Publication by SPH Researchers is among Top Social Media Articles

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The American University of Armenia (AUA) is proud to share that an article by researchers of the Avedisian Onanian Center for Health Services Research and Development (CHSR), Turpanjian School of Public Health (SPH), is included in the list of 2017/2018 articles that have caught the most social media attention calculated by PlumX Metrics. The article titled “Assessment of residential soil contamination with arsenic and lead in mining and smelting towns of northern Armenia” is authored by  Kristina Akopyan, Varduhi Petrosyan, Ruzanna Grigoryan, and Dzovinar Melkom Melkomian.

PlumX measures social media activity in each of the five categories of metrics: Usage, Captures, Mentions, Social Media and Citations.

The AUA Gerald and Patricia Turpanjian School of Public Health works actively to improve population health and health services in Armenia and the region through interdisciplinary education and development of public health professionals to be leaders in public health, health services research and evaluation, and health care delivery and management.