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Khat chewing among Ethiopian University Students- a growing concern

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Public Health, November 2014
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Title
Khat chewing among Ethiopian University Students- a growing concern
Published in
BMC Public Health, November 2014
DOI 10.1186/1471-2458-14-1198
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Authors

Ewenat Gebrehanna, Yemane Berhane, Alemayehu Worku

Abstract

Khat has amphetamine like effect. Students chew khat to stay alert. It has various negative physical, mental, social and cognitive effects. Poor academic performance has been associated with khat. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence and identify factors associated with khat chewing among Ethiopian University students.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 1 1%
Ethiopia 1 1%
Kenya 1 1%
Unknown 93 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 15 16%
Researcher 12 13%
Lecturer 10 10%
Student > Postgraduate 8 8%
Student > Ph. D. Student 8 8%
Other 14 15%
Unknown 29 30%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 20 21%
Nursing and Health Professions 12 13%
Psychology 7 7%
Social Sciences 6 6%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 3%
Other 17 18%
Unknown 31 32%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. 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 November 2014.
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#13,183,581
of 22,771,140 outputs
Outputs from BMC Public Health
#9,264
of 14,843 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#173,896
of 361,837 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Public Health
#145
of 236 outputs
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