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| Title |
Acute adverse events from over-the-counter Chinese herbal medicines: a population-based survey of Hong Kong Chinese
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies, November 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/1472-6882-13-336 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Jean H Kim, Elizabeth MS Kwong, Vincent CH Chung, John CO Lee, Terry Wong, William B Goggins |
| Abstract |
Although over-the-counter traditional Chinese herbal medicine (COTC) is commonly used to treat everyday illness in many parts of the world, no population-based study has been done to examine the prevalence and factors associated with COTC-related adverse events. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 5 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 Kingdom | 3 | 60% |
| United States | 1 | 20% |
| Unknown | 1 | 20% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 40% |
| Members of the public | 1 | 20% |
| Scientists | 1 | 20% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 20% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 62 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 1 | 2% |
| Spain | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 60 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 9 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 9 | 15% |
| Other | 6 | 10% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 6 | 10% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 5 | 8% |
| Other | 15 | 24% |
| Unknown | 12 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 14 | 23% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 9 | 15% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 5 | 8% |
| Social Sciences | 4 | 6% |
| Unspecified | 3 | 5% |
| Other | 7 | 11% |
| Unknown | 20 | 32% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. 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 03 December 2013.
All research outputs
#7,546,906
of 23,866,543 outputs
Outputs from BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies
#1,210
of 3,733 outputs
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#89,769
of 312,421 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies
#32
of 86 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 23,866,543 research outputs across all sources so far. This one has received more attention than most of these and is in the 68th percentile.
So far Altmetric has tracked 3,733 research outputs from this source. They typically receive more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 9.1. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 67% of its peers.
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We're also able to compare this research output to 86 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 63% of its contemporaries.