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ReviewPhilosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences2020

A chronology of global air quality.

David Fowler, Peter Brimblecombe, John Burrows, Mathew R Heal, Peringe Grennfelt, David S Stevenson, Alan Jowett, Eiko Nemitz, Mhairi Coyle, Xuejun Lui and 6 more

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Review in Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 48 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
48citing 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

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

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  19. Air pollution and myocardial infarction in Poland.The Lancet regional health. Europe · 2024
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  20. Is Pollution the Primary Driver of Infectious Syndemics?Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

David FowlerCentre for Ecology and Hydrology, Penicuik, UK.
Peter BrimblecombeSchool of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
John BurrowsFaculty of Physics and Electrical Engineering, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany.
Mathew R HealSchool of Chemistry, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Peringe GrennfeltIVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
David S StevensonSchool of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Alan JowettThe Boundary, Goodley Stock Road Crockham Hill, Kent, UK.
Eiko NemitzCentre for Ecology and Hydrology, Penicuik, UK.
Mhairi CoyleCentre for Ecology and Hydrology, Penicuik, UK.
Xuejun LuiEnvironmental Science and Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
Yunhua ChangNanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China.
Gary W FullerImperial College London, London, UK.
Mark A SuttonCentre for Ecology and Hydrology, Penicuik, UK.
Zbigniew KlimontInternational Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria.
Mike H UnsworthOregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA.
Massimo VienoCentre for Ecology and Hydrology, Penicuik, UK.

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/S019669/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Air pollution has been recognized as a threat to human health since the time of Hippocrates,

Indexed as

Air PollutionAcid RainAir PollutantsCitiesEcosystemEnvironmental MonitoringEutrophicationGlobal HealthHistory, 17th CenturyHistory, 18th CenturyHistory, 19th CenturyHistory, 20th CenturyHistory, 21st CenturyHistory, AncientHistory, MedievalHumansAcid RainAir PollutantsOzoneParticulate Matteracid rainair qualityeutrophicationozone

Identifiers

PMID32981430
PMCPMC7536029

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