"Postal Service" 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 functions and activities carried out by the U.S. Postal Service, foreign postal services, and private postal services such as Federal Express.
| Descriptor ID |
D011177
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I01.451.617
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| Concept/Terms |
Postal Service- Postal Service
- Service, Postal
- Postal Services
- Services, Postal
Mail Distribution- Mail Distribution
- Distribution, Mail
- Distributions, Mail
- Mail Distributions
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Postal Service" by people in Profiles.
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Self-Collection for Cervical Cancer Screening in a Safety-Net Setting: The PRESTIS Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Intern Med. 2025 09 01; 185(9):1119-1127.
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Effectiveness of mailed outreach and patient navigation to promote HCC screening process completion: a multicentre pragmatic randomised clinical trial. Gut. 2024 11 11; 73(12):2037-2044.
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Mail-Back Envelopes for Retrieval of Opioids After Pediatric Surgery. Pediatrics. 2020 03; 145(3).
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Home-based psychoeducational and mailed information programs for stroke-caregiving dyads post-discharge: a randomized trial. Disabil Rehabil. 2014; 36(1):55-62.
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A randomized trial evaluating 2 approaches for promoting pharmacy-based referrals to the tobacco quitline: methods and baseline findings. Res Social Adm Pharm. 2013 Jan-Feb; 9(1):27-36.
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The requirement for prior consent to participate on survey response rates: a population-based survey in Grampian. BMC Health Serv Res. 2003 Nov 18; 3(1):21.
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Cost-effectiveness of childhood immunization reminder/recall systems in urban private practices. Pediatrics. 2000 Jul; 106(1 Pt 2):177-83.