"Talc" 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.
Finely powdered native hydrous magnesium silicate. It is used as a dusting powder, either alone or with starch or boric acid, for medicinal and toilet preparations. It is also an excipient and filler for pills, tablets, and for dusting tablet molds. (From Merck Index, 11th ed)
| Descriptor ID |
D013627
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
D01.524.500.850 D01.578.725.500.800 D01.837.725.700.760.535.800
|
| Concept/Terms |
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Talc".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Talc".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Talc" by people in this website by year, and whether "Talc" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 2017 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
To return to the timeline, click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Talc" by people in Profiles.
-
Response to Letter to the Editor on the Mortality of Talc Miners and Millers From Val Chisone, Northern Italy. J Occup Environ Med. 2018 01; 60(1):e73.
-
Malignant Pleural Effusions: Mistletoe Spray Instead of Talc Poudrage? Respiration. 2018; 95(3):143-144.
-
Response to Letter to the Editor On the Mortality of Talc Miners and Millers From Val Chisone, Northern Italy. J Occup Environ Med. 2017 10; 59(10):e195.
-
Mortality of Talc Miners and Millers From Val Chisone, Northern Italy: An Updated Cohort Study. J Occup Environ Med. 2017 07; 59(7):659-664.
-
Pulmonary talcosis caused by intravenous methadone injection. J Bras Pneumol. 2017 Mar-Apr; 43(2):154-155.