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The aluminium content of infant formulas remains too high

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Pediatrics, October 2013
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • Among the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#29 of 3,462)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (98th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (99th percentile)

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Title
The aluminium content of infant formulas remains too high
Published in
BMC Pediatrics, October 2013
DOI 10.1186/1471-2431-13-162
Pubmed ID
Authors

Nancy Chuchu, Bhavini Patel, Blaise Sebastian, Christopher Exley

Abstract

Recent research published in this journal highlighted the issue of the high content of aluminium in infant formulas. The expectation was that the findings would serve as a catalyst for manufacturers to address a significant problem of these, often necessary, components of infant nutrition. It is critically important that parents and other users have confidence in the safety of infant formulas and that they have reliable information to use in choosing a product with a lower content of aluminium. Herein, we have significantly extended the scope of the previous research and the aluminium content of 30 of the most widely available and often used infant formulas has been measured.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
New Zealand 1 2%
Germany 1 2%
Unknown 52 96%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 7 13%
Student > Bachelor 7 13%
Other 6 11%
Researcher 6 11%
Student > Doctoral Student 3 6%
Other 10 19%
Unknown 15 28%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 10 19%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 7 13%
Nursing and Health Professions 6 11%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 3 6%
Chemical Engineering 2 4%
Other 7 13%
Unknown 19 35%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 114. 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 10 February 2024.
All research outputs
#370,515
of 25,468,708 outputs
Outputs from BMC Pediatrics
#29
of 3,462 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#2,871
of 222,885 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Pediatrics
#1
of 44 outputs
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