"Preventive Medicine" 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 medical specialty primarily concerned with prevention of disease (PRIMARY PREVENTION) and the promotion and preservation of health in the individual.
| Descriptor ID |
D011315
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| MeSH Number(s) |
H02.403.720.750
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| Concept/Terms |
Preventive Medicine- Preventive Medicine
- Preventative Medicine
- Medicine, Preventative
- Medicine, Preventive
Preventive Care- Preventive Care
- Care, Preventive
- Preventative Care
- Care, Preventative
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Preventive Medicine" by people in Profiles.
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Mansfield C, Gebben DJ, Sutphin J, Tepper SJ, Schwedt TJ, Sapra S, Shah N. Patient Preferences for Preventive Migraine Treatments: A Discrete-Choice Experiment. Headache. 2019 05; 59(5):715-726.
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Miller SM, Tagai EK, Wen KY, Lee M, Hui SA, Kurtz D, Scarpato J, Hernandez E. Predictors of adherence to follow-up recommendations after an abnormal Pap smear among underserved inner-city women. Patient Educ Couns. 2017 Jul; 100(7):1353-1359.
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Coker TR, Shaikh Y, Chung PJ. Parent-reported quality of preventive care for children at-risk for developmental delay. Acad Pediatr. 2012 Sep-Oct; 12(5):384-90.
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Band RA, Callaway DW, Connor BA, Haughton BP, Mechem CC. Dignitary medicine: adapting prehospital, preventive, tactical and travel medicine to new populations. Am J Emerg Med. 2012 Sep; 30(7):1274-81.
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Lovell BV, Marmura MJ. New therapeutic developments in chronic migraine. Curr Opin Neurol. 2010 Jun; 23(3):254-8.
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Chervenak FA, McCullough LB, Brent RL. The perils of the imperfect expectation of the perfect baby. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2010 Aug; 203(2):101.e1-5.
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Waldman SA, Terzic A. Clinical and translational sciences: at the intersection of molecular and individualized medicine. Clin Transl Sci. 2008 May; 1(1):6-8.
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Peres MF, Silberstein S, Moreira F, Corchs F, Vieira DS, Abraham N, Gebeline-Myers C. Patients' preference for migraine preventive therapy. Headache. 2007 Apr; 47(4):540-5.
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Soule BP, Hyodo F, Matsumoto K, Simone NL, Cook JA, Krishna MC, Mitchell JB. The chemistry and biology of nitroxide compounds. Free Radic Biol Med. 2007 Jun 1; 42(11):1632-50.
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Smith RA, Wender RC. Cancer screening and the periodic health examination. Cancer. 2004 Apr 15; 100(8):1553-7.