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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021

Ascertainment Bias in a Historic Cohort Study of Residents in an Asbestos Manufacturing Community.

Jeremy D Wortzel, Douglas J Wiebe, Shabnam Elahi, Atu Agawu, Frances K Barg, Edward A Emmett

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 12% 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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Asbestos in High-Risk Communities: Public Health Implications.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

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Jeremy D WortzelPerelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Douglas J WiebePerelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Shabnam ElahiSchool of Medicine, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20007, USA.
Atu AgawuPerelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Frances K BargPerelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3328-1980
Edward A EmmettPerelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
University of Pennsylvania · USChildren's Hospital of Philadelphia · USGeorgetown University · US

Funding

Translational Research Support CoreP30ES013508 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI Rebecca A Simmons · 2006 to 2026
$35.3M
Environmental Science Project 3 - Social Determinants of Risk and Attitudes AboutP42ES023720 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI BLAIR, IAN ALEXANDER · 2014 to 2018
$11.3M
NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES013508NIH HHS P30 ES013508NIH HHS P42 ES023720
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This paper describes follow-up for a cohort of 4530 residents living in the asbestos manufacturing community of Ambler, PA, U.S. in 1930. Using re-identified census data, cause and date of death data obtained from the genealogic website Ancestry.com, along with geospatial analysis, we explored relationships among demographic characteristics, occupational, paraoccupational and environmental asbestos exposures. We identified death data for 2430/4530 individuals. Exposure differed significantly according to race, gender, age, and recency of immigration to the U.S. Notably, there was a significant difference in the availability of year of death information for non-white vs. white individuals (odds ratio (OR) = 0.62

Indexed as

AsbestosLung NeoplasmsMesotheliomaOccupational ExposureAdultAgedCohort StudiesEnvironmental ExposureFemaleHumansMiddle AgedYoung AdultAsbestosasbestosasbestos related diseasesascertainment biashealth disparitieshistoric cohort

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PMID33668103
PMCPMC7956794
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