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SynthesisEnvironmental health : a global access science source2024

Quantifying the association between PM

Naomi C Alter, Ella M Whitman, David C Bellinger, Philip J Landrigan

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Synthesis in Environmental health : a global access science source, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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17citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

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

17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  13. Estimating PMScientific reports · 2025
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  16. Association between PMEnvironmental epidemiology (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2025
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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

4 authors.

Naomi C AlterBoston College Global Observatory on Planetary Health, Boston, MA, USA.
Ella M WhitmanBoston College Global Observatory on Planetary Health, Boston, MA, USA. whitmane@bc.edu.
David C BellingerDepartment of Neurology, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Philip J LandriganBoston College Global Observatory on Planetary Health, Boston, MA, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundA growing body of epidemiologic and toxicologic literature indicates that fine airborne particulate matter (PM

objectiveTo quantify the association between ambient PM

methodsFollowing PRISMA guidelines, we conducted a systematic literature search across seven databases: Agricultural and Environmental Science, BIOSIS Citation Index, Embase, GreenFILE, PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science to identify original scientific studies that investigated the impact of PM

findingsOf the 1,107 unique publications identified, six studies met the inclusion criteria for final review, representing 4,860 children across three continents (North America, Europe, and Asia). The mean PM

conclusionThrough a systematic review and meta-analysis, we identified a statistically significant relationship between increased exposure to PM

Indexed as

Air PollutantsAir PollutionEnvironmental ExposureIntelligenceParticulate MatterChildChild, PreschoolHumansIntelligence TestsAir PollutantsParticulate MatterAmbient air pollutionBurden of diseaseChildren’s environmental healthCognitive functionIQPM2.5

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PMID39551729
PMCPMC11572473

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