"Tropical Medicine" 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.
The branch of medicine concerned with diseases, mainly of parasitic origin, common in tropical and subtropical regions.
| Descriptor ID |
D014330
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| MeSH Number(s) |
H02.403.879
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Tropical Medicine" by people in Profiles.
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Introduction: modern airs, waters, and places. Bull Hist Med. 2012; 86(4):495-514.
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Gender and tropical diseases: a new research focus. Soc Sci Med. 1993 Aug; 37(4):513-20.