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ArticleFrontiers in medicine2021

Effect of Chinese Herbal Medicines on Hearing Loss Risk in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients: Retrospective Claims Analysis.

Hsin-Hua Li, Hanoch Livneh, Wei-Jen Chen, Wen-Lin Fan, Ming-Chi Lu, How-Ran Guo, Tzung-Yi Tsai

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Article in Frontiers in medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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7citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 31% 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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Hsin-Hua LiDepartment of Chinese Medicine, Dalin Tzuchi Hospital, The Buddhist Tzuchi Medical Foundation, Chiayi, Taiwan.
Hanoch LivnehRehabilitation Counseling Program, Portland State University, Portland, OR, United States.
Wei-Jen ChenDepartment of Chinese Medicine, Dalin Tzuchi Hospital, The Buddhist Tzuchi Medical Foundation, Chiayi, Taiwan.
Wen-Lin FanEmergency Department, Dalin Tzuchi Hospital, The Buddhist Tzuchi Medical Foundation, Chiayi, Taiwan.
Ming-Chi LuDivision of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Dalin Tzuchi Hospital, The Buddhist Tzuchi Medical Foundation, Chiayi, Taiwan.
How-Ran GuoDepartment of Environmental and Occupational Health, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
Tzung-Yi TsaiDepartment of Environmental and Occupational Health, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital · TWNational Cheng Kung University · TWNational Cheng Kung University Hospital · TWNational Taiwan Sport University · TWPortland State University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

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Chinese herbal medicinescohort studyhearing lossrheumatoid arthritisrisk

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PMID34355003
PMCPMC8329330
OpenAlexW3184240470

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