"Refugees" 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.
Persons fleeing to a place of safety, especially those who flee to a foreign country or power to escape danger, persecution, or economic distress in their own country or habitual residence.
| Descriptor ID |
D012036
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| MeSH Number(s) |
M01.755
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Refugees" by people in Profiles.
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The Violence of Uncertainty - Undermining Immigrant and Refugee Health. N Engl J Med. 2018 Sep 06; 379(10):904-905.
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Displaced children with cancer in Lebanon: A sustained response to an unprecedented crisis. Cancer. 2018 04 01; 124(7):1464-1472.
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Assessing the impact of the Lebanese National Polio Immunization Campaign using a population-based computational model. BMC Public Health. 2017 Nov 25; 17(1):902.
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Revisiting leishmaniasis in the time of war: the Syrian conflict and the Lebanese outbreak. Int J Infect Dis. 2014 Dec; 29:115-9.
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Project-induced displacement, secondary stressors, and health. Soc Sci Med. 2012 Apr; 74(7):1130-8.
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African Americans' decisions not to evacuate New Orleans before Hurricane Katrina: a qualitative study. Am J Public Health. 2007 Apr; 97 Suppl 1:S124-9.
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Ten people to each tent. Reflect Nurs Leadersh. 2005; 31(2):34-5.
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Operation Safe Haven: an evaluation of health surveillance and monitoring in an acute setting. Commun Dis Intell. 2000 Feb 17; 24(2):21-6.
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Preparing for refugee crises in Australia: Kosovar health surveillance. Commun Dis Intell. 1999 Oct 28; 23(11):305.