"Birth Certificates" 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.
Official certifications by a physician recording the individual's birth date, place of birth, parentage and other required identifying data which are filed with the local registrar of vital statistics.
| Descriptor ID |
D001719
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E05.318.308.940.250 L01.399.250.900.250 N04.452.859.132 N05.715.360.300.715.175 N06.850.520.308.940.250
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| Concept/Terms |
Birth Certificates- Birth Certificates
- Birth Certificate
- Certificate, Birth
- Certificates, Birth
Birth Records- Birth Records
- Birth Record
- Record, Birth
- Records, Birth
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Birth Certificates" by people in Profiles.
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Quality of Maternal Height and Weight Data from the Revised Birth Certificate and Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System. Epidemiology. 2019 01; 30(1):154-159.
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Establishment of Legal Paternity for Children of Unmarried American Women : Trade-Offs in Male Commitment to Paternal Investment. Hum Nat. 2017 Jun; 28(2):168-200.
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Reliability of gestational weight gain reported postpartum: a comparison to the birth certificate. Matern Child Health J. 2013 May; 17(4):756-65.