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ArticleEnvironmental health perspectives2021

Association of Sulfur, Transition Metals, and the Oxidative Potential of Outdoor

Scott Weichenthal, Eric Lavigne, Alison Traub, Dana Umbrio, Hongyu You, Krystal Pollitt, Tim Shin, Ryan Kulka, Dave M Stieb, Jill Korsiak and 5 more

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Article in Environmental health perspectives, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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26citing papers in PubMed
5.1field-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

26 citing papers in PubMed, 71 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

15 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Scott WeichenthalDepartment of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
Eric LavigneAir Health Science Division, Health Canada, Ottawa, Canada.
Alison TraubDepartment of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Dana UmbrioDepartment of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Hongyu YouAir Health Science Division, Health Canada, Ottawa, Canada.
Krystal PollittDepartment of Environmental Health Sciences, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Tim ShinAir Health Science Division, Health Canada, Ottawa, Canada.
Ryan KulkaAir Health Science Division, Health Canada, Ottawa, Canada.
Dave M StiebPopulation Studies Division, Health Canada, Ottawa, Canada.
Jill KorsiakDepartment of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
Barry JessimanAir Health Science Division, Health Canada, Ottawa, Canada.
Jeff R BrookDalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Marianne HatzopoulouDepartment of Civil and Mineral Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Greg EvansDepartment of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Richard T BurnettPopulation Studies Division, Health Canada, Ottawa, Canada.
Health Canada · CAUniversity of Toronto · CAMcGill University · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundWe do not currently understand how spatiotemporal variations in the composition of fine particulate air pollution [fine particulate matter with aerodynamic diameter

objectivesThe purpose of the study was to evaluate how

methodsWe conducted a national case-crossover study of outdoor

resultsAmong men, the magnitudes of observed associations were strongest when DISCUSSION: The

Indexed as

Air PollutantsAir PollutionCardiovascular DiseasesAdultCanadaCross-Over StudiesEnvironmental ExposureEnvironmental MonitoringFemaleHumansMaleOxidative StressParticulate MatterSulfurAir PollutantsParticulate MatterSulfur

Identifiers

PMID34644144
PMCPMC8513754
OpenAlexW3206405568

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Registered trials

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