"Urbanization" 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.
The process whereby a society changes from a rural to an urban way of life. It refers also to the gradual increase in the proportion of people living in urban areas.
| Descriptor ID |
D014507
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I01.880.853.400.726
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| Concept/Terms |
Central City- Central City
- Central Cities
- Cities, Central
- City, Central
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2018 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 2019 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2021 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Urbanization" by people in Profiles.
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Urban attributes and the spread of COVID-19: The effects of density, compliance and socio-political factors in Israel. Sci Total Environ. 2021 Nov 01; 793:148626.
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Climate and the spread of COVID-19. Sci Rep. 2021 04 27; 11(1):9042.
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Urbanization level and neighborhood deprivation, not COVID-19 case numbers by residence area, are associated with severe psychological distress and new-onset suicidal ideation during the COVID-19 pandemic. J Affect Disord. 2021 05 15; 287:89-95.
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Spatiotemporal heterogeneity and its determinants of COVID-19 transmission in typical labor export provinces of China. BMC Infect Dis. 2021 Mar 05; 21(1):242.
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Implications of COVID-19 control measures for diet and physical activity, and lessons for addressing other pandemics facing rapidly urbanising countries. Glob Health Action. 2020 12 31; 13(1):1810415.
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COVID-19, Urbanization Pattern and Economic Recovery: An Analysis of Hubei, China. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 12 21; 17(24).
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One Biosecurity: a unified concept to integrate human, animal, plant, and environmental health. Emerg Top Life Sci. 2020 12 15; 4(5):539-549.
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Association of Country-wide Coronavirus Mortality with Demographics, Testing, Lockdowns, and Public Wearing of Masks. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2020 12; 103(6):2400-2411.
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Exploratory Analysis of Demographic Factors and the Temporal Evolution of COVID-19 in India. J Epidemiol Glob Health. 2021 03; 11(1):10-14.
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Preliminary Analysis of Relationships between COVID19 and Climate, Morphology, and Urbanization in the Lombardy Region (Northern Italy). Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 09 23; 17(19).