"Xenophobia" 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.
Intense or irrational dislike or fear of anything that is strange or foreign, particularly of people who are strangers or foreigners. It is an attitudinal orientation of hostility against non-natives in a given population that includes attitudes, prejudices and behavior that reject, exclude or vilify persons, based on the perception that they are outsiders or foreigners to the community, society or national identity.
| Descriptor ID |
D065806
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.145.813.550.875 F01.145.813.629.875 F01.829.595.875
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Xenophobia" by people in Profiles.
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Under the spell of SARS-CoV-2: A closer look at the sociopolitical dynamics. Hist Philos Life Sci. 2021 May 12; 43(2):69.
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Racism and Xenophobia in a Pandemic: Interactions of Online and Offline Worlds. Am J Public Health. 2021 05; 111(5):773-775.
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Openness and COVID-19 induced xenophobia: The roles of trade and migration in sustainable development. PLoS One. 2021; 16(4):e0249579.
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An outbreak of xenophobia: Perceived discrimination and anxiety in Chinese American college students before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Int J Psychol. 2021 Aug; 56(4):522-531.
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Why public health framing matters: An experimental study of the effects of COVID-19 framing on prejudice and xenophobia in the United States. Soc Sci Med. 2021 01; 269:113572.
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Mitigating Asian American Bias and Xenophobia in Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic: How You Can Be an Upstander. J Am Coll Radiol. 2020 12; 17(12):1692-1694.
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Connection, Contagion, and COVID-19. Med Anthropol. 2020 Nov-Dec; 39(8):655-659.
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Anti-Asian Xenophobia and Asian American COVID-19 Disparities. Am J Public Health. 2020 09; 110(9):1371-1373.
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Prejudice and xenophobia in COVID-19 research manuscripts. Nat Hum Behav. 2020 09; 4(9):879.
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COVID-19 Racism and Mental Health in Chinese American Families. Pediatrics. 2020 11; 146(5).