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| Title |
Evolutionary medicine – the quest for a better understanding of health, disease and prevention
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Medicine, April 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/1741-7015-11-116 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Martin Brüne, Ze’ev Hochberg |
| Abstract |
Clinical medicine has neglected the fact that the make-up of organs and body functions, as well as the human-specific repertoire of behaviors and defenses against pathogens or other potential dangers are the product of adaptation by natural and sexual selection. Even more, for many clinicians it does not seem straightforward to accept a role of evolution in the understanding of disease, let alone, treatment and prevention.Accordingly, this Editorial seeks to set the stage for an article collection that aims at dealing precisely with the question of why evolutionary aspects of health and disease are not only interesting, but necessary to improve clinical medicine. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 34 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 | 5 | 15% |
| United Kingdom | 5 | 15% |
| Australia | 2 | 6% |
| Spain | 1 | 3% |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 3% |
| Canada | 1 | 3% |
| Brazil | 1 | 3% |
| Mexico | 1 | 3% |
| Japan | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 16 | 47% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 20 | 59% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 7 | 21% |
| Scientists | 7 | 21% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 8 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 8 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Doctoral Student | 1 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 1 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 1 | 13% |
| Student > Master | 1 | 13% |
| Researcher | 1 | 13% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 3 | 38% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 2 | 25% |
| Psychology | 1 | 13% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 1 | 13% |
| Social Sciences | 1 | 13% |
| Neuroscience | 1 | 13% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 2 | 25% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 45. 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 30 May 2018.
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#893,779
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Outputs from BMC Medicine
#625
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#6,455
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#15
of 74 outputs
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