| Title |
Contributing factors to personal protective equipment shortages during the COVID-19 pandemic
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Preventive Medicine, October 2020
|
| DOI | 10.1016/j.ypmed.2020.106263 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
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X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 61 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 26 | 43% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 3% |
| Guinea | 1 | 2% |
| Chile | 1 | 2% |
| Lebanon | 1 | 2% |
| France | 1 | 2% |
| Comoros | 1 | 2% |
| South Africa | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 27 | 44% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 53 | 87% |
| Scientists | 5 | 8% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 3% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 2% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 744 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 744 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 71 | 10% |
| Student > Bachelor | 62 | 8% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 52 | 7% |
| Researcher | 37 | 5% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 30 | 4% |
| Other | 114 | 15% |
| Unknown | 378 | 51% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 68 | 9% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 65 | 9% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 31 | 4% |
| Engineering | 30 | 4% |
| Social Sciences | 28 | 4% |
| Other | 127 | 17% |
| Unknown | 395 | 53% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 846. 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 04 August 2026.
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