"African Americans" 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 living in the United States having origins in any of the black groups of Africa.
Descriptor ID |
D001741
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MeSH Number(s) |
M01.686.508.100.100 M01.686.754.100
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Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2002 | 7 | 6 | 13 |
2003 | 12 | 8 | 20 |
2004 | 12 | 10 | 22 |
2005 | 11 | 5 | 16 |
2006 | 11 | 14 | 25 |
2007 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
2008 | 22 | 11 | 33 |
2009 | 23 | 12 | 35 |
2010 | 13 | 3 | 16 |
2011 | 14 | 11 | 25 |
2012 | 9 | 9 | 18 |
2013 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
2014 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
2015 | 6 | 11 | 17 |
2016 | 7 | 11 | 18 |
2017 | 6 | 7 | 13 |
2018 | 8 | 7 | 15 |
2019 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
2020 | 10 | 7 | 17 |
2021 | 7 | 11 | 18 |
2022 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "African Americans" by people in Profiles.
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Hankerson SH, Moise N, Wilson D, Waller BY, Arnold KT, Duarte C, Lugo-Candelas C, Weissman MM, Wainberg M, Yehuda R, Shim R. The Intergenerational Impact of Structural Racism and Cumulative Trauma on Depression. Am J Psychiatry. 2022 Jun; 179(6):434-440.
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Giri VN, Hartman R, Pritzlaff M, Horton C, Keith SW. Germline Variant Spectrum Among African American Men Undergoing Prostate Cancer Germline Testing: Need for Equity in Genetic Testing. JCO Precis Oncol. 2022 May; 6:e2200234.
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Groves AK, Vadaketh J, Raziano VT, Nkwihoreze H, Short WR, Momplaisir F. Preexposure Prophylaxis Acceptability Among Pregnant Individuals and Implications for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Prevention. Obstet Gynecol. 2022 Apr 01; 139(4):537-544.
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Gudhimella S, Gandhi V, Glatt B, Wong A, Wood C, Janakiraman N, Spiller R, Chandiramani S. Racial and gender differences of cervical vertebral maturation staging between African Americans versus Caucasian patients of various age groups: A retrospective study. Int Orthod. 2022 03; 20(1):100606.
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Devlin KN, Brennan L, Saad L, Giovannetti T, Hamilton RH, Wolk DA, Xie SX, Mechanic-Hamilton D. Diagnosing Mild Cognitive Impairment Among Racially Diverse Older Adults: Comparison of Consensus, Actuarial, and Statistical Methods. J Alzheimers Dis. 2022; 85(2):627-644.
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Garg V, Zhan T, Brod BA, Gaspari AA. Patterns of Allergic Contact Dermatitis in African Americans in a Major Metropolitan Area Over a 10-Year Period. Dermatitis. 2022 Jan-Feb 01; 33(1):70-79.
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Shastri AA, Lombardo J, Okere SC, Higgins S, Smith BC, DeAngelis T, Palagani A, Hines K, Monti DA, Volpe S, Mitchell EP, Simone NL. Personalized Nutrition as a Key Contributor to Improving Radiation Response in Breast Cancer. Int J Mol Sci. 2021 Dec 24; 23(1).
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Husain SA, King KL, Adler JT, Mohan S. Racial disparities in living donor kidney transplantation in the United States. Clin Transplant. 2022 03; 36(3):e14547.
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Kang JH, Vyas CM, Okereke OI, Ogata S, Albert M, Lee IM, D'Agostino D, Buring JE, Cook NR, Grodstein F, Manson JE. Effect of vitamin D on cognitive decline: results from two ancillary studies of the VITAL randomized trial. Sci Rep. 2021 12 01; 11(1):23253.
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Rodr?guez JE, Campbell KM, Washington JC. Dismantling Anti-Black Racism in Medicine. Am Fam Physician. 2021 12 01; 104(6):555-556.