"Epidemiology" 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.
Field of medicine concerned with the determination of causes, incidence, and characteristic behavior of disease outbreaks affecting human populations. It includes the interrelationships of host, agent, and environment as related to the distribution and control of disease.
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D004813
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| MeSH Number(s) |
H02.403.720.500
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 11 | 1 | 12 |
| 2018 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2021 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Epidemiology" by people in Profiles.
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A box, a trough and marbles: How the Reed-Frost epidemic theory shaped epidemiological reasoning in the 20th century. Hist Philos Life Sci. 2021 Aug 30; 43(3):105.
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COVID-19 and the future of clinical epidemiology. J Clin Epidemiol. 2021 10; 138:189-193.
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Will COVID-19 change science? Past pandemics offer clues. Science. 2021 07 16; 373(6552):264-265.
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Teaching Epidemiology Online (Pandemic Edition). Am J Epidemiol. 2021 07 01; 190(7):1183-1189.
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Imagination and remembrance: what role should historical epidemiology play in a world bewitched by mathematical modelling of COVID-19 and other epidemics? Hist Philos Life Sci. 2021 Jun 07; 43(2):81.
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Pandemics: Historically Slow "Learning Curve" Leading to Biomedical Informatics and Vaccine Breakthroughs. Yearb Med Inform. 2021 Aug; 30(1):290-301.
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The COVID-19 pandemic: besides "post-truth" and "post-capitalism", should we also consider "post-education" and "post-reason"? J Glob Health. 2021 Apr 03; 11:01003.
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Epidemiological analysis of a COVID-19 outbreak associated with an infected surgeon. Epidemiol Infect. 2021 03 25; 149:e77.
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Field epidemiology and COVID-19: always more lessons to be learned. Int J Epidemiol. 2021 03 03; 50(1):1-3.
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Lockdown Britain: Evidence for reduced incidence and severity of some non-COVID acute medical illnesses. Clin Med (Lond). 2021 Mar; 21(2):e171-e178.