Playing mercurial games at PubMed?

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From: binstock <binstock@...>

When is a search not a search?

When mercury's involved?

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Despite having " mercury " and " autism " in the title and despite being

findable via a search for Palmer RF, their most recent study (1) did

not come forth via the following PubMed search:

autis*[ti] AND (mercury OR thimerosal OR ethylmercury) AND (2009[dp]

OR 2008[dp] OR 2007[dp] OR 2006[dp])

Are PubMed's controllers minimizing hits for cite-1?

1: Health Place. 2009 Mar;15(1):18-24. Epub 2008 Feb 12.

Proximity to point sources of environmental mercury release as a

predictor of autism prevalence.

<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed & Cmd=Search & Term=%22Palmer%20\

RF%22%5BAuthor%5D & itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_\

DiscoveryPanel.Pubmed_RVAbstractPlus>Palmer

RF,

<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed & Cmd=Search & Term=%22Blanchard\

%20S%22%5BAuthor%5D & itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubme\

d_DiscoveryPanel.Pubmed_RVAbstractPlus>Blanchard

S,

<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed & Cmd=Search & Term=%22Wood%20R%\

22%5BAuthor%5D & itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_Dis\

coveryPanel.Pubmed_RVAbstractPlus>Wood

R.

University of Texas Health Science Center, San Department of

Family and Community Medicine, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San

Texas, Mail Code 7794, TX 78229-3900, USA.

The objective of this study was to determine if proximity to sources

of mercury pollution in 1998 were related to autism prevalence in

2002. Autism count data from the Texas Educational Agency and

environmental mercury release data from the Environmental Protection

Agency were used. We found that for every 1000 pounds of industrial

release, there was a corresponding 2.6% increase in autism rates

(p<.05) and a 3.7% increase associated with power plant

emissions(P<.05). Distances to these sources were independent

predictors after adjustment for relevant covariates. For every 10

miles from industrial or power plant sources, there was an associated

decreased autism Incident Risk of 2.0% and 1.4%, respectively

(p<.05). While design limitations preclude interpretation of

individual risk, further investigations of environmental risks to

child development issues are warranted.

PMID: 18353703

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