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ArticleScientific reports2024

Unveiling the health consequences of air pollution in the world's most polluted nations.

Mohammad Naim Azimi, Mohammad Mafizur Rahman

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Article in Scientific reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
15citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
11.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

15 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Genetic susceptibility to respiratory health effects from outdoor air pollution: a structured narrative review.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2026
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  11. Spatiotemporal Variation of PMHealth services insights · 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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mohammad Naim AzimiSchool of Business, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, QLD, 4350, Australia. naeem.azimi@gmail.com.
Mohammad Mafizur RahmanSchool of Business, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, QLD, 4350, Australia.
University of Southern Queensland · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Air pollution poses a persuasive threat to global health, demonstrating widespread detrimental effects on populations worldwide. Exposure to pollutants, notably particulate matter with a diameter of 2.5 µm (PM

Indexed as

Air PollutionGlobal HealthInfant MortalityLife ExpectancyParticulate MatterAir PollutantsEnvironmental ExposureHumansInfantAir PollutantsParticulate MatterAir pollutionInfant mortality ratesInstitutional qualityLife expectancyPM2.5

Identifiers

PMID38684837
PMCPMC11058277
OpenAlexW4396214309

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Registered trials

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