 African Americans
"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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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "African Americans" by people in this website by year, and whether "African Americans" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1999 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2005 | 1 | 3 | 4 | | 2006 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2008 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2010 | 6 | 5 | 11 | | 2011 | 4 | 6 | 10 | | 2012 | 7 | 6 | 13 | | 2013 | 3 | 9 | 12 | | 2014 | 7 | 2 | 9 | | 2015 | 5 | 7 | 12 | | 2016 | 6 | 8 | 14 | | 2017 | 2 | 9 | 11 | | 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "African Americans" by people in Profiles.
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Sgambat K, Clauss S, Lei KY, Song J, Rahaman SO, Lasota M, Moudgil A. Increased carotid intima-media thickness in African American pediatric kidney transplant recipients. Pediatr Transplant. 2018 05; 22(3):e13163.
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Berry NT, Hubal M, Wideman L. The effects of an acute exercise bout on GH and IGF-1 in prediabetic and healthy African Americans: A pilot study investigating gene expression. PLoS One. 2018; 13(1):e0191331.
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Fair C, Allen H, Trexler C, D'Angelo LJ. Experiences of Young Parents with Perinatally Acquired HIV. AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2017 Nov; 31(11):479-485.
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Shadyab AH, LaMonte MJ, Kooperberg C, Reiner AP, Carty CL, Manini TM, Hou L, Di C, LaCroix AZ. Association of Accelerometer-Measured Physical Activity With Leukocyte Telomere Length Among Older Women. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2017 Oct 12; 72(11):1532-1537.
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Goyal MK, Johnson TJ, Chamberlain JM, Casper TC, Simmons T, Alessandrini EA, Bajaj L, Grundmeier RW, Gerber JS, Lorch SA, Alpern ER. Racial and Ethnic Differences in Antibiotic Use for Viral Illness in Emergency Departments. Pediatrics. 2017 Oct; 140(4).
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Moon RY, Mathews A, Joyner BL, Oden RP, He J, McCarter R. Impact of a Randomized Controlled Trial to Reduce Bedsharing on Breastfeeding Rates and Duration for African-American Infants. J Community Health. 2017 Aug; 42(4):707-715.
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Brown KR, Krouse RZ, Calatroni A, Visness CM, Sivaprasad U, Kercsmar CM, Matsui EC, West JB, Makhija MM, Gill MA, Kim H, Kattan M, Pillai D, Gern JE, Busse WW, Togias A, Liu AH, Khurana Hershey GK. Endotypes of difficult-to-control asthma in inner-city African American children. PLoS One. 2017; 12(7):e0180778.
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Carter PM, Cook LJ, Macy ML, Zonfrillo MR, Stanley RM, Chamberlain JM, Fein JA, Alpern ER, Cunningham RM. Individual and Neighborhood Characteristics of Children Seeking Emergency Department Care for Firearm Injuries Within the PECARN Network. Acad Emerg Med. 2017 07; 24(7):803-813.
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Pati S, Huang J, Wong A, Baba Z, Ostapenko S, Fiks AG, Cnaan A. Do changes in socio-demographic characteristics impact up-to-date immunization status between 3 and 24 months of age? A prospective study among an inner-city birth cohort in the United States. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2017 05 04; 13(5):1141-1148.
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Moon RY, Mathews A, Joyner BL, Oden RP, He J, McCarter R. Health Messaging and African-American Infant Sleep Location: A Randomized Controlled Trial. J Community Health. 2017 Feb; 42(1):1-9.
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