"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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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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| 1996 | 0 | 53 | 53 |
| 1997 | 0 | 65 | 65 |
| 1998 | 0 | 67 | 67 |
| 1999 | 0 | 52 | 52 |
| 2000 | 0 | 66 | 66 |
| 2001 | 0 | 76 | 76 |
| 2002 | 0 | 103 | 103 |
| 2003 | 0 | 106 | 106 |
| 2004 | 0 | 130 | 130 |
| 2005 | 0 | 135 | 135 |
| 2006 | 0 | 154 | 154 |
| 2007 | 0 | 168 | 168 |
| 2008 | 0 | 171 | 171 |
| 2009 | 0 | 193 | 193 |
| 2010 | 0 | 203 | 203 |
| 2011 | 0 | 229 | 229 |
| 2012 | 0 | 259 | 259 |
| 2013 | 0 | 287 | 287 |
| 2014 | 0 | 292 | 292 |
| 2015 | 0 | 354 | 354 |
| 2016 | 0 | 372 | 372 |
| 2017 | 0 | 417 | 417 |
| 2018 | 0 | 316 | 316 |
| 2019 | 0 | 380 | 380 |
| 2020 | 0 | 323 | 323 |
| 2021 | 0 | 294 | 294 |
| 2022 | 0 | 124 | 124 |
| 2023 | 0 | 59 | 59 |
| 2024 | 0 | 177 | 177 |
| 2025 | 0 | 202 | 202 |
| 2026 | 0 | 60 | 60 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Adult" by people in Profiles.
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Associations of symptom burden with patient-reported outcomes and clinical outcomes among early phase cancer clinical trial participants. Support Care Cancer. 2026 Jun 11; 34(7).
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Sociodemographic Paradoxes and Enrollment Differences in In-Person Versus Online Recruitment to a Mobile Health Smoking Cessation Intervention for Food-Insecure Adults: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial. J Med Internet Res. 2026 Jun 11; 28:e80530.
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Equine-related injuries in rural Oklahoma: a 10-year experience emphasizing genitourinary trauma. World J Urol. 2026 May 23; 44(1).
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Mobile Health Technology for Personalized Tobacco Cessation Support in Laos (Project Support Laos): Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Res Protoc. 2026 May 21; 15:e89916.
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HIV and Substance Use Reduction for Youth Experiencing Homelessness: Development and Usability Study. JMIR Form Res. 2026 May 14; 10:e82232.
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Effects of LC n-3 PUFA Supplementation on Muscle Pain, Function, and Damage Markers in Healthy Young to Middle-Aged Adults Following Acute or Chronic Exercise: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. Nutrients. 2026 Apr 30; 18(9).
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Culturally Tailored Materials for Smoking Cessation and HIV Care Adherence Among Hispanic Adults: Protocol for Content Development and Formative Evaluation. JMIR Res Protoc. 2026 Apr 29; 15:e81192.
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Identification of lipid quantitative trait loci linked with cardiometabolic disease in Asian Indians and Europeans: A genome-wide association study and Mendelian randomization. PLoS Med. 2026 04; 23(4):e1005039.
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The impact of cognitive stress on vascular response and force steadiness during a handgrip task in males and females. J Appl Physiol (1985). 2026 May 01; 140(5):1329-1337.
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Haploidentical versus matched unrelated donor transplantation with post-transplant cyclophosphamide: a platform-dependent machine learning analysis of donor age. Leukemia. 2026 May; 40(5):1009-1017.