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ArticleNature communications2023

Reversal of trends in global fine particulate matter air pollution.

Chi Li, Aaron van Donkelaar, Melanie S Hammer, Erin E McDuffie, Richard T Burnett, Joseph V Spadaro, Deepangsu Chatterjee, Aaron J Cohen, Joshua S Apte, Veronica A Southerland and 3 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
38citing papers in PubMed
21.1field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

38 citing papers in PubMed, 134 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

13 authors at 8 institutions in 5 countries.

Chi LiDepartment of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA. chili@wustl.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8992-7026
Aaron van DonkelaarDepartment of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2998-8521
Melanie S HammerDepartment of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8443-7979
Erin E McDuffieDepartment of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6845-6077
Richard T BurnettInstitute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Joseph V SpadaroSpadaro Environmental Research Consultants (SERC), Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Deepangsu ChatterjeeDepartment of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Aaron J CohenInstitute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5847-6202
Joshua S ApteDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2796-3478
Veronica A SoutherlandMilken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA.
Susan C AnenbergMilken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9668-603X
Michael BrauerInstitute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9103-9343
Randall V MartinDepartment of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2632-8402
Washington University in St. Louis · USMilken Institute · USBerkeley Public Health Division · USEnvironmental Protection Agency · USHealth Canada · CAHealth Effects Institute · USUniversity of British Columbia · CAWorld Health Organization - Pakistan · PK

Funding

World Health Organization 001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ambient fine particulate matter (PM

Indexed as

Air PollutionAfricaEnvironmental PollutionParticulate MatterParticulate Matter

Identifiers

PMID37660164
PMCPMC10475088
OpenAlexW4386390424

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