"Quality Control" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A system for verifying and maintaining a desired level of quality in a product or process by careful planning, use of proper equipment, continued inspection, and corrective action as required. (Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)
| Descriptor ID |
D011786
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| MeSH Number(s) |
J01.897.608
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| Concept/Terms |
Quality Control- Quality Control
- Control, Quality
- Controls, Quality
- Quality Controls
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Quality Control" by people in this website by year, and whether "Quality Control" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 1999 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2000 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2001 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2004 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2005 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2006 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2007 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2008 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2009 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 2010 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2011 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2014 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2015 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2016 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2017 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2018 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2019 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Quality Control" by people in Profiles.
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Virtual radiotherapy plan quality education: Perspectives from a global setting. Phys Med. 2025 Sep; 137:105069.
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External quality assessment performance in ten countries: an IFCC global laboratory quality project. Clin Chem Lab Med. 2024 11 26; 62(12):2435-2443.
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Quality standards and internal quality control practices in medical laboratories: an IFCC global survey of member societies. Clin Chem Lab Med. 2023 11 27; 61(12):2094-2101.
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Design and quality control of large-scale two-sample Mendelian randomization studies. Int J Epidemiol. 2023 10; 52(5):1498-1521.
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RPPA SPACE: an R package for normalization and quantitation of Reverse-Phase Protein Array data. Bioinformatics. 2022 11 15; 38(22):5131-5133.
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Quality Control for Single Cell Imaging Analytics Using Endocrine Disruptor-Induced Changes in Estrogen Receptor Expression. Environ Health Perspect. 2022 02; 130(2):27008.
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Whole-genome sequencing association analysis of quantitative red blood cell phenotypes: The NHLBI TOPMed program. Am J Hum Genet. 2021 05 06; 108(5):874-893.
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Reverse-Phase Protein Array: Technology, Application, Data Processing, and Integration. J Biomol Tech. 2021 04; 32(1):15-29.
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Sequencing of 53,831 diverse genomes from the NHLBI TOPMed Program. Nature. 2021 Feb; 590(7845):290-299.
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Reflections of the Angiotensin Receptor Blocker Recall by the FDA and Repercussions on Healthcare. Cardiovasc Drugs Ther. 2020 08; 34(4):579-584.