| Title |
Tuberculosis and Poverty: Why Are the Poor at Greater Risk in India?
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, November 2012
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0047533 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Olivia Oxlade, Megan Murray |
| Abstract |
Although poverty is widely recognized as an important risk factor for tuberculosis (TB) disease, the specific proximal risk factors that mediate this association are less clear. The objective of our study was to investigate the mechanisms by which poverty increases the risk of TB. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 69 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| India | 13 | 19% |
| United States | 13 | 19% |
| Canada | 4 | 6% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 4% |
| Cuba | 1 | 1% |
| Spain | 1 | 1% |
| Australia | 1 | 1% |
| South Africa | 1 | 1% |
| Peru | 1 | 1% |
| Other | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 30 | 43% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 46 | 67% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 14 | 20% |
| Scientists | 6 | 9% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 3 | 4% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 447 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 2 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | <1% |
| Austria | 1 | <1% |
| South Africa | 1 | <1% |
| India | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 437 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 79 | 18% |
| Student > Bachelor | 54 | 12% |
| Researcher | 49 | 11% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 49 | 11% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 24 | 5% |
| Other | 69 | 15% |
| Unknown | 123 | 28% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 118 | 26% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 32 | 7% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 27 | 6% |
| Social Sciences | 25 | 6% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 16 | 4% |
| Other | 89 | 20% |
| Unknown | 140 | 31% |