"Mass Screening" 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.
Organized periodic procedures performed on large groups of people for the purpose of detecting disease.
| Descriptor ID |
D008403
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.500 E05.318.308.980.438.580 N02.421.726.233.443 N05.715.360.300.800.438.500 N06.850.520.308.980.438.580 N06.850.780.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Mass Screening- Mass Screening
- Mass Screenings
- Screening, Mass
- Screenings, Mass
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Mass Screening".
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Mass Screening" by people in this website by year, and whether "Mass Screening" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1996 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 1997 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 1998 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2000 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2001 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 2002 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2003 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| 2004 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| 2005 | 7 | 13 | 20 |
| 2006 | 8 | 6 | 14 |
| 2007 | 5 | 10 | 15 |
| 2008 | 9 | 10 | 19 |
| 2009 | 8 | 13 | 21 |
| 2010 | 8 | 5 | 13 |
| 2011 | 16 | 8 | 24 |
| 2012 | 8 | 9 | 17 |
| 2013 | 18 | 9 | 27 |
| 2014 | 14 | 9 | 23 |
| 2015 | 14 | 10 | 24 |
| 2016 | 14 | 9 | 23 |
| 2017 | 15 | 11 | 26 |
| 2018 | 23 | 21 | 44 |
| 2019 | 21 | 17 | 38 |
| 2020 | 15 | 22 | 37 |
| 2021 | 11 | 24 | 35 |
| 2022 | 1 | 28 | 29 |
| 2023 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| 2024 | 10 | 19 | 29 |
| 2025 | 10 | 8 | 18 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Mass Screening" by people in Profiles.
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Gonorrhea and Chlamydia Screening for Adolescents and Young Adults in Emergency Departments. JAMA Pediatr. 2025 Dec 01; 179(12):1343-1352.
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Screening and eradication of Helicobacter pylori for gastric cancer prevention: Taipei Global Consensus II. Gut. 2025 Oct 08; 74(11):1767-1791.
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Head and Neck Cancer Screening: Current Status in Oral Cavity and Oropharyngeal Carcinomas. Otolaryngol Clin North Am. 2026 Feb; 59(1):17-32.
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Prevalence of Postpartum Depression in Adolescents in an Urban Teen Clinic. Matern Child Health J. 2025 Nov; 29(11):1520-1527.
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Lung Health Check pilot: Ireland's flagship lung cancer screening trial. BMJ Open Respir Res. 2025 Sep 10; 12(1).
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Controversies in management of Helicobacter pylori infection from a U.S. perspective: population screening and treatment. Minerva Gastroenterol (Torino). 2025 Sep; 71(3):194-206.
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Development and recalibration?of a?multivariable?type 1 diabetes prediction model for?type 1 diabetes across multiple screening studies. BMC Med. 2025 Jul 21; 23(1):433.
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Delirium screening in the neurointensive care unit: Comparison of the confusion assessment method for the intensive care unit and intensive care delirium screening checklist. J Neurol Sci. 2025 Sep 15; 476:123619.
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Decentralising TB diagnosis and contact management: impact on detection and preventive treatment in children. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2025 Jun 27; 29(7):312-317.
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NOTICE-ED: Nurse or Technician Insights Into Cognitive Evaluations in the Emergency Department. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2025 Aug; 73(8):2503-2511.