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ArticlePakistan journal of medical sciences2024

Effect of Air Pollutants Particulate Matter PM

Sultan Ayoub Meo, Mustafa A Salih, Joud Mohammed Alkhalifah, Abdulaziz Hassan Alsomali, Abdullah Abdulrahman Almushawah

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Article in Pakistan journal of medical sciences, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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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.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Sultan Ayoub MeoSultan Ayoub Meo Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Mustafa A SalihMustafa Abdalla Mohamed Salih Department of Paediatrics (Neurology Unit), College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Joud Mohammed AlkhalifahJoud Mohammed Alkhalifah College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Abdulaziz Hassan AlsomaliAbdulaziz Hassan Alsomali College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Abdullah Abdulrahman AlmushawahAbdullah Abdulrahman Almushawah College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the effect of Environmental Pollutants Particulate Matter PM Methods: This matched case-control cross-sectional study was conducted in the Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from August 2022 to July 2023. In this study, two schools were selected, one was located near a traffic-polluted area (School #1), and the second was located away from the traffic-polluted area (School #2). A total of 300 students were recruited, 150 (75 male and 75 female) students from the school located in a traffic-polluted area, and 150 students (75 male and 75 female) from the school located away from a traffic-polluted area. Environmental pollutants PM Results: The mean concentration of PM Conclusions: Environmental pollution can cause lung inflammation among students in schools located in traffic-polluted areas.

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Airway inflammationEnvironmental PollutionFeNOFractional Exhaled Nitric OxideSchools

Identifiers

PMID39281235
PMCPMC11395343

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