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A comparison of temporal trends in United States autism prevalence to trends in suspected environmental factors

Overview of attention for article published in Environmental Health, September 2014
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (99th percentile)
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6 news outlets
blogs
5 blogs
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169 X users
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42 Facebook pages
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3 Google+ users
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3 Redditors

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Title
A comparison of temporal trends in United States autism prevalence to trends in suspected environmental factors
Published in
Environmental Health, September 2014
DOI 10.1186/1476-069x-13-73
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Authors

Cynthia D Nevison

Abstract

The prevalence of diagnosed autism has increased rapidly over the last several decades among U.S. children. Environmental factors are thought to be driving this increase and a list of the top ten suspected environmental toxins was published recently.

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Mendeley readers

Mendeley readers

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 5 2%
Russia 1 <1%
Sweden 1 <1%
Ireland 1 <1%
Unknown 200 96%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 37 18%
Student > Ph. D. Student 26 13%
Student > Master 25 12%
Student > Bachelor 22 11%
Student > Doctoral Student 18 9%
Other 46 22%
Unknown 34 16%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 39 19%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 24 12%
Psychology 19 9%
Neuroscience 14 7%
Social Sciences 13 6%
Other 51 25%
Unknown 48 23%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 195. 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 20 April 2024.
All research outputs
#207,890
of 25,804,096 outputs
Outputs from Environmental Health
#72
of 1,617 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#1,717
of 250,980 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Environmental Health
#2
of 22 outputs
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