"Adoption" 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.
Voluntary acceptance of a child of other parents to be as one's own child, usually with legal confirmation.
| Descriptor ID |
D000300
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I01.880.853.150.140
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Adoption" by people in Profiles.
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Intergenerational transmission of comorbid internalizing and externalizing psychopathology at age 11: Evidence from an adoption design for general transmission of comorbidity rather than homotypic transmission. Dev Psychopathol. 2025 Aug; 37(3):1125-1138.
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Consensus-Driven Recommendations to Support Physician Pregnancy, Adoption, Surrogacy, Parental Leave, and Lactation in Emergency Medicine. Ann Emerg Med. 2024 Jun; 83(6):585-597.
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Multispecialty Resident Perspectives on Parental Leave Policies. J Grad Med Educ. 2019 06; 11(3):362-364.
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Sources of heterogeneity in developmental outcomes of children with past and current experiences of institutionalization in Russia: A four-group comparison. Am J Orthopsychiatry. 2017; 87(3):242-255.
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Language development of internationally adopted children: Adverse early experiences outweigh the age of acquisition effect. J Commun Disord. 2015 Sep-Oct; 57:66-80.
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Adopted children with cleft lip and/or palate: a unique and growing population. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2014 Aug; 134(2):283e-293e.
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Is socioeconomic status of the rearing environment causally related to obesity in the offspring? PLoS One. 2011; 6(11):e27692.
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The impact of nutritional status and longitudinal recovery of motor and cognitive milestones in internationally adopted children. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2011 01; 8(1):105-16.
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Candida skin testing is a poor adjunct to tuberculin skin testing in international adoptees. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2009 Nov; 28(11):1020-1.
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Renal and miliary tuberculosis in an internationally adopted infant. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2009 Aug; 28(8):751-3.