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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020

Chemical Characterization and Seasonality of Ambient Particles (PM

Worku Tefera, Abera Kumie, Kiros Berhane, Frank Gilliland, Alexandra Lai, Piyaporn Sricharoenvech, Jonathan Samet, Jonathan Patz, James J Schauer

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In one paragraph

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 12 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 16% 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

12 citing papers in PubMed, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Spatiotemporal Variation of PMHealth services insights · 2026
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  4. Calibration of low-cost sensor data for ambient PMAtmospheric pollution research · 2025
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  9. Urban Air Pollution and Greenness in Relation to Public Health.Journal of environmental and public health · 2023
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  10. Personal Exposure to Fine Particles (PMInternational journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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  11. Source Apportionment of Fine Organic Particulate Matter (PMInternational journal of environmental research and public health · 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

9 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Worku TeferaSchool of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa 9086, Ethiopia.ORCID 0000-0001-7238-6836
Abera KumieSchool of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa 9086, Ethiopia.ORCID 0000-0002-6249-1322
Kiros BerhaneDepartment of Biostatistics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2303-8493
Frank GillilandKeck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA.
Alexandra LaiEnvironmental Chemistry and Technology Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3916-6529
Piyaporn SricharoenvechEnvironmental Chemistry and Technology Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0017-3871
Jonathan SametOffice of the Dean, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
Jonathan PatzGlobal Health Institute, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA.
James J SchauerEnvironmental Chemistry and Technology Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA.
University of Wisconsin–Madison · USAddis Ababa University · ETColorado School of Public Health · USColumbia University · USUniversity of Southern California · US

Funding

GEOHEALTH HUB FOR RESEARCH AND TRAINING IN EASTERN AFRICA - U.S.U2RTW010125 · FIC · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI Kiros T Berhane, Darby Jack · 2015 to 2026
$3.0M
Global Environmental and Occupational Health Research and Training for Eastern AfricaU01TW010094 · FIC · ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY · PI Kiros T Berhane, Darby Jack · 2015 to 2026
$2.6M
2/2 - Establishing a GEOHealth Hub Platform for East Africa - EthiopiaR24TW009552 · FIC · ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY · PI KUMIE, ABERA TAKELE · 2012 to 2014
$150k
1/2 - Establishing a GEOHealth Hub Platform for East Africa - USAR24TW009548 · FIC · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI BERHANE, KIROS T, SAMET, JONATHAN M · 2012 to 2014
$150k
FIC NIH HHS R24 TW009548FIC NIH HHS R24 TW009552FIC NIH HHS U01 TW010094FIC NIH HHS U2R TW010125
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ambient air pollution is a growing public health concern in major African cities, including Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), where little information is available on fine particulate matter (PM

Indexed as

Air PollutantsAir PollutionCitiesEnvironmental MonitoringEthiopiaParticulate MatterSeasonsVehicle EmissionsAir PollutantsParticulate MatterVehicle Emissionsdustelemental carbonfine particulate matterorganic carbonorganic matter

Identifiers

PMID32987918
PMCPMC7579520
OpenAlexW3089203595

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