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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022

What Is in the Salad?

Gerard Quarcoo, Lady A Boamah Adomako, Arpine Abrahamyan, Samuel Armoo, Augustina A Sylverken, Matthew Glover Addo, Sevak Alaverdyan, Nasreen S Jessani, Anthony D Harries, Hawa Ahmed and 7 more

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
14citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 27% 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

14 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

17 authors at 5 institutions in 6 countries.

Gerard QuarcooCouncil for Scientific and Industrial Research-Water Research Institute, Achimota P.O. Box AH 38, Ghana.ORCID 0000-0003-3743-020X
Lady A Boamah AdomakoCouncil for Scientific and Industrial Research-Water Research Institute, Achimota P.O. Box AH 38, Ghana.ORCID 0000-0002-9478-0057
Arpine AbrahamyanTuberculosis Research and Prevention Center, Yerevan 0014, Armenia.
Samuel ArmooCouncil for Scientific and Industrial Research-Water Research Institute, Achimota P.O. Box AH 38, Ghana.
Augustina A SylverkenDepartment of Theoretical and Applied Biology, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Private Mail Bag, University Post Office, KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana.ORCID 0000-0002-7691-914X
Matthew Glover AddoDepartment of Theoretical and Applied Biology, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Private Mail Bag, University Post Office, KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana.
Sevak AlaverdyanTuberculosis Research and Prevention Center, Yerevan 0014, Armenia.ORCID 0000-0003-1319-8004
Nasreen S JessaniCentre for Evidence-Based Health Care, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch 7602, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-1160-3099
Anthony D HarriesInternational Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 75001 Paris, France.ORCID 0000-0001-6113-9741
Hawa AhmedCouncil for Scientific and Industrial Research-Water Research Institute, Achimota P.O. Box AH 38, Ghana.ORCID 0000-0003-4790-152X
Regina A BanuCouncil for Scientific and Industrial Research-Water Research Institute, Achimota P.O. Box AH 38, Ghana.
Selorm BorborCouncil for Scientific and Industrial Research-Water Research Institute, Achimota P.O. Box AH 38, Ghana.
Mark O AkrongCouncil for Scientific and Industrial Research-Water Research Institute, Achimota P.O. Box AH 38, Ghana.
Nana A AmonooCouncil for Scientific and Industrial Research-Water Research Institute, Achimota P.O. Box AH 38, Ghana.ORCID 0000-0002-9102-8521
Emmanuel M O BekoeCouncil for Scientific and Industrial Research-Water Research Institute, Achimota P.O. Box AH 38, Ghana.ORCID 0000-0001-5113-4269
Mike Y Osei-AtweneboanaCouncil for Scientific and Industrial Research-Water Research Institute, Achimota P.O. Box AH 38, Ghana.ORCID 0000-0002-8541-5015
Rony ZachariahUnited Nations Children Fund, United Nations Development Programme, World Bank, World Health Organization, Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) WHO, 20, Avenue Appia, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-2915-9328
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research · GHKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology · GHJohns Hopkins University · USUniversity of London · GBWorld Health Organization · CH

Funding

UK Department of Health & Social Care 0000World Health Organization 001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionSafety of the environment in which vegetables are grown, marketed and consumed is paramount as most are eaten raw. Irrigation sources include open drains and streams, which are often contaminated with human and animal waste due to poor sanitation infrastructure. In irrigated vegetable farms using such sources in Ghana, we assessed

methodsA cross-sectional study was conducted between January-May 2022, involving five major vegetable farms in Ghana.

results

conclusionsLettuce was contaminated with

Indexed as

Escherichia coli InfectionsSaladsAnimalsAnti-Bacterial Agentsbeta-LactamasesCross-Sectional StudiesDrug Resistance, MicrobialEscherichia coliGhanaHumansLactucaVegetablesWaterAnti-Bacterial Agentsbeta-LactamasesWaterantimicrobial resistanceEscherichia coliextended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)Ghanalettuceone healthoperational researchresistant genesSORT ITWest Africa

Identifiers

PMID36232021
PMCPMC9565013
OpenAlexW4303696840

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Registered trials

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