Brazil

"Brazil" 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.

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A country located on the eastern coast of South America, located between Colombia and Peru, that borders the Atlantic Ocean. It is bordered on the north by Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana, on the south by Uruguay, and on the west by Argentina. The capital is Brasilia.

Descriptor ID	D001938
MeSH Number(s)	Z01.107.757.176
Concept/Terms	Brazil Brazil

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Geographicals [Z]
Geographic Locations [Z01]
Americas [Z01.107]
South America [Z01.107.757]
Brazil [Z01.107.757.176]

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Bar chart showing 57 publications over 24 distinct years, with a maximum of 5 publications in 2020 and 2021

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Year	Minor Topic	Total
1996	1	1
2000	3	3
2002	1	1
2003	3	3
2004	1	1
2006	2	2
2007	1	1
2008	2	2
2009	3	3
2011	1	1
2012	3	3
2013	2	2
2014	2	2
2015	1	1
2016	2	2
2017	1	1
2018	4	4
2019	3	3
2020	5	5
2021	5	5
2022	4	4
2023	2	2
2024	4	4
2025	1	1

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Martins NRS, Martinez EZ, Sim?es CM, Barach PR, Carmona MJC. Analyzing and mitigating the risks of patient harm during operating room to intensive care unit patient handoffs. Int J Qual Health Care. 2025 Jan 17; 37(1).

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de Oliveira AB, Peres MFP, Mercante JPP, Brunoni AR, Wang YP, Molina MDCB, Uchiyama LK, Lotufo PA, Bense?or IM, Goulart AC. Associations of comorbid headache disorders and depression with leisure-time physical activity among 14,088 adults in The Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health. Headache. 2025 04; 65(4):643-654.

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Braga F, Milani M, Espinosa G, Milani JGPO, Hansen D, Junior GC, Myers J, Mourilhe-Rocha R. Comparisons of percent-predicted peak oxygen uptake achieved on cardiopulmonary exercise testing: stratifying mortality risk by Wasserman, FRIEND, and Brazilian equations. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2024 Oct 10; 31(14):1734-1737.

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Urdang ZD, Jain A, Li M, Haupt TL, Wilcox TO, Chiffer RC, Gurgel RK. Conductive Hearing Loss Associates With Dementia, and Middle Ear Reconstruction Mitigates This Association: A Multinational Database Study. Otol Neurotol. 2024 10 01; 45(9):1078-1086.

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Aboul-Enein BH, Vettore MV, Keller T, Kelly PJ. Breastfeeding interventions and programmes conducted in Portuguese-speaking sovereign states: A scoping review. Acta Paediatr. 2024 06; 113(6):1186-1202.

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Nogueira DA, S?fadi T, Lima RR, Mata ASD, Graciano MMC, Bar?ante JMP, Bar?ante TA, Dourado SMP. Spatio-temporal GAMLSS modeling of the incidence of schistosomiasis in the central region of the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Cad Saude Publica. 2023; 39(6):e00068822.

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Fanton FL, Picetti E, Rodrigues SF, Moreira TS, Lindenmeyer RL, Lavinsky F, Pakter HM. Glaucoma suspects referred by general ophthalmologists to a tertiary center in Brazil: outcomes of the glaucoma specialist assessment. Arq Bras Oftalmol. 2023 May-Jun; 86(3):248-254.

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Oliveira AB, Peres MFP, Mercante JPP, Molina MDCB, Lotufo PA, Bense?or IM, Goulart AC. Physical activity pattern and migraine according to aura symptoms in the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil) cohort: A cross-sectional study. Headache. 2022 09; 62(8):977-988.

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Baiocchi G, Tsunoda AT, Guitmann G, Vieira MA, Zanvettor PH, Silvestre JBCH, Santos MH, Sacramento RMM, de Araujo EO, Lopes RH, Falcao D, Lopes A, Schmidt R, Lyra JS, Almeida HIB, Casteleins WA, Cintra GF, Zanini LAG, Reis RJ, Coelho EG, Fin FR, Rezende V, Pan?an TDM, Vieira SC, Silva JS, de Andrade MR, Carneiro VCG, Foiato TF, Ritt GF, Ianaze GC, Moretti-Marques R, Andrade CEMC, Maciel LF, Lira DL, Medeiros GM, Leite ALS, Cucolicchio GO, Tayeh MRA, Cruz RP, Guth GZ, Leal RMLV, Magno VA, Lopes FCO, Laporte GA, Pupo-Nogueira A, Barros AV, da Cunha JR, Pessini SA, Braganca JF, Figueiredo HF, Loureiro CMB, Bocanegra RED, Affonso RJ, Fernandes PHS, Ribeiro HSC, Batista TP, Oliveira AF, Ribeiro R. Brazilian Society of Surgical Oncology consensus on fertility-sparing surgery for cervical cancer. J Surg Oncol. 2022 Jul; 126(1):37-47.

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Omairi C, Mailloux Z, Antoniuk SA, Schaaf R. Occupational Therapy Using Ayres Sensory Integration?: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Brazil. Am J Occup Ther. 2022 Jul 01; 76(4).

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