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ArticleJournal of hazardous materials2024

Hidden danger: The long-term effect of ultrafine particles on mortality and its sociodemographic disparities in New York State.

Quan Qi, Fangqun Yu, Arshad A Nair, Sam S S Lau, Gan Luo, Imran Mithu, Wangjian Zhang, Sean Li, Shao Lin

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In one paragraph

Article in Journal of hazardous materials, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.4field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

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

  1. Systematic review and meta-analysis on the health effects of long-term exposure to ultrafine particles.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2026
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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 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Quan QiDepartment of Economics, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY, USA.
Fangqun YuAtmospheric Sciences Research Center, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY, USA.
Arshad A NairAtmospheric Sciences Research Center, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY, USA.
Sam S S LauResearch Centre for Environment and Human Health & College of International Education, School of Continuing Education, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China; Institute of Bioresource and Agriculture, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China.
Gan LuoAtmospheric Sciences Research Center, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY, USA.
Imran MithuCommunity, Environment and Policy Division, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
Wangjian ZhangDepartment of Medical Statistics, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Sean LiRausser College of Natural Resources, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Shao LinDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University at Albany, State University of New York, Rensselaer, NY, USA; Department of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University at Albany, State University of New York, Rensselaer, NY, USA. Electronic address: slin@albany.edu.
University at Albany, State University of New York · USHong Kong Baptist University · HKSun Yat-sen University · CNUniversity of Arizona · USUniversity of California, Berkeley · US

Funding

Weather extremes, natural disasters, and health outcomes among vulnerable older adults: New improvements on exposure assessment, disparity identification, and risk communication strategiesR01AG070949 · NIA · STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT ALBANY · PI LIN, SHAO · 2022 to 2025
$1.6M
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG070949
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although previous studies have shown increased health risks of particulate matters, few have evaluated the long-term health impacts of ultrafine particles (UFPs or PM

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Air PollutantsParticulate MatterAdolescentAdultAgedCardiovascular DiseasesChildChild, PreschoolEnvironmental ExposureFemaleHumansInfantInfant, NewbornMaleMiddle AgedMortalityAir PollutantsParticulate MatterDemographic disparityDifference-in-differenceLong-term effectTotal non-accidental and cause-specific mortalityUltrafine particles

Identifiers

PMID38636229
PMCPMC12207745
OpenAlexW4394812874

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.