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most citedEvaluation of a meta-analysis of air quality and heart attacks, a case study

21 citations · 26 across the 12 of their papers we have counts for

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12 papers

stat.AP2023★ 1 cited

Statistical reliability of meta_analysis research claims for gas stove cooking_childhood respiratory health associations

Warren B. Kindzierski, S. Stanley Young, John D. Dunn

Odds ratios or p_values from individual observational studies can be combined to examine a common cause_effect research question in meta_analysis. However, reliability of individua…

q-bio.QM2023

Statistical reproducibility of meta-analysis research claims for medical mask use in community settings to prevent COVID infection

S. Stanley Young, Warren B. Kindzierski

The coronavirus pandemic (COVID) has been an exceptional test of current scientific evidence that inform and shape policy. Many US states, cities, and counties implemented public o…

q-bio.OT2022

Reproducibility of health claims in meta-analysis studies of COVID quarantine (stay-at-home) orders

S. Stanley Young, Warren B. Kindzierski

The coronavirus pandemic (COVID) has been an extraordinary test of modern government scientific procedures that inform and shape policy. Many governments implemented COVID quaranti…

stat.AP2021

Case Study: Evaluation of a meta-analysis of the association between soy protein and cardiovascular disease

S. Stanley Young, Warren B. Kindzierski, Douglas Hawkins +2

It is well-known that claims coming from observational studies most often fail to replicate. Experimental (randomized) trials, where conditions are under researcher control, have a…

stat.AP2021★ 1 cited

Evaluation of a meta-analysis of the association between red and processed meat and selected human health effects

S. Stanley Young, Warren Kindzierski

Background: Risk ratios or p-values from multiple, independent studies, observational or randomized, can be computationally combined to provide an overall assessment of a research…

stat.ME2021

Standard meta-analysis methods are not robust

S. Stanley Young, Warren B. Kindzierski

P values or risk ratios from multiple, independent studies, observational or randomized, can be computationally combined to provide an overall assessment of a research question in…

stat.AP2020

Particulate Matter Exposure and Lung Cancer: A Review of two Meta-Analysis Studies

S. Stanley Young, Warren Kindzierski

The current regulatory paradigm is that PM2.5, over time causes lung cancer. This claim is based on cohort studies and meta-analysis that use cohort studies as their base studies.…

stat.AP2020★ 2 cited

PM2.5 and all-cause mortality

S. Stanley Young, Warren Kindzierski

The US EPA and the WHO claim that PM2.5 is causal of all-cause deaths. Both support and fund research on air quality and health effects. WHO funded a massive systematic review and…

stat.AP2020

Reliability of meta-analysis of an association between ambient air quality and development of asthma later in life

S. Stanley Young, Kai-Chieh Cheng, Jin Hua Chen +2

Claims from observational studies often fail to replicate. A study was undertaken to assess the reliability of cohort studies used in a highly cited meta-analysis of the associatio…

stat.AP2020

Evaluation of a meta-analysis of ambient air quality as a risk factor for asthma exacerbation

Warren B. Kindzierski, S. Stanley Young, Terry G. Meyer +1

False-positive results and bias may be common features of the biomedical literature today, including risk factor-chronic disease research. A study was undertaken to assess the reli…

stat.AP2019★ 21 cited

Evaluation of a meta-analysis of air quality and heart attacks, a case study

S. Stanley Young, Warren B. Kindzierski

It is generally acknowledged that claims from observational studies often fail to replicate. An exploratory study was undertaken to assess the reliability of base studies used in m…

stat.AP2018★ 1 cited

Combined background information for meta-analysis evaluation

S. Stanley Young, Warren Kindzierski

Massive numbers of meta-analysis studies are being published. A Google Scholar search of "systematic review and meta-analysis" returns about 452k hits since 2014. The search was do…