"Urbanization" 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 process whereby a society changes from a rural to an urban way of life. It refers also to the gradual increase in the proportion of people living in urban areas.
| Descriptor ID |
D014507
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I01.880.853.400.726
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| Concept/Terms |
Central City- Central City
- Central Cities
- Cities, Central
- City, Central
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Urbanization" by people in Profiles.
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Vaccines in a time of global boiling and megacities. Trends Parasitol. 2025 Mar; 41(3):167-169.
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NTDs in the age of urbanization, climate change, and conflict: Karachi, Pakistan as a case study. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2020 11; 14(11):e0008791.
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Toxocariasis: A neglected infection for the Anthropocene epoch. Adv Parasitol. 2020; 109:879-883.
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Global urbanization and the neglected tropical diseases. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2017 Feb; 11(2):e0005308.
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Neglected Tropical Diseases in the Anthropocene: The Cases of Zika, Ebola, and Other Infections. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2016 Apr; 10(4):e0004648.
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Diurnal variations of airborne pollen concentration and the effect of ambient temperature in three sites of Mexico City. Int J Biometeorol. 2016 May; 60(5):771-87.
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Hookworm and poverty. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2008; 1136:38-44.
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Prevention of yellow fever in persons traveling to the tropics. Clin Infect Dis. 2002 May 15; 34(10):1369-78.