"Epidemiology" 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.
Field of medicine concerned with the determination of causes, incidence, and characteristic behavior of disease outbreaks affecting human populations. It includes the interrelationships of host, agent, and environment as related to the distribution and control of disease.
| Descriptor ID |
D004813
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| MeSH Number(s) |
H02.403.720.500
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Epidemiology" by people in Profiles.
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Spatial mixture multiscale modeling for aggregated health data. Biom J. 2016 Sep; 58(5):1091-112.
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Bayesian multi-scale modeling for aggregated disease mapping data. Stat Methods Med Res. 2017 Dec; 26(6):2726-2742.
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Epidemiology's continuing contribution to public health: The power of "Then and Now". Am J Epidemiol. 2015 Apr 15; 181(8):e1-8.
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The 2014 Surgeon General's report: commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the 1964 Report of the Advisory Committee to the US Surgeon General and updating the evidence on the health consequences of cigarette smoking. Am J Epidemiol. 2014 Feb 15; 179(4):403-12.
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Bayesian point event modeling in spatial and environmental epidemiology. Stat Methods Med Res. 2012 Oct; 21(5):509-29.
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Editorial. Stat Methods Med Res. 2011 Apr; 20(2):83.
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Assessing the legal and ethical preparedness of master of public health graduates. Am J Public Health. 2009 Aug; 99(8):1505-9.
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Should epidemiologists and other health scientists become advocates for social policies? Prof Ethics. 2003; 11(3):83-94.
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Evaluation methods for prevention education. Acad Med. 2000 Jul; 75(7 Suppl):S28-34.
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US Department of Veterans Affairs medical care system as a resource to epidemiologists. Am J Epidemiol. 2000 Feb 01; 151(3):307-14.