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Developing Countries

"Developing Countries" 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.

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Countries in the process of change with economic growth, that is, an increase in production, per capita consumption, and income. The process of economic growth involves better utilization of natural and human resources, which results in a change in the social, political, and economic structures.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Developing Countries" by people in this website by year, and whether "Developing Countries" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 45 publications over 19 distinct years, with a maximum of 5 publications in 2021
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