"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 |
| 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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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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Contemporary profile of oral manifestations of HIV/AIDS and associated risk factors in a Southeastern US clinic. J Public Health Dent. 2011; 71(4):257-64.
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Condom use among high-risk heterosexual women with concurrent sexual partnerships, Houston, Texas, USA. Int J STD AIDS. 2008 Nov; 19(11):768-71.
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An investigation of a personal norm of condom-use responsibility among African American crack cocaine smokers. AIDS Care. 2008 Feb; 20(2):218-227.
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Reported condom use and condom use difficulties in street outreach samples of men of four racial and ethnic backgrounds. Int J STD AIDS. 2005 Nov; 16(11):739-43.
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Concordance between sexual behavior and sexual identity in street outreach samples of four racial/ethnic groups. Sex Transm Dis. 2003 Feb; 30(2):110-3.
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Misperceptions about HIV transmission among heterosexual African-American and Latino men and women. J Natl Med Assoc. 2002 May; 94(5):304-12.
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Complex transmission dynamics of clonally related virulent Mycobacterium tuberculosis associated with barhopping by predominantly human immunodeficiency virus-positive gay men. J Infect Dis. 1999 Oct; 180(4):1245-51.