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ReviewCureus2024

Arsenic in the Food Chain in Pakistan: Assessing Risks to Human Health and Ensuring Food Security Through Comprehensive Contamination Mitigation Strategies.

Syed Shameel Ahmed Quadri, Rabia Ali, Anderson Mesidor, Imam Ali Shah, Nimra Raqeeb, Muhammad Omer Afzal, Muhammad Rizwan, Tariq Rafique, Saba Nosheen

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Review in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It has been retracted, and should not be counted. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 21% 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

0 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Syed Shameel Ahmed QuadriPolitical Science, University of Karachi, Karachi, PAK.
Rabia AliGeneral Practice, SHED Foundation Hospital, Karachi, PAK.
Anderson MesidorMedical Education, Université d'État d'Haïti, Port-au-Prince, HTI.
Imam Ali ShahInternal Medicine, Chandka Medical College, Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Medical University, Larkana, PAK.
Nimra RaqeebZoology, Mirpur University of Science and Technology, Mirpur, PAK.
Muhammad Omer AfzalCenter for Agricultural Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, PAK.
Muhammad RizwanSchool of Energy Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, CHN.
Tariq RafiqueMedical Affairs, Dadabhoy Institute of Higher Education, Karachi, PAK.
Saba NosheenEditorial Board, Research Journal of Innovative Ideas and Thoughts, Faisalabad, PAK.
Civil Hospital Karachi · PKShaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Medical University · PKCentral South University · CNInnovative Scientific Information & Services Network · PKUniversity of Haiti · HT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Arsenic is a natural element found in the earth's crust and is extensively present in various environmental components. Anthropogenic activities and a few natural events have generated contaminants that have led to massive environmental pollution, one form of which is arsenic contamination. Arsenic enters the human food chain via contaminated crops, water, seafood, and dairy products. In Pakistan, the increasing concentration of arsenic in the water is causing major health problems. Due to the serious health risks posed by arsenic, it is crucial to design and implement strategies for reducing and preventing the bioaccumulation of arsenic and its entry into the human food chain. There is a need for an institutional framework for arsenic mitigation, accountability, and systemic checks and balances. Targeted short- and long-term policies are required for effective and sustainable management.

Indexed as

arsenicarsenic toxicitycancersenvironmental pollutionfood chainhealth riskshuman healthhyperkeratosisskin disorderssoil contamination

Identifiers

PMID38481885
PMCPMC10936544
OpenAlexW4391745418

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Registered trials

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