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| Title |
Effectiveness of cough etiquette maneuvers in disrupting the chain of transmission of infectious respiratory diseases
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Public Health, September 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-13-811 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Gustavo Zayas, Ming C Chiang, Eric Wong, Fred MacDonald, Carlos F Lange, Ambikaipakan Senthilselvan, Malcolm King |
| Abstract |
The effectiveness of recommended measures, such as "cover your mouth when coughing", in disrupting the chain of transmission of infectious respiratory diseases (IRD) has been questioned. The objective of the current study was to determine the effectiveness of simple primary respiratory hygiene/cough etiquette maneuvers in blocking droplets expelled as aerosol during coughing. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 415 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 51 | 12% |
| United States | 43 | 10% |
| United Kingdom | 25 | 6% |
| Finland | 17 | 4% |
| Ireland | 8 | 2% |
| Australia | 8 | 2% |
| Spain | 4 | <1% |
| Italy | 3 | <1% |
| Comoros | 2 | <1% |
| Other | 16 | 4% |
| Unknown | 238 | 57% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 353 | 85% |
| Scientists | 33 | 8% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 23 | 6% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 6 | 1% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 214 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
| Indonesia | 1 | <1% |
| Korea, Republic of | 1 | <1% |
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| Japan | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 208 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 30 | 14% |
| Researcher | 27 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 25 | 12% |
| Other | 12 | 6% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 11 | 5% |
| Other | 51 | 24% |
| Unknown | 58 | 27% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 56 | 26% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 26 | 12% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 10 | 5% |
| Engineering | 10 | 5% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 8 | 4% |
| Other | 33 | 15% |
| Unknown | 71 | 33% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 369. 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 25 April 2024.
All research outputs
#87,751
of 25,846,867 outputs
Outputs from BMC Public Health
#73
of 17,873 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#526
of 211,108 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Public Health
#3
of 309 outputs
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