"Geography, Medical" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The area of medicine concerned with the effects on health and disease due to geographic factors such as CLIMATE, environmental conditions, and geographic location.
| Descriptor ID |
D062306
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| MeSH Number(s) |
H01.277.500.097 H02.403.352
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2019 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Geography, Medical" by people in Profiles.
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Geographic Variation in Late-Stage Cervical Cancer Diagnosis. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 11 01; 6(11):e2343152.
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Influence of Geography on Prostate Cancer Treatment. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2021 04 01; 109(5):1286-1295.
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Racial and ethnic disparities in a state-wide registry of patients with pancreatic cancer and an exploratory investigation of cancer cachexia as a contributor to observed inequities. Cancer Med. 2019 06; 8(6):3314-3324.
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Resurgence of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases in Venezuela as a Regional Public Health Threat in the Americas. Emerg Infect Dis. 2019 04; 25(4):625-632.
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Venezuela's humanitarian crisis, resurgence of vector-borne diseases, and implications for spillover in the region. Lancet Infect Dis. 2019 05; 19(5):e149-e161.
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Examining the contributions of environmental quality to pediatric multiple sclerosis. Mult Scler Relat Disord. 2017 Nov; 18:164-169.
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West Nile Virus Outbreak in Houston and Harris County, Texas, USA, 2014. Emerg Infect Dis. 2017 08; 23(8):1372-1376.
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Maternal residential proximity to unconventional gas development and perinatal outcomes among a diverse urban population in Texas. PLoS One. 2017; 12(7):e0180966.
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Differences in the socio-economic distribution of inflammatory bowel disease and microscopic colitis. Colorectal Dis. 2017 Jan; 19(1):38-44.
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Sensitization to mouse and cockroach allergens and asthma morbidity in urban minority youth: Genes-environments and Admixture in Latino American (GALA-II) and Study of African-Americans, Asthma, Genes, and Environments (SAGE-II). Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2016 07; 117(1):43-49.e1.