"Adult" 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.
A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.
| Descriptor ID |
D000328
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| MeSH Number(s) |
M01.060.116
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| Concept/Terms |
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Adult".
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Adult" by people in this website by year, and whether "Adult" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 0 | 56 | 56 |
| 1996 | 0 | 65 | 65 |
| 1997 | 0 | 62 | 62 |
| 1998 | 0 | 70 | 70 |
| 1999 | 0 | 67 | 67 |
| 2000 | 0 | 87 | 87 |
| 2001 | 0 | 66 | 66 |
| 2002 | 0 | 133 | 133 |
| 2003 | 0 | 150 | 150 |
| 2004 | 0 | 150 | 150 |
| 2005 | 0 | 176 | 176 |
| 2006 | 1 | 169 | 170 |
| 2007 | 0 | 169 | 169 |
| 2008 | 0 | 183 | 183 |
| 2009 | 0 | 180 | 180 |
| 2010 | 0 | 204 | 204 |
| 2011 | 0 | 203 | 203 |
| 2012 | 0 | 218 | 218 |
| 2013 | 0 | 292 | 292 |
| 2014 | 0 | 268 | 268 |
| 2015 | 0 | 276 | 276 |
| 2016 | 0 | 285 | 285 |
| 2017 | 0 | 298 | 298 |
| 2018 | 0 | 272 | 272 |
| 2019 | 0 | 335 | 335 |
| 2020 | 0 | 244 | 244 |
| 2021 | 0 | 189 | 189 |
| 2022 | 0 | 102 | 102 |
| 2023 | 0 | 71 | 71 |
| 2024 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 2025 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Adult" by people in Profiles.
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Postoperative Aspiration Pneumonia Among Adults Using GLP-1 Receptor Agonists. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Mar 03; 8(3):e250081.
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Mother's Own Milk Provision During the First 12 Weeks of Life by Gestational Age. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Mar 03; 8(3):e250024.
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Racial Disparities in Mother's Own Milk Feedings Persist after Discharge from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Breastfeed Med. 2025 Mar; 20(3):187-193.
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Health Care Costs After Lumbar Fusion and Disk Replacement for Diskogenic Pain. Orthopedics. 2025; 48(2):117-120.
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Investigation of an Mpox Outbreak Affecting Many Vaccinated Persons in Chicago, Illinois-March 2023-June 2023. Clin Infect Dis. 2024 Jul 19; 79(1):122-129.
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Hamstrings Hypertrophy Is Specific to the Training Exercise: Nordic Hamstring versus Lengthened State Eccentric Training. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2024 Oct 01; 56(10):1893-1905.
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Cauda Equina Syndrome: Cost Burden After Spinal Decompression. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2024 Jul 15; 32(14):660-667.
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Collaborative research in myositis-related disorders: MIHRA, a global shared community model. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2024 Feb; 42(2):207-212.
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Performance of the 2017 EULAR/ACR Classification Criteria for adult and juvenile idiopathic inflammatory myopathies and their major subgroups: a scoping review. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2024 Feb; 42(2):403-412.
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Health Care Costs Following Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion or Cervical Disc Arthroplasty. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2024 Apr 15; 49(8):530-535.