"Public Health" 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.
Branch of medicine concerned with the prevention and control of disease and disability, and the promotion of physical and mental health of the population on the international, national, state, or municipal level.
| Descriptor ID |
D011634
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| MeSH Number(s) |
H02.403.720 N01.400.550 N06.850
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| Concept/Terms |
Public Health- Public Health
- Health, Public
- Community Health
- Health, Community
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Public Health" by people in this website by year, and whether "Public Health" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2005 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2006 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2007 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2008 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 2011 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 2012 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 2013 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| 2014 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2015 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2016 | 4 | 9 | 13 |
| 2017 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2018 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2019 | 4 | 15 | 19 |
| 2020 | 8 | 13 | 21 |
| 2021 | 8 | 14 | 22 |
| 2022 | 2 | 20 | 22 |
| 2023 | 5 | 11 | 16 |
| 2024 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Public Health" by people in Profiles.
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Energy and Nutrient Intakes of Public Health Concern by Rural and Urban Ghanaian Mothers Assessed by Weighed Food Compared to Recommended Intakes. Nutrients. 2025 Aug 07; 17(15).
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Turning analysis into action: opportunities and challenges in implementing wastewater science for public health decision-making. Front Public Health. 2025; 13:1562659.
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AI integrations with lung cancer screening: Considerations in developing AI in a public health setting. Eur J Cancer. 2025 May 02; 220:115345.
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New Clinical and Public Health Challenges: Increasing Trends in United States Alcohol Related Mortality. Am J Med. 2025 Mar; 138(3):477-486.
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Wastewater Target Pathogens of Public Health Importance for Expanded Sampling, Houston, Texas, USA. Emerg Infect Dis. 2024 Aug; 30(8):14-17.
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COVID-19 ethics: unique aspects and a review as of early 2024. Monash Bioeth Rev. 2024 Jun; 42(1):55-86.
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From theory to practice: Implementing next-generation sequencing and public health genomics in healthcare systems. Crit Rev Oncol Hematol. 2024 Sep; 201:104433.
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A Novel Framework for Internal Responses to Detection of Pathogens in Wastewater by Public Health Agencies. Public Health Rep. 2025 Jan-Feb; 140(1):22-31.
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A systematic review on malaria and dengue vaccines for the effective management of these mosquito borne diseases: Improving public health. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2024 12 31; 20(1):2337985.
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How Should Health Care Organizations Limit Roles of Human Trafficking in Their Labor and Supply Chains? AMA J Ethics. 2024 Apr 01; 26(4):E348-356.