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| Title |
Associations of hand-washing frequency with incidence of acute respiratory tract infection and influenza-like illness in adults: a population-based study in Sweden
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Infectious Diseases, September 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2334-14-509 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Hanna Merk, Sharon Kühlmann-Berenzon, Annika Linde, Olof Nyrén |
| Abstract |
Frequent hand-washing is standard advice for avoidance of respiratory tract infections, but the evidence for a preventive effect in a general community setting is sparse. We therefore set out to quantify, in a population-based adult general population cohort, the possible protection against acute respiratory tract infections (ARIs) conferred by a person's self-perceived hand-washing frequency. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 14 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| France | 1 | 7% |
| Sweden | 1 | 7% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 7% |
| United States | 1 | 7% |
| China | 1 | 7% |
| Chile | 1 | 7% |
| Italy | 1 | 7% |
| Unknown | 7 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 10 | 71% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 14% |
| Scientists | 2 | 14% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 89 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 89 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 19 | 21% |
| Student > Bachelor | 13 | 15% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 11 | 12% |
| Student > Master | 9 | 10% |
| Other | 7 | 8% |
| Other | 13 | 15% |
| Unknown | 17 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 30 | 34% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 7 | 8% |
| Environmental Science | 5 | 6% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 4 | 4% |
| Psychology | 3 | 3% |
| Other | 13 | 15% |
| Unknown | 27 | 30% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 26. 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 14 November 2023.
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#1,445,922
of 25,311,095 outputs
Outputs from BMC Infectious Diseases
#350
of 8,539 outputs
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#15,243
of 256,873 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Infectious Diseases
#6
of 151 outputs
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