"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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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 | 61 | 61 |
| 1997 | 0 | 61 | 61 |
| 1998 | 0 | 70 | 70 |
| 1999 | 0 | 66 | 66 |
| 2000 | 0 | 90 | 90 |
| 2001 | 0 | 68 | 68 |
| 2002 | 0 | 127 | 127 |
| 2003 | 0 | 146 | 146 |
| 2004 | 0 | 138 | 138 |
| 2005 | 0 | 172 | 172 |
| 2006 | 1 | 153 | 154 |
| 2007 | 0 | 161 | 161 |
| 2008 | 0 | 183 | 183 |
| 2009 | 0 | 171 | 171 |
| 2010 | 0 | 203 | 203 |
| 2011 | 0 | 206 | 206 |
| 2012 | 0 | 218 | 218 |
| 2013 | 0 | 282 | 282 |
| 2014 | 0 | 274 | 274 |
| 2015 | 0 | 263 | 263 |
| 2016 | 0 | 282 | 282 |
| 2017 | 0 | 284 | 284 |
| 2018 | 0 | 250 | 250 |
| 2019 | 0 | 322 | 322 |
| 2020 | 0 | 239 | 239 |
| 2021 | 0 | 180 | 180 |
| 2022 | 0 | 101 | 101 |
| 2023 | 0 | 75 | 75 |
| 2024 | 0 | 15 | 15 |
| 2025 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Adult" by people in Profiles.
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Assessment of health conditions from patient electronic health record portals vs self-reported questionnaires: an analysis of the INSPIRE study. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2025 May 01; 32(5):784-794.
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Trends in cardiac arrest care and mortality in United States emergency departments over eight years. Am J Emerg Med. 2025 Jun; 92:126-134.
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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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Artificial Intelligence-Guided Lung Ultrasound by Nonexperts. JAMA Cardiol. 2025 Mar 01; 10(3):245-253.
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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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Transtracheal ultrasound for identifying endotracheal intubation in adults. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2025 01 16; 1:CD015936.
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Erector spinae plane block for management of acute opioid withdrawal in the emergency department: A case report. Am J Emerg Med. 2025 Apr; 90:254.e3-254.e5.
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Development and External Validation of a Home-based Risk Prediction Model of Natural Onset of Menopause-Teuta. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2024 Dec 18; 110(1):e109-e116.