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ArticleEnvironment international2024

Long-term exposure to ambient fine particulate matter and risk of liver cancer in the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study.

Xiuqi Ma, Jared A Fisher, Katherine A McGlynn, Linda M Liao, Vasilis Vasiliou, Ning Sun, Joel D Kaufman, Debra T Silverman, Rena R Jones

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Article in Environment international, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 12% 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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Impact of Pollution on Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis with Focus on Air Pollution.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Xiuqi MaDivision of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD, USA; Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, USA.
Jared A FisherDivision of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD, USA.
Katherine A McGlynnDivision of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD, USA.
Linda M LiaoDivision of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD, USA.
Vasilis VasiliouDepartment of Environmental Health Sciences, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, USA.
Ning SunDepartment of Biostatistics, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, USA.
Joel D KaufmanDepartment of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Debra T SilvermanDivision of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD, USA.
Rena R JonesDivision of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD, USA; Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, USA. Electronic address: rena.jones@nih.gov.
National Cancer Institute · USUniversity of Washington · USYale Cancer Center · USYale University · US

Funding

XENOBIOTIC BIOTRANSFORMATION AND DISPOSITIONP30ES007033 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI Nicole Ann Errett · 1995 to 2026
$42.5M
Cancer Risk and Environmental ExposuresZIACP010125 · NCI · DIVISION OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY AND GENETICS · PI PURDUE, MARK · 2009 to 2025
$41.3M
Air Pollutants and Cardiovascular Risk: Investigating Thresholds with Pooled Cohorts and Electronic Health RecordsR01ES027696 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI KAUFMAN, JOEL DANIEL, VAN DEN EEDEN, STEPHEN K. · 2017 to 2020
$2.5M
Air Pollution, Heart Failure and Atrial Fibrillation in MESAR56ES026528 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI KAUFMAN, JOEL DANIEL · 2017 to 2017
$601k
INVESTIGATIONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURES AND CANCERZ01CP010125 · NCI · DIVISION OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY AND GENETICS · PI CANTOR, KENNETH · 1996 to 2008
$108k
Intramural NIH HHS Z01 CP010125Intramural NIH HHS Z99 CA999999NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES007033NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES027696NIEHS NIH HHS R56 ES026528
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundFine particulate matter (PM

methodsWe used spatiotemporal prediction models to estimate annual average historical PM

resultsWe observed a non-significantly increased risk of liver cancer associated with estimated PM

conclusionsOur findings in this large cohort suggest that residential ambient PM

Indexed as

Air PollutantsEnvironmental ExposureLiver NeoplasmsParticulate MatterAgedAir PollutionCohort StudiesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedRisk FactorsUnited StatesAir PollutantsParticulate MatterAir pollutionHepatocellular carcinomaLiver cancerParticulate matterPM(2.5)

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PMID38636274
PMCPMC11286199
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