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ArticleEuropean journal of pediatrics2024

Air pollution and bronchiolitis: a case-control study in Antwerp, Belgium.

Daan Van Brusselen, Katrien De Troeyer, Marinus Pieter van Vliet, Dirk Avonts, Benoit Nemery, Laurens Liesenborghs, Stijn Verhulst, Koen Van Herck, Dirk De Bacquer

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Article in European journal of pediatrics, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 23% 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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Air pollution and hospitalization risk in infants with bronchiolitis: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Pediatric allergy and immunology : official publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology · 2025
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  2. Prenatal PMRespirology (Carlton, Vic.) · 2026
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  5. Household cleaning product exposure and severe bronchiolitis in infancy: A case-control study.The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice · 2025
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  6. The association between PMAIMS public health · 2025
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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

9 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Daan Van BrusselenDepartment of Paediatric Infectiology, ZAS Hospitals, Antwerp, Belgium. daan.vanbrusselen@zas.be.
Katrien De TroeyerDepartment of Family Medicine and Population Health, Antwerp University, Antwerp, Belgium.
Marinus Pieter van VlietDepartment of Paediatrics, Antwerp University Hospital and Lab of Experimental Medicine and Paediatrics, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
Dirk AvontsDomus Medica, Chief Editor 'Huisarts Nu', Antwerp, Belgium.
Benoit NemeryDepartment of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Leuven, Louvain, Belgium.
Laurens LiesenborghsDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium.
Stijn VerhulstDepartment of Paediatrics, Antwerp University Hospital and Lab of Experimental Medicine and Paediatrics, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
Koen Van HerckBelgian Cancer Registry, Brussels, Belgium.
Dirk De BacquerDepartment of Public Health and Primary Care, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
Antwerp University Hospital · BEDomus Medica · BEGhent University · BEInstituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde · BEKU Leuven · BEUniversity of Antwerp · BE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This case-control study aimed to investigate the association between short-term (1 to 5 days) and medium-term (31 days) exposure to air pollutants (PM

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Air PollutionBronchiolitisEnvironmental ExposureParticulate MatterAir PollutantsBelgiumCase-Control StudiesFemaleHospitalizationHumansInfantInfant, NewbornLogistic ModelsMaleRisk FactorsAir PollutantsParticulate MatterAir pollutionBronchiolitisNitrogen dioxideParticulate MatterRespiratory Syncytial Virus

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PMID38470521
OpenAlexW4392714574

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