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A comparison of temporal trends in United States autism prevalence to trends in suspected environmental factors

Overview of attention for article published in Environmental Health, September 2014
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  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (99th percentile)
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6 news outlets
blogs
5 blogs
twitter
163 tweeters
facebook
42 Facebook pages
googleplus
3 Google+ users
reddit
3 Redditors

Citations

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200 Mendeley
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Title
A comparison of temporal trends in United States autism prevalence to trends in suspected environmental factors
Published in
Environmental Health, September 2014
DOI 10.1186/1476-069x-13-73
Pubmed ID
Authors

Cynthia D Nevison

Abstract

The prevalence of diagnosed autism has increased rapidly over the last several decades among U.S. children. Environmental factors are thought to be driving this increase and a list of the top ten suspected environmental toxins was published recently.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 5 3%
Russia 1 <1%
Sweden 1 <1%
Ireland 1 <1%
Unknown 192 96%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 37 19%
Student > Ph. D. Student 27 14%
Student > Master 25 13%
Student > Bachelor 23 12%
Student > Doctoral Student 16 8%
Other 45 23%
Unknown 27 14%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 39 20%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 24 12%
Psychology 18 9%
Neuroscience 13 7%
Nursing and Health Professions 12 6%
Other 52 26%
Unknown 42 21%

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 192. 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 May 2023.
All research outputs
#185,191
of 23,782,909 outputs
Outputs from Environmental Health
#65
of 1,539 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#1,607
of 239,911 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Environmental Health
#2
of 23 outputs
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