"Skin Pigmentation" 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.
Coloration of the skin.
| Descriptor ID |
D012880
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.600.115.450.500 E01.370.600.620.750 G07.100.175.500 G13.750.837 G16.690.890
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| Concept/Terms |
Skin Pigmentation- Skin Pigmentation
- Pigmentation, Skin
- Pigmentations, Skin
- Skin Pigmentations
- Skin Tone
- Skin Tones
- Tone, Skin
- Tones, Skin
- Skin Color
- Color, Skin
- Colors, Skin
- Skin Colors
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Skin Pigmentation" by people in this website by year, and whether "Skin Pigmentation" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Skin Pigmentation" by people in Profiles.
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Protocol for a multisite, observational clinical study of the association between skin colour and pulse oximeter accuracy in children undergoing cardiac catheterisation (PACH study). BMJ Open. 2025 Apr 05; 15(4):e100391.
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Associations of ethnicity, skin tone, and genome-wide sequencing?with bone mineral density in adolescents. Pediatr Res. 2025 Jun; 97(7):2376-2382.
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Pulse Oximetry Accuracy in Children with Dark Skin Tones: Relevance to Acute Lower Respiratory Infection Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2024 Oct 02; 111(4):736-739.
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The pursuit of equity in skin cancer prevention: a survey-based investigation of total body skin exam awareness and utilization across Fitzpatrick skin type. Clin Exp Dermatol. 2023 04 27; 48(5):540-541.
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Public interest in skin lightening across the United States, January 2015-December 2020. J Cosmet Dermatol. 2022 May; 21(5):1931-1935.
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Identification and characterization of novel ACD variants: modulation of TPP1 protein level offsets the impact of germline loss-of-function variants on telomere length. Cold Spring Harb Mol Case Stud. 2021 02; 7(1).
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Identification of a novel locus associated with skin colour in African-admixed populations. Sci Rep. 2017 03 16; 7:44548.
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A Genetic Mechanism for Convergent Skin Lightening during Recent Human Evolution. Mol Biol Evol. 2016 05; 33(5):1177-87.
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Genome-wide association studies identify several new loci associated with pigmentation traits and skin cancer risk in European Americans. Hum Mol Genet. 2013 Jul 15; 22(14):2948-59.
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A new shrub frog in the genus Platymantis (Ceratobatrachidae) from the Nakanai Mountains of eastern New Britain Island, Bismarck Archipelago. Zootaxa. 2013; 3710:31-45.