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ArticleEnvironmental research2022

Temperature, humidity and outdoor air quality indicators influence COVID-19 spread rate and mortality in major cities of Saudi Arabia.

Iqbal M I Ismail, Muhammad Imtiaz Rashid, Nadeem Ali, Bothinah Abdullah Saeed Altaf, Muhammad Munir

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Article in Environmental research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16citing papers in PubMed
3.4field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 43 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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Iqbal M I IsmailCentre of Excellence in Environmental Studies, King Abdulaziz University, P.O Box 80216, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia; Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, P. O. Box 80203, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia.
Muhammad Imtiaz RashidCentre of Excellence in Environmental Studies, King Abdulaziz University, P.O Box 80216, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia. Electronic address: mimurad@kau.edu.sa.
Nadeem AliCentre of Excellence in Environmental Studies, King Abdulaziz University, P.O Box 80216, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia.
Bothinah Abdullah Saeed AltafDepartment of Statistics, Faculty of Science, Female Campus, King Abdulaziz University, P. O. Box 80203, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia.
Muhammad MunirDivision of Biomedical and Life Sciences, Lancaster University, United Kingdom.
King Abdulaziz University · SALancaster University · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There is an increasing evidence that meteorological (temperature, relative humidity, dew) and air quality indicators (PM

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Air PollutantsAir PollutionCOVID-19CitiesHumansHumidityQuality Indicators, Health CareSARS-CoV-2Saudi ArabiaTemperatureAir PollutantsAir pollutionArid tropical and subtropical desert climateCOVID-19Generalized additive modelGulf

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PMID34562487
PMCPMC8457907
OpenAlexW3199263027

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