"Homicide" 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.
The killing of one person by another.
| Descriptor ID |
D006708
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I01.198.240.470 I01.880.735.344
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| Concept/Terms |
Wrongful Death- Wrongful Death
- Death, Wrongful
- Deaths, Wrongful
- Wrongful Deaths
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Homicide".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Homicide".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Homicide" by people in this website by year, and whether "Homicide" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Homicide" by people in Profiles.
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Comparison of Pediatric and Adult Firearm Deaths to Inform Violence Prevention at Pediatric Trauma Centers. J Surg Res. 2025 Feb; 306:350-357.
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Female Victims of Firearm Intimate Partner Violence: Characterization and Lethality Predictors. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2025 Jan; 34(1):111-117.
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Legal Firearm Sales at State Level and Rates of Violent Crime, Property Crime, and Homicides. J Surg Res. 2023 01; 281:143-154.
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The Assassination of JFK: A Plastic Surgery Perspective 50 Years Later. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2021 11 01; 148(5S):82S-85S.
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Infanticide, neonaticide, and post-neonaticide: racial/ethnic disparities in the United States. Eur J Pediatr. 2021 Aug; 180(8):2591-2598.
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Suicide, Homicide, and All-Cause Mortality Among Transgender and Cisgender Patients in the Veterans Health Administration. LGBT Health. 2021 04; 8(3):173-180.
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The Death of George Floyd: Bending the Arc of History Toward Justice for Generations of Children. Pediatrics. 2020 09; 146(3).
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Longitudinal Associations Between Healthcare Resources, Policy, and Firearm-Related Suicide and Homicide from 2012 to 2016. J Gen Intern Med. 2020 07; 35(7):2043-2049.
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Federal Funding For Research On The Leading Causes Of Death Among Children And Adolescents. Health Aff (Millwood). 2019 10; 38(10):1653-1661.
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Previous Emergency Medical Services Use by Victims of Child Homicide. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2019 Sep; 35(9):589-595.