"Heterosexuality" 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 sexual attraction or relationship between members of the opposite SEX.
| Descriptor ID |
D020010
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.145.802.975.400 G08.686.867.400
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| Concept/Terms |
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Heterosexuality".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Heterosexuality".
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Heterosexuality" by people in Profiles.
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Symptom Profiles and Intensive Treatment Outcomes in Sexual Minority and Heterosexual Patients With OCD. Behav Ther. 2025 Jan; 56(1):16-31.
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Clinical, psychosocial, and sociodemographic factors of sexual and gender minority groups with cancer: A systematic review. Eur J Oncol Nurs. 2023 Jun; 64:102343.
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Differences in Methods of Suicide Death Among Transgender and Nontransgender Patients in the Veterans Health Administration, 1999-2016. Med Care. 2021 02 01; 59:S31-S35.
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Robust evidence for bisexual orientation among men. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020 08 04; 117(31):18369-18377.
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Stress and cancer-related lifestyle factors among African American heterosexual couples. PLoS One. 2020; 15(5):e0232577.
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Sexual Arousal Patterns of Mostly Heterosexual Men. Arch Sex Behav. 2020 10; 49(7):2421-2429.
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Drug resistance from preferred antiretroviral regimens for HIV infection in South Africa: A modeling study. PLoS One. 2019; 14(7):e0218649.
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Handedness, sexual orientation, and somatic markers for prenatal androgens: Are southpaws really that gay? Laterality. 2017 Mar; 22(2):157-180.
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Health-Related Quality of Life, Psychological Distress, and Sexual Changes Following Prostate Cancer: A Comparison of Gay and Bisexual Men with Heterosexual Men. J Sex Med. 2016 Mar; 13(3):425-34.
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Previously undiagnosed HIV infections identified through cluster investigation, North Carolina, 2002-2007. AIDS Behav. 2015 Apr; 19(4):723-31.