"Specimen Handling" 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.
Procedures for collecting, preserving, and transporting of specimens sufficiently stable to provide accurate and precise results suitable for clinical interpretation.
Descriptor ID |
D013048
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MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.225.998 E05.200.998
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Concept/Terms |
Specimen Handling- Specimen Handling
- Handling, Specimen
- Handlings, Specimen
- Specimen Handlings
Specimen Collection- Specimen Collection
- Collection, Specimen
- Collections, Specimen
- Specimen Collections
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Specimen Handling" by people in this website by year, and whether "Specimen Handling" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
1995 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
1996 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
1997 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
1999 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
2000 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
2001 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
2002 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
2003 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
2004 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
2005 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
2006 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
2007 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
2008 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
2009 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
2010 | 9 | 3 | 12 |
2011 | 8 | 3 | 11 |
2012 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
2013 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
2014 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
2015 | 8 | 5 | 13 |
2016 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
2017 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
2018 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
2019 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
2020 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
2021 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
2022 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Specimen Handling" by people in Profiles.
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The impact of body mass index and physical disability on home-based anal self-sampling. Cancer Causes Control. 2024 Jan; 35(1):161-166.
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Breast Implant-Associated Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma: Updates in Diagnosis and Specimen Handling. Surg Pathol Clin. 2023 Jun; 16(2):347-360.
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Cotton Balls for Urine Sample Collection-Is Negative Bias Truly Negative? J Pediatr. 2023 04; 255:259.
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De novo identification of microbial contaminants in low microbial biomass microbiomes with Squeegee. Nat Commun. 2022 11 10; 13(1):6799.
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Detection and Stability of SARS-CoV-2 in Three Self-Collected Specimen Types: Flocked Midturbinate Swab (MTS) in Viral Transport Media, Foam MTS, and Saliva. Microbiol Spectr. 2022 06 29; 10(3):e0103322.
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Targeted Mass Spectrometry Enables Multiplexed Quantification of Immunomodulatory Proteins in Clinical Biospecimens. Front Immunol. 2021; 12:765898.
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Tutorial: methods for three-dimensional visualization of archival tissue material. Nat Protoc. 2021 11; 16(11):4945-4962.
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Rapid Screening of COVID-19 Directly from Clinical Nasopharyngeal Swabs Using the MasSpec Pen. Anal Chem. 2021 09 21; 93(37):12582-12593.
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Placental Sampling for Understanding Viral Infections - A Simplified Protocol for the COVID-19 Pandemic. Rev Bras Ginecol Obstet. 2021 May; 43(5):377-383.
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Using viral load and epidemic dynamics to optimize pooled testing in resource-constrained settings. Sci Transl Med. 2021 04 14; 13(589).