"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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| Concept/Terms |
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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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1997 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1998 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2001 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2002 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2003 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2004 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2005 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2006 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2007 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2008 | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| 2009 | 9 | 5 | 14 |
| 2010 | 3 | 10 | 13 |
| 2011 | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| 2012 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| 2013 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 2014 | 10 | 5 | 15 |
| 2015 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| 2016 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| 2017 | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| 2018 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 2019 | 8 | 8 | 16 |
| 2020 | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2022 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "African Americans" by people in Profiles.
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Identification of Candidate Biomarker and Drug Targets for Improving Endometrial Cancer Racial Disparities. Int J Mol Sci. 2022 Jul 14; 23(14).
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Differential expression of microRNA between triple negative breast cancer patients of African American and European American descent. Biotech Histochem. 2022 Jan; 97(1):1-10.
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Affirming the Abuse Liability and Addiction Potential of Menthol: Differences in Subjective Appeal to Smoking Menthol Versus Non-Menthol Cigarettes Across African American and White Young Adult Smokers. Nicotine Tob Res. 2022 01 01; 24(1):20-27.
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Prognostic significance of ethnicity and age in advanced stage epithelial ovarian cancer: An NRG oncology/gynecologic oncology group study. Gynecol Oncol. 2022 02; 164(2):398-405.
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Long-term outcomes of primary cardiac malignant tumors: Difference between African American and Caucasian population. Cancer Med. 2021 12; 10(24):8838-8845.
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Demographic diversity of participants in Pfizer sponsored clinical trials in the United States. Contemp Clin Trials. 2021 07; 106:106421.
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A Pilot Study Examining the Efficacy of Delivering Colorectal Cancer Screening Messages via Virtual Health Assistants. Am J Prev Med. 2021 08; 61(2):251-255.
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Differences in reasons for little cigar/cigarillo use across white and black/African American young adult users. Addict Behav. 2021 07; 118:106884.
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Whole-genome sequencing of African Americans implicates differential genetic architecture in inflammatory bowel disease. Am J Hum Genet. 2021 03 04; 108(3):431-445.
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Ophthalmology Departments Remain Among the Least Diverse Clinical Departments at United States Medical Schools. Ophthalmology. 2021 08; 128(8):1129-1134.