on female participants who delivered live, singleton infants at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Magee Women's Hospital. Participants (

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RacismResidence CharacteristicsAdultBlack PeopleCross-Sectional StudiesCytokinesFemaleHealth Status DisparitiesHumansInfant, NewbornInterleukin-6Interleukin-8PregnancyPregnancy ComplicationsPremature BirthQuality of LifeCytokinesInterleukin-6Interleukin-8cytokinesdisparityinflammationracetoxic stress

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PMID32977397
PMCPMC7579659
OpenAlexW3087853251

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