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SynthesisEnvironmental science and pollution research international2021

Association between particulate matter air pollution and risk of depression and suicide: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Qisijing Liu, Wanzhou Wang, Xuelin Gu, Furong Deng, Xueqin Wang, Hualiang Lin, Xinbiao Guo, Shaowei Wu

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Synthesis in Environmental science and pollution research international, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
37citing papers in PubMed, 6 pooled it
9.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

37 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 128 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Suicide and Associations with Air Pollution and Ambient Temperature: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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  6. Are we Using the Right Evidence to Inform Suicide Prevention in Low- and Middle-Income Countries? An Umbrella Review.Archives of suicide research : official journal of the International Academy for Suicide Research
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  10. Air pollution and depression symptoms in middle-aged and older adults in Los Angeles County.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2025
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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

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Qisijing Liu *Department of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Peking University, 38 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing, China.
Wanzhou Wang *Department of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Peking University, 38 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing, China.
Xuelin Gu *Department of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Peking University, 38 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing, China.
Furong DengDepartment of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Peking University, 38 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing, China.
Xueqin WangPeking University Sixth Hospital, Peking University Institute of Mental Health, Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Ministry of Health (Peking University), National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders (Peking University Sixth Hospital), Beijing, China.
Hualiang LinDepartment of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Xinbiao GuoDepartment of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Peking University, 38 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing, China.
Shaowei WuDepartment of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Peking University, 38 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing, China. shaowei_wu@bjmu.edu.cn.
Peking University · CNPeking University Sixth Hospital · CNSun Yat-sen University · CN

Funding

National Key Research and Development Program of China 2017YFC0211600, 2017YFC0211601
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An increasing number of studies examined the potential effects of ambient particulate matter (PM: PM

Indexed as

Air PollutantsAir PollutionSuicideDepressionEnvironmental ExposureHumansParticulate MatterAir PollutantsParticulate MatterDepressionMeta-analysisParticulate matterSuicide

Identifiers

PMID33481201
OpenAlexW3122822033

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