"Recreation" 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.
Activity engaged in for pleasure.
| Descriptor ID |
D011998
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I03.450.642
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| Concept/Terms |
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Recreation".
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Recreation" by people in this website by year, and whether "Recreation" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Recreation" by people in Profiles.
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Recreational Outdoor Injury and Mortality in Texas State Parks Between 2012 and 2021. Wilderness Environ Med. 2025 06; 36(2):223-233.
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Barely benign: The dangers of BB and other nonpowder guns. J Pediatr Surg. 2020 Aug; 55(8):1604-1609.
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Adaptive Sports, Arts, Recreation, and Community Engagement. Phys Med Rehabil Clin N Am. 2020 02; 31(1):143-158.
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Recreational physical activity and survival in African-American women with ovarian cancer. Cancer Causes Control. 2018 01; 29(1):77-86.
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Healthy cooking classes at a children's cancer hospital and patient/survivor summer camps: initial reactions and feasibility. Public Health Nutr. 2017 Jun; 20(9):1650-1656.
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The Physical Activity and Redesigned Community Spaces (PARCS) Study: Protocol of a natural experiment to investigate the impact of citywide park redesign and renovation. BMC Public Health. 2016 11 14; 16(1):1160.
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Injury patterns and outcomes of ice-fishing in the United States. Am J Emerg Med. 2016 Jul; 34(7):1258-61.
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Recreational physical activity and ovarian cancer risk in African American women. Cancer Med. 2016 06; 5(6):1319-27.
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Psychometric validity of the parent's outcome expectations for children's television viewing (POETV) scale. BMC Public Health. 2014 Aug 31; 14:894.
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A meta-analysis of serious digital games for healthy lifestyle promotion. Prev Med. 2014 Dec; 69:95-107.