"African Americans" 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.
Persons living in the United States having origins in any of the black groups of Africa.
Descriptor ID |
D001741
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MeSH Number(s) |
M01.686.508.100.100 M01.686.754.100
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Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2014 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "African Americans" by people in Profiles.
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Friedman S, Yucel RM, Wynn CE, Gibbons JR. Muslim-Non-Muslim Locational Attainment in Philadelphia: A New Fault Line in Residential Inequality? Demography. 2019 08; 56(4):1327-1348.
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Chan JK, Gardner AB, Taylor K, Blansit K, Thompson CA, Brooks R, Yu X, Kapp DS. The centralization of robotic surgery in high-volume centers for endometrial cancer patients--a study of 6560 cases in the U.S. Gynecol Oncol. 2015 Jul; 138(1):128-32.
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Masters RK, Hummer RA, Powers DA, Beck A, Lin SF, Finch BK. Long-term trends in adult mortality for U.S. Blacks and Whites: an examination of period- and cohort-based changes. Demography. 2014 Dec; 51(6):2047-73.
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Gibbons J, Yang TC. Self-rated health and residential segregation: how does race/ethnicity matter? J Urban Health. 2014 Aug; 91(4):648-60.
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Lin SF, Beck AN, Finch BK. Black-white disparity in disability among U.S. older adults: age, period, and cohort trends. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2014 Sep; 69(5):784-97.
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Friedman S, Gibbons J, Galvan C. Declining segregation through the lens of neighborhood quality: does middle-class and affluent status bring equality? Soc Sci Res. 2014 Jul; 46:155-68.
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Wells KJ, Lima DS, Meade CD, Muñoz-Antonia T, Scarinci I, McGuire A, Gwede CK, Pledger WJ, Partridge E, Lipscomb J, Matthews R, Matta J, Flores I, Weiner R, Turner T, Miele L, Wiese TE, Fouad M, Moreno CS, Lacey M, Christie DW, Price-Haywood EG, Quinn GP, Coppola D, Sodeke SO, Green BL, Lichtveld MY. Assessing needs and assets for building a regional network infrastructure to reduce cancer related health disparities. Eval Program Plann. 2014 Jun; 44:14-25.
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Beck AN, Finch BK, Lin SF, Hummer RA, Masters RK. Racial disparities in self-rated health: trends, explanatory factors, and the changing role of socio-demographics. Soc Sci Med. 2014 Mar; 104:163-77.
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Sternthal MJ, Jun HJ, Earls F, Wright RJ. Community violence and urban childhood asthma: a multilevel analysis. Eur Respir J. 2010 Dec; 36(6):1400-9.
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Subramanian SV, Jun HJ, Kawachi I, Wright RJ. Contribution of race/ethnicity and country of origin to variations in lifetime reported asthma: evidence for a nativity advantage. Am J Public Health. 2009 Apr; 99(4):690-7.