"Adoption" 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.
Voluntary acceptance of a child of other parents to be as one's own child, usually with legal confirmation.
| Descriptor ID |
D000300
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I01.880.853.150.140
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Adoption" by people in Profiles.
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Singapore's COVID-19 "circuit breaker" interventions: A description of individual-level adoptions of precautionary behaviours. Ann Acad Med Singap. 2021 08; 50(8):613-618.
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The Evolving COVID-19 Pandemic: An Update. Pediatr Ann. 2020 05 01; 49(5):e201-e203.
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Malaria in Children Adopted from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Emerg Infect Dis. 2017 04; 23(4):721-722.
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Infectious diseases prevalence, vaccination coverage, and diagnostic challenges in a population of internationally adopted children referred to a Tertiary Care Children's Hospital from 2009 to 2015. Medicine (Baltimore). 2017 Mar; 96(12):e6300.
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Emerging infectious disease issues in international adoptions: severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), avian influenza and measles. Curr Opin Infect Dis. 2004 Oct; 17(5):391-5.