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| Title |
Toxic Element Contamination of Natural Health Products and Pharmaceutical Preparations
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, November 2012
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0049676 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Stephen J. Genuis, Gerry Schwalfenberg, Anna-Kristen J. Siy, Ilya Rodushkin |
| Abstract |
Concern has recently emerged regarding the safety of natural health products (NHPs)-therapies that are increasingly recommended by various health providers, including conventional physicians. Recognizing that most individuals in the Western world now consume vitamins and many take herbal agents, this study endeavored to determine levels of toxic element contamination within a range of NHPs. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 19 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | 3 | 16% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 11% |
| United States | 2 | 11% |
| Turkey | 1 | 5% |
| Norway | 1 | 5% |
| Unknown | 10 | 53% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 16 | 84% |
| Scientists | 2 | 11% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 5% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 126 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 124 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 20 | 16% |
| Student > Master | 20 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 16 | 13% |
| Other | 8 | 6% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 7 | 6% |
| Other | 21 | 17% |
| Unknown | 34 | 27% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 27 | 21% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 13 | 10% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 12 | 10% |
| Chemistry | 7 | 6% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 7 | 6% |
| Other | 21 | 17% |
| Unknown | 39 | 31% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 391. 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 02 November 2023.
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#80,246
of 25,930,295 outputs
Outputs from PLOS ONE
#1,328
of 226,372 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#387
of 288,255 outputs
Outputs of similar age from PLOS ONE
#17
of 4,696 outputs
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