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ArticleJournal of toxicologic pathology2020

Toxicity of humidifier disinfectant polyhexamethylene guanidine hydrochloride by two-week whole body-inhalation exposure in rats.

Yong-Hoon Lee, Dong-Seok Seo

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Article in Journal of toxicologic pathology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 29% 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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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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 1 institution in 1 country.

Yong-Hoon LeeInhalation Toxicity Research Center, Chemicals Research Bureau, Occupational Safety and Health Research Institute, Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency, 339-30 Expo-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-380, Republic of Korea.
Dong-Seok SeoInhalation Toxicity Research Center, Chemicals Research Bureau, Occupational Safety and Health Research Institute, Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency, 339-30 Expo-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-380, Republic of Korea.
Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency · KR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The use of polyhexamethylene guanidine hydrochloride (PHMG·HCl) as a humidifier disinfectant caused an outbreak of pulmonary disease, leading to the deaths of pregnant women and children in South Korea. However, limited information is available on the inhalation toxicity of PHMG·HCl. Therefore, this study aimed to characterize the subacute inhalation toxicity of PHMG·HCl by whole-body exposure in rats. F344 rats were exposed to 0 mg/m

Indexed as

humidifier disinfectantspolyhexamethylene guanidine hydrochloride (PHMG·HCl)subacute inhalation toxicity

Identifiers

PMID33239844
PMCPMC7677626
OpenAlexW3048005024

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