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ReviewAnnals of medicine2023

Climate change, air quality, and respiratory health: a focus on particle deposition in the lungs.

Jer-Hwa Chang, Yueh-Lun Lee, Li-Te Chang, Ta-Yuan Chang, Ta-Chih Hsiao, Kian Fan Chung, Kin Fai Ho, Han-Pin Kuo, Kang-Yun Lee, Kai-Jen Chuang and 1 more

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Review in Annals of medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
14citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.2field-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

14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Air pollution and heat wave seriously affect the quality of life of children with obstructive sleep apnea.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2026
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  13. Effects of extreme weather on health in underserved communities.Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology · 2024
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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

11 authors at 7 institutions in 3 countries.

Jer-Hwa ChangSchool of Respiratory Therapy, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Yueh-Lun LeeDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Li-Te ChangDepartment of Environmental Engineering and Science, Feng Chia University, Taichung, Taiwan.
Ta-Yuan ChangDepartment of Occupational Safety and Health, College of Public Health, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
Ta-Chih HsiaoGraduate Institute of Environmental Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Kian Fan ChungNational Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Kin Fai HoJC School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Han-Pin KuoDivision of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Kang-Yun LeeDivision of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Kai-Jen ChuangSchool of Public Health, College of Public Health, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Hsiao-Chi ChuangSchool of Respiratory Therapy, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Taipei Medical University · TWImperial College London · GBChina Medical University · TWChinese University of Hong Kong · CNFeng Chia University · TWNational Taiwan University · TWTaipei Medical University-Shuang Ho Hospital · TW

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This review article delves into the multifaceted relationship between climate change, air quality, and respiratory health, placing a special focus on the process of particle deposition in the lungs. We discuss the capability of climate change to intensify air pollution and alter particulate matter physicochemical properties such as size, dispersion, and chemical composition. These alterations play a significant role in influencing the deposition of particles in the lungs, leading to consequential respiratory health effects. The review paper provides a broad exploration of climate change's direct and indirect role in modifying particulate air pollution features and its interaction with other air pollutants, which may change the ability of particle deposition in the lungs. In conclusion, climate change may play an important role in regulating particle deposition in the lungs by changing physicochemistry of particulate air pollution, therefore, increasing the risk of respiratory disease development.

Indexed as

Air PollutantsAir PollutionClimate ChangeHumansLungAir PollutantsAir pollutionasthmachildrenCOPDextreme weathersecondary organic aerosol

Identifiers

PMID37801626
PMCPMC10561567
OpenAlexW4387396951

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Registered trials

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