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SynthesisEnvironmental research2021

Short-term exposure to nitrogen dioxide and mortality: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Mingrui Wang, Haomin Li, Shiwen Huang, Yaoyao Qian, Kyle Steenland, Yang Xie, Stefania Papatheodorou, Liuhua Shi

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Synthesis in Environmental research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
21citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
5.9field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

21 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 77 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

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Mingrui WangGangarosa Department of Environmental Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Haomin LiDepartment of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Shiwen HuangGangarosa Department of Environmental Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Yaoyao QianGangarosa Department of Environmental Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Kyle SteenlandGangarosa Department of Environmental Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Yang XieSchool of Economics and Management, Beihang University, Beijing, China.
Stefania PapatheodorouDepartment of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
Liuhua ShiGangarosa Department of Environmental Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA. Electronic address: liuhua.shi@emory.edu.
Emory University · USBeihang University · CNHarvard University · US

Funding

Pilot Project ProgramP30ES019776 · NIEHS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI Carmen Joseph Marsit · 2013 to 2026
$22.6M
NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES019776
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAmbient air pollution has been characterized as a leading cause of mortality worldwide and has been associated with cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. There is increasing evidence that short-term exposure to nitrogen dioxide (NO

methodsWe conducted a systematic review of short-term NO

resultsWe included 87 articles in our quantitative analysis. NO

conclusionsThis study provides evidence of an association between short-term exposure to NO

Indexed as

Air PollutantsAir PollutionEnvironmental ExposureNitrogen DioxideParticulate MatterAir PollutantsNitrogen DioxideParticulate MatterAir pollutionAll-cause mortalityCardiovascular mortalityMeta-analysisNitrogen dioxideRespiratory mortality

Identifiers

PMID34331919
PMCPMC8578359
OpenAlexW3185983407

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Registered trials

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