 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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| 1988 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1989 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1991 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1993 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2000 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2001 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | 2002 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2003 | 4 | 2 | 6 | | 2004 | 6 | 3 | 9 | | 2005 | 10 | 4 | 14 | | 2006 | 10 | 10 | 20 | | 2007 | 6 | 5 | 11 | | 2008 | 6 | 3 | 9 | | 2009 | 13 | 7 | 20 | | 2010 | 13 | 9 | 22 | | 2011 | 14 | 6 | 20 | | 2012 | 13 | 5 | 18 | | 2013 | 12 | 10 | 22 | | 2014 | 13 | 6 | 19 | | 2015 | 24 | 11 | 35 | | 2016 | 21 | 16 | 37 | | 2017 | 19 | 13 | 32 | | 2018 | 16 | 7 | 23 | | 2019 | 10 | 5 | 15 | | 2020 | 15 | 16 | 31 | | 2021 | 25 | 11 | 36 | | 2022 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "African Americans" by people in Profiles.
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Myers J, Harber MP, Johnson L, Arena R, Kaminsky LA. Current state of unhealthy living characteristics in White, African American and Latinx populations. Prog Cardiovasc Dis. 2022 Mar-Apr; 71:20-26.
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Boots EA, Feinstein DL, Leurgans S, Aiken-Morgan AT, Fleischman DA, Lamar M, Barnes LL. Acute versus chronic inflammatory markers and cognition in older black adults: Results from the Minority Aging Research Study. Brain Behav Immun. 2022 07; 103:163-170.
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Sheehan K, Bhatti PK, Yousuf S, Rosenow W, Roehler DR, Hazekamp C, Wu HW, Orbuch R, Bartell T, Quinlan K, DiCara J. Long-term effects of a community-based positive youth development program for Black youth: health, education, and financial well-being in adulthood. BMC Public Health. 2022 03 26; 22(1):593.
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Gelfand SL, Fitchett G, Moss AH. Recognizing the Potential Importance of Religion and Spirituality in the Care of Black Americans with Kidney Failure. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2022 Jul; 33(7):1255-1257.
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Sumner DR, Hildebrandt S, Nesbitt A, Carroll MA, Smocovitis VB, Laitman JT, Beresheim AC, Ramnanan CJ, Blakey ML. Racism, structural racism, and the American Association for Anatomy: Initial report from a task force. Anat Rec (Hoboken). 2022 04; 305(4):772-787.
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Keizur E, Robinson E, Sha BE, Aziz M, Shankaran S. Effectiveness of an electronic health record model for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis. Int J STD AIDS. 2022 04; 33(5):499-502.
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Ansell DA, James B, De Maio FG. A Call for Antiracist Action. N Engl J Med. 2022 07 07; 387(1):e1.
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Barnes LL. Alzheimer disease in African American individuals: increased incidence or not enough data? Nat Rev Neurol. 2022 01; 18(1):56-62.
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Cothran FA, Chang E, Beckett L, Bidwell JT, Price CA, Gallagher-Thompson D. A Landscape of Subjective and Objective Stress in African-American Dementia Family Caregivers. West J Nurs Res. 2022 03; 44(3):239-249.
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Winston N, Swanson B, Fogg LF, Capuano AW, Wilbur J, Barnes LL. Physical Activity and Cognitive Function in African American Older Adults Living With HIV. J Gerontol Nurs. 2021 Dec; 47(12):27-34.
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