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ReviewToxics2025

Do We Need Titanium Dioxide (TiO

Stijn Everaert, Lode Godderis, Jean-Marie Raquez, Greet Schoeters, Pieter Spanoghe, Jonas Moens, Luc Hens, Olivier Michel, Dirk Adang, Norbert Fraeyman

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Review in Toxics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Article
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

10 authors.

Stijn EveraertChemical Environmental Factors Group, Superior Health Council, 1210 Brussels, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-9551-9275
Lode GodderisCenter for Environment and Health, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-4764-8835
Jean-Marie RaquezPolymer and Composite Materials Department, University of Mons, 7000 Mons, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-1940-7129
Greet SchoetersDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, University of Antwerp, 2610 Antwerp, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-6556-4814
Pieter SpanogheDepartment of Plants and Crops, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-8158-4401
Jonas MoensBelgian Poison Centre, 1120 Brussels, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-9731-5046
Luc HensVlaamse Instelling voor Technologisch Onderzoek, 2400 Mol, Belgium.
Olivier MichelFaculté de Médecine, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 1070 Brussels, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-1528-1277
Dirk AdangFaculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Hasselt University, 3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium.
Norbert FraeymanEnvironmental Department, Ghent University Hospital, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-5930-1682

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The use of face masks has proven to be an effective preventive measure during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, concerns have emerged regarding the safety of metal (nano)particles incorporated into face masks for antimicrobial purposes. Specifically, this review examines the risks associated with TiO

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face maskshuman healthinhalation exposurenanoparticlesTiO2

Identifiers

PMID40278560
PMCPMC12030963

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