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| Title |
Traditional Herbal Medicine Use Associated with Liver Fibrosis in Rural Rakai, Uganda
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, November 2012
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0041737 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Brandon J. Auerbach, Steven J. Reynolds, Mohammed Lamorde, Concepta Merry, Collins Kukunda-Byobona, Ponsiano Ocama, Aggrey S. Semeere, Anthony Ndyanabo, Iga Boaz, Valerian Kiggundu, Fred Nalugoda, Ron H. Gray, Maria J. Wawer, David L. Thomas, Gregory D. Kirk, Thomas C. Quinn, Lara Stabinski, Rakai Health Sciences Program |
| Abstract |
Traditional herbal medicines are commonly used in sub-Saharan Africa and some herbs are known to be hepatotoxic. However little is known about the effect of herbal medicines on liver disease in sub-Saharan Africa. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 11 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 | 4 | 36% |
| India | 2 | 18% |
| Denmark | 1 | 9% |
| South Africa | 1 | 9% |
| Uganda | 1 | 9% |
| Unknown | 2 | 18% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 9 | 82% |
| Scientists | 1 | 9% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 9% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 176 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Tanzania, United Republic of | 1 | <1% |
| South Africa | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 174 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 33 | 19% |
| Student > Master | 27 | 15% |
| Researcher | 14 | 8% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 13 | 7% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 11 | 6% |
| Other | 32 | 18% |
| Unknown | 46 | 26% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 31 | 18% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 28 | 16% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 18 | 10% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 13 | 7% |
| Chemistry | 7 | 4% |
| Other | 28 | 16% |
| Unknown | 51 | 29% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 8. 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 18 June 2021.
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#4,082,375
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#57,931
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#42,086
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Outputs of similar age from PLOS ONE
#960
of 4,739 outputs
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