"Railroads" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Permanent roads having a line of rails fixed to ties and laid to gage, usually on a leveled or graded ballasted roadbed and providing a track for freight cars, passenger cars, and other rolling stock. Cars are designed to be drawn by locomotives or sometimes propelled by self-contained motors. (From Webster's 3d) The concept includes the organizational and administrative aspects of railroads as well.
| Descriptor ID |
D011890
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| MeSH Number(s) |
J01.937.690
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2018 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Railroads" by people in Profiles.
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Survey of air exchange rates and evaluation of airborne infection risk of COVID-19 on commuter trains. Environ Int. 2021 12; 157:106774.
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Socioeconomic Disparities in Subway Use and COVID-19 Outcomes in New York City. Am J Epidemiol. 2021 07 01; 190(7):1234-1242.
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Neighborhood-level disparities and subway utilization during the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City. Nat Commun. 2021 06 17; 12(1):3692.
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The role of high-speed rail and air travel in the spread of COVID-19 in China. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2021 Jul-Aug; 42:102097.
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Urban Rail Transportation and SARS-Cov-2 Infections: An Ecological Study in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area. Front Public Health. 2021; 9:611565.
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Subway Ridership, Crowding, or Population Density: Determinants of COVID-19 Infection Rates in New York City. Am J Prev Med. 2021 05; 60(5):614-620.
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Tracing surface and airborne SARS-CoV-2 RNA inside public buses and subway trains. Environ Int. 2021 02; 147:106326.
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First high-speed rail transport of patients with COVID-19 in Europe: the need for speed and safety. Emergencias. 2020 Nov; 32(6):449-450.
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Prediction of the Transition From Subexponential to the Exponential Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in Chennai, India: Epidemic Nowcasting. JMIR Public Health Surveill. 2020 09 18; 6(3):e21152.
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Familial cluster of SARS-CoV-2 infection associated with a railway journey. J Travel Med. 2020 08 20; 27(5).