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ArticleGeoHealth2021

Spatial Distribution of PM

Sheng Zheng, Uwe Schlink, Kin-Fai Ho, Ramesh P Singh, Andrea Pozzer

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Article in GeoHealth, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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

10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 39 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  3. Premature mortality from respiratory disease attributable to PMInternational journal of occupational medicine and environmental health · 2026
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  4. The recent and future PMNPJ clean air · 2025
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  7. Sources of PMGeoHealth · 2023
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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

5 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

Sheng ZhengDepartment of Land Management Zhejiang University Hangzhou China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7092-1575
Uwe SchlinkDepartment of Urban and Environmental Sociology Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ Leipzig Germany.
Kin-Fai HoThe Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care The Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7464-3437
Ramesh P SinghSchool of Life and Environmental Sciences Schmid College of Science and Technology, Chapman University, One University Drive Orange CA USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6649-7767
Andrea PozzerAtmospheric Chemistry Department Max Planck Institute for Chemistry Mainz Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2440-6104
Chapman University · USChinese University of Hong Kong · HKHelmholtz Centre for Environmental Research · DEMax Planck Institute for Chemistry · DENanjing University of Information Science and Technology · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PM

Indexed as

ChinaPM2.5premature mortalityspatial distribution

Identifiers

PMID34926970
PMCPMC8647684
OpenAlexW3216195501

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Registered trials

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