"Social Class" 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.
A stratum of people with similar position and prestige; includes social stratification. Social class is measured by criteria such as education, occupation, and income.
| Descriptor ID |
D012923
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I01.880.853.996.755 N01.824.782
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| Concept/Terms |
Social Class- Social Class
- Class, Social
- Classes, Social
- Social Classes
Middle Class Population- Middle Class Population
- Class Population, Middle
- Class Populations, Middle
- Middle Class Populations
- Population, Middle Class
- Populations, Middle Class
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Social Class" by people in this website by year, and whether "Social Class" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1996 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2000 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2005 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2006 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2007 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2008 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2009 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2010 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2011 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2020 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2021 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Social Class" by people in Profiles.
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Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Acute Care Utilization Among Patients With Glomerular Disease. Am J Kidney Dis. 2023 03; 81(3):318-328.e1.
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Contributions of social determinants of health to systolic blood pressure in United States adult immigrants: Use of path analysis to validate a conceptual framework. Chronic Illn. 2022 12; 18(4):757-769.
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Quantifying direct effects of social determinants of health on systolic blood pressure in United States adult immigrants. J Behav Med. 2021 06; 44(3):345-354.
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Maternal folic acid supplementation mediates the associations between maternal socioeconomic status and congenital heart diseases in offspring. Prev Med. 2021 02; 143:106319.
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Addressing Disparities in Lung Cancer Screening Eligibility and Healthcare Access. An Official American Thoracic Society Statement. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2020 10 01; 202(7):e95-e112.
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Examination of the Association Between Latent Variables for Social Determinants of Health and Blood Pressure Control in Immigrants using Structural Equation Modeling. J Natl Med Assoc. 2020 Apr; 112(2):186-197.
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Patient- and area-level predictors of prostate cancer among South Carolina veterans: a spatial analysis. Cancer Causes Control. 2020 Mar; 31(3):209-220.
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S?o Paulo call to action for the prevention and control of high blood pressure: 2020. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2019 12; 21(12):1744-1752.
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Socioeconomic status impacts postoperative productivity loss and health utility changes in refractory chronic rhinosinusitis. Int Forum Allergy Rhinol. 2019 09; 9(9):1000-1009.
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Urbanization and Socioeconomic Disparities in Hypertension among Older Adult Women in Sudan. Ann Glob Health. 2019 03 05; 85(1).