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| Title |
Public practice regarding disposal of unused medicines in Ireland
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Science of the Total Environment, February 2014
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| DOI | 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.01.085 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Akke Vellinga, Sarah Cormican, Jacqueline Driscoll, Michelle Furey, Mai O'Sullivan, Martin Cormican |
| Abstract |
Over recent years, a global increase in the use of pharmaceutical products has been observed. EU directives state that "Member states shall ensure that appropriate collection systems are in place for medicinal products that are unused or have expired" (Directive 2001/83/EC and Directive 2004/27/EC). |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 4 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 2 | 50% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 25% |
| Unknown | 1 | 25% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 75% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 25% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 180 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 179 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 28 | 16% |
| Researcher | 16 | 9% |
| Student > Bachelor | 16 | 9% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 14 | 8% |
| Lecturer | 11 | 6% |
| Other | 35 | 19% |
| Unknown | 60 | 33% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 35 | 19% |
| Environmental Science | 17 | 9% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 14 | 8% |
| Chemistry | 10 | 6% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 7 | 4% |
| Other | 30 | 17% |
| Unknown | 67 | 37% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 08 December 2023.
All research outputs
#6,313,804
of 25,374,647 outputs
Outputs from Science of the Total Environment
#7,914
of 29,625 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#69,954
of 329,388 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Science of the Total Environment
#20
of 128 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 25,374,647 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done well and is in the 75th percentile: it's in the top 25% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 29,625 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 10.6. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 73% of its peers.
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We're also able to compare this research output to 128 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has done well, scoring higher than 83% of its contemporaries.