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ArticleEnvironmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987)2022

Impacts of emergency health protection measures upon air quality, traffic and public health: evidence from Oxford, UK.

Ajit Singh, Suzanne E Bartington, Congbo Song, Omid Ghaffarpasand, Martin Kraftl, Zongbo Shi, Francis D Pope, Brian Stacey, James Hall, G Neil Thomas and 2 more

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Article in Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987), 2022. 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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0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 18% 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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 21 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

12 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Ajit SinghSchool of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston Park Road, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK; Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston Park Road, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK. Electronic address: a.singh.2@bham.ac.uk.
Suzanne E BartingtonInstitute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston Park Road, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK.
Congbo SongSchool of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston Park Road, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK.
Omid GhaffarpasandSchool of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston Park Road, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK.
Martin KraftlOxfordshire County Council, County Hall, New Road, Oxford, OX1 1ND, UK.
Zongbo ShiSchool of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston Park Road, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK.
Francis D PopeSchool of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston Park Road, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK.
Brian StaceyRicardo Energy & Environment, Gemini Building, Fermi Avenue, Harwell, Oxfordshire, OX11 0QR, UK.
James HallHealth Economics Unit, Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston Park Road, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK.
G Neil ThomasInstitute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston Park Road, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK.
William J BlossSchool of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston Park Road, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK.
Felix C P LeachDepartment of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PJ, UK.
University of Birmingham · GBRicardo (United Kingdom) · GBUniversity of Oxford · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Emergency responses to the COVID-19 pandemic led to major changes in travel behaviours and economic activities in 2020. Machine learning provides a reliable approach for assessing the contribution of these changes to air quality. This study investigates impacts of health protection measures upon air pollution and traffic emissions and estimates health and economic impacts arising from these changes during two national 'lockdown' periods in Oxford, UK. Air quality improvements were most marked during the first lockdown with reductions in observed NO

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Air PollutantsAir PollutionCOVID-19Communicable Disease ControlEnvironmental MonitoringHumansPandemicsParticulate MatterPublic HealthSARS-CoV-2United KingdomAir PollutantsParticulate MatterAir qualityCOVID-19DeweatheredMeteorologyOxford cityVehicle emissions

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PMID34843856
PMCPMC8624331
OpenAlexW3215815178

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