Response to letter to the editor regarding "association between exposure to air pollution and risk of allergic rhinitis: A systematic review and meta-analysis"

Xiaoli Duan; Sai Li

doi:10.1016/j.envres.2022.114539

Response to letter to the editor regarding "association between exposure to air pollution and risk of allergic rhinitis: A systematic review and meta-analysis"

Environ Res. 2023 Feb 1:218:114539. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.114539. Epub 2022 Nov 6.

Authors

Xiaoli Duan¹, Sai Li²

Affiliations

¹ School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China. Electronic address: jasmine@ustb.edu.cn.
² School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China.

PMID: 36351472
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.114539

Abstract

Dr. Heinrich and colleagues raise concerns about our systematic review and meta-analysis (Li et al., 2022) regarding the literature screening principles, outcome data collection, and the cohort studies included in the sub-group analysis. We appreciate Dr. Heinrich and colleagues' review and suggestions on our paper (Heinrich and Zhao, 2022). We considered these suggestions carefully and responded as follows.

Publication types

Meta-Analysis
Systematic Review
Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Air Pollution* / adverse effects
Cohort Studies
Humans
Lithium
Rhinitis, Allergic* / chemically induced
Rhinitis, Allergic* / epidemiology

Substances

Lithium