"Plastics" 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.
Polymeric materials (usually organic) of large molecular weight which can be shaped by flow. Plastic usually refers to the final product with fillers, plasticizers, pigments, and stabilizers included (versus the resin, the homogeneous polymeric starting material). (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)
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D010969
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D05.750.716 D25.720.716 J01.637.051.720.716
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Plastics" by people in Profiles.
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Integrating Hydrogels and Biomedical Plastics via In Situ Physical Entanglements and Covalent Bonding. Adv Healthc Mater. 2025 02; 14(4):e2402605.
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Infection Prevention, Planetary Health, and Single-Use Plastics. JAMA. 2023 11 28; 330(20):1947-1948.
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Micro- and nanoplastics: Contamination routes of food products and critical interpretation of detection strategies. Sci Total Environ. 2023 Sep 15; 891:164596.
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The Plastic's Closure. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2022 06 01; 149(6):1501-1502.
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Short-term exposure to soils and sludge induce changes to plastic morphology and 13C stable isotopic composition. Sci Total Environ. 2022 May 15; 821:153375.
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Quality assurance for Gamma Knife Perfexion using the Exradin W1 plastic scintillation detector and Lucy phantom. Phys Med Biol. 2019 11 15; 64(22):225007.
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Nomenclature for cellular plasticity: are the terms as plastic as the cells themselves? EMBO J. 2019 10 01; 38(19):e103148.
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Comment on "Marine plastic debris emits a keystone infochemical for olfactory foraging seabirds" by Savoca et al. Sci Adv. 2017 06; 3(6):e1700526.
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Reduced curvilinear velocity of boar sperm on substrates with increased hydrophobicity. Theriogenology. 2014 Mar 15; 81(5):764-9.
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Accurate calibration of a polymer gel dosimeter with a plastic scintillation detector. Med Phys. 2011 May; 38(5):2754-61.