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ArticleCNS neuroscience & therapeutics2025

Broad Evidence Triangulation Should Be Established for a Valid and Robust Causal Relation Between Air Pollution and Health Outcome.

Tongyu Gao, Hao Zhang, Yu Yan, Yuxin Liu, Zhou Jiang, Ping Zeng

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Article in CNS neuroscience & therapeutics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Tongyu GaoDepartment of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China.
Hao ZhangDepartment of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China.
Yu YanDepartment of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China.
Yuxin LiuDepartment of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China.
Zhou JiangDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Ping ZengDepartment of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2710-3440

Funding

Training Project for Youth Teams of Science and Technology Innovation at Xuzhou Medical University TD202008
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This letter aims to provide valuable insights into broader evidence triangulation (i.e., a well-designed primary association analysis followed by elaborate approaches to control residual confounding effects from various design and modeling perspectives) for clarifying the association between air pollutants and health outcomes. It also highlights the importance of selecting appropriate instrumental variable for instrument-based causal modeling, emphasizing that all causal questions can be effectively addressed within the Mendelian randomization framework.

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Air PollutionAir PollutantsCausalityEnvironmental ExposureHumansMendelian Randomization AnalysisAir Pollutants

Identifiers

PMID39749626
PMCPMC11696255

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