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Neurodegenerative hospital admissions and long-term exposure to ambient fine particle air pollution
Edwin van Wijngaarden, David Q Rich, Wangjian Zhang, Sally W Thurston, Shao Lin, Daniel P Croft, Stefania Squizzato, Mauro Masiol et al.. Annals of epidemiology, 2020-09-30
Topic: Air pollution and environmental exposures
Increases in ambient PM2.5 concentrations were not consistently associated with increased hospital admissions rates. Increased source-specific PM2.5 concentrations were associated with both increased (e.g., secondary sulfates and diesel emissions) and decreased rates (e.g., secondary nitrate and spark-ignition vehicular emissions) of neurodegenerative admissions. We did not observe clear associations between overall ambient PM2.5 concentrations or source-apportioned ambient PM2.5 contributions and rates of neurologic disease hospitalizations.
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van Wijngaarden, E., Rich, D. Q., Zhang, W., Thurston, S. W., Lin, S., Croft, D. P., et al. (2021). Neurodegenerative hospital admissions and long-term exposure to ambient fine particle air pollution. Annals of epidemiology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annepidem.2020.09.012
Vancouver
van Wijngaarden E, Rich DQ, Zhang W, Thurston SW, Lin S, Croft DP, et al. Neurodegenerative hospital admissions and long-term exposure to ambient fine particle air pollution. Annals of epidemiology. 2021. doi:10.1016/j.annepidem.2020.09.012. PMID: 33010415.
BibTeX
@article{vanwijngaarden2021-33010415,
author = {van Wijngaarden, Edwin and Rich, David Q and Zhang, Wangjian and Thurston, Sally W and Lin, Shao and Croft, Daniel P and Squizzato, Stefania and Masiol, Mauro and others},
title = {{Neurodegenerative hospital admissions and long-term exposure to ambient fine particle air pollution}},
journal = {Annals of epidemiology},
year = {2021},
doi = {10.1016/j.annepidem.2020.09.012},
pmid = {33010415},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annepidem.2020.09.012}
}
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Key findings
- Increases in ambient PM2.5 concentrations were not consistently associated with increased hospital admissions rates.
- Increased source-specific PM2.5 concentrations were associated with both increased (e.g., secondary sulfates and diesel emissions) and decreased rates (e.g., secondary nitrate and spark-ignition vehicular emissions) of neurodegenerative admissions.
- We did not observe clear associations between overall ambient PM2.5 concentrations or source-apportioned ambient PM2.5 contributions and rates of neurologic disease hospitalizations.
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Study details
- Participants63,287
- Evidence strengthLow
How this study scored 54/100
Published in a peer-reviewed journal. Scored zero for study design, effect reported and randomized / blinded because the record does not state it. We have no data on journal's citation record, times cited, citations per year, impact for its field and year, cited by studies here, still being cited, senior author's track record, institution's track record, multicenter collaboration and free to read, so those were left out: it earned 30 of the 56 points we could judge it on, which is 54 out of 100.
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|---|---|---|
| Journal tier | 7 / 10 | Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (Annals of epidemiology) |
| Journal's citation record | — / 4 | No journal record from OpenAlex — left out of this score |
| Study design | 0 / 12 | No study design recorded — scores zero, not guessed (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Strength of evidence | 1 / 5 | Rated “low” in our summary |
| Peer-review validation | 10 / 10 | Peer-reviewed. Published as an article in a named peer-reviewed journal. |
| How recent | 3 / 5 | 2021 — within 6 year(s) of the newest study here |
| Sample size | 4 / 4 | 63,287 participants |
| Effect reported | 0 / 3 | No effect size reported — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Studied in people | 3 / 3 | Studied in people (participant count stated) |
| Randomized / blinded | 0 / 2 | No randomization or blinding stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Times cited | — / 7 | No citation count (not found in OpenAlex) — left out of this score |
| Citations per year | — / 5 | No citation count or no year — left out of this score |
| Impact for its field and year | — / 6 | No field-weighted citation impact (OpenAlex has none yet) — left out of this score |
| Cited by studies here | — / 6 | Not yet checked against this library's citation graph — left out of this score |
| Still being cited | — / 4 | No yearly citation counts — left out of this score |
| Senior author's track record | — / 4 | Senior author's record not available — left out of this score |
| Institution's track record | — / 3 | No institution listed in OpenAlex — left out of this score |
| Multicenter collaboration | — / 3 | Institutions not listed — left out of this score |
| Indexed in PubMed | 2 / 2 | Indexed in PubMed (PMID 33010415) |
| Free to read | — / 2 | Access not recorded — left out of this score |
| Points | 30 / 56 | Scored on 10 of 20 parts. We have no data for the rest, so they are left out: 30 of the 56 points we could judge it on is 54 out of 100. |
| Total | 54 / 100 | — |
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