| Title |
A Comparison of Urinary Mercury between Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Control Children
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, February 2012
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0029547 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Barry Wright, Helen Pearce, Victoria Allgar, Jeremy Miles, Clare Whitton, Irene Leon, Jenny Jardine, Nicola McCaffrey, Rob Smith, Ian Holbrook, John Lewis, David Goodall, Ben Alderson-Day |
| Abstract |
Urinary mercury concentrations are used in research exploring mercury exposure. Some theorists have proposed that autism is caused by mercury toxicity. We set out to test whether mercury concentrations in the urine of children with autism were significantly increased or decreased compared to controls or siblings. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 25% |
| Canada | 4 | 14% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 11% |
| Germany | 1 | 4% |
| New Zealand | 1 | 4% |
| Spain | 1 | 4% |
| Japan | 1 | 4% |
| Peru | 1 | 4% |
| Argentina | 1 | 4% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 8 | 29% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 19 | 68% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 3 | 11% |
| Scientists | 3 | 11% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 3 | 11% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |
| United States | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 82 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 17 | 20% |
| Student > Master | 11 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 8 | 10% |
| Other | 8 | 10% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 7 | 8% |
| Other | 20 | 24% |
| Unknown | 13 | 15% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 23 | 27% |
| Psychology | 12 | 14% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 11 | 13% |
| Social Sciences | 4 | 5% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 3 | 4% |
| Other | 14 | 17% |
| Unknown | 17 | 20% |