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| Title |
Herbal medicine use among urban residents in Lagos, Nigeria
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies, November 2011
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| DOI | 10.1186/1472-6882-11-117 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Ibrahim Adekunle Oreagba, Kazeem Adeola Oshikoya, Mercy Amachree |
| Abstract |
Over three-quarter of the world's population is using herbal medicines with an increasing trend globally. Herbal medicines may be beneficial but are not completely harmless.This study aimed to assess the extent of use and the general knowledge of the benefits and safety of herbal medicines among urban residents in Lagos, Nigeria. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 4 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 | 2 | 50% |
| Unknown | 2 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 4 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 363 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Ghana | 1 | <1% |
| Tanzania, United Republic of | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 359 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 59 | 16% |
| Student > Master | 52 | 14% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 35 | 10% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 29 | 8% |
| Researcher | 25 | 7% |
| Other | 60 | 17% |
| Unknown | 103 | 28% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 96 | 26% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 40 | 11% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 27 | 7% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 26 | 7% |
| Social Sciences | 17 | 5% |
| Other | 53 | 15% |
| Unknown | 104 | 29% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. 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 05 December 2011.
All research outputs
#6,376,970
of 22,659,164 outputs
Outputs from BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies
#1,039
of 3,616 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#56,722
of 239,940 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies
#22
of 41 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 22,659,164 research outputs across all sources so far. This one has received more attention than most of these and is in the 70th percentile.
So far Altmetric has tracked 3,616 research outputs from this source. They typically receive more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 8.5. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 70% of its peers.
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We're also able to compare this research output to 41 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one is in the 41st percentile – i.e., 41% of its contemporaries scored the same or lower than it.