"Epidemiology" 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.
Field of medicine concerned with the determination of causes, incidence, and characteristic behavior of disease outbreaks affecting human populations. It includes the interrelationships of host, agent, and environment as related to the distribution and control of disease.
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D004813
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| MeSH Number(s) |
H02.403.720.500
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Epidemiology" by people in Profiles.
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Participation in Health Services/Population Health Research in US Departments of Medicine. Am J Med. 2020 11; 133(11):1354-1359.
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The Consortium of Metabolomics Studies (COMETS): Metabolomics in 47 Prospective Cohort Studies. Am J Epidemiol. 2019 06 01; 188(6):991-1012.
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Social determinants and the classification of disease: descriptive epidemiology of selected socially mediated disease constellations. PLoS One. 2014; 9(11):e110271.
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Protecting an endangered species: training physicians to conduct clinical research. Acad Med. 2009 Apr; 84(4):439-45.
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Society of Breast Imaging residency and fellowship training curriculum. Radiol Clin North Am. 2000 Jul; 38(4):915-20, xi.
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Impact of the Human Genome Project on epidemiologic research. Epidemiol Rev. 1997; 19(1):3-13.
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INOCULATION IN THE BOSTON SMALLPOX EPIDEMIC OF 1721. Arch Intern Med. 1965 Jun; 115:692-6.