"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 | 53 | 53 |
| 2000 | 0 | 65 | 65 |
| 2001 | 0 | 77 | 77 |
| 2002 | 0 | 103 | 103 |
| 2003 | 0 | 107 | 107 |
| 2004 | 0 | 130 | 130 |
| 2005 | 0 | 135 | 135 |
| 2006 | 0 | 154 | 154 |
| 2007 | 0 | 169 | 169 |
| 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 | 293 | 293 |
| 2015 | 0 | 354 | 354 |
| 2016 | 0 | 372 | 372 |
| 2017 | 0 | 418 | 418 |
| 2018 | 0 | 316 | 316 |
| 2019 | 0 | 380 | 380 |
| 2020 | 0 | 323 | 323 |
| 2021 | 0 | 295 | 295 |
| 2022 | 0 | 124 | 124 |
| 2023 | 0 | 59 | 59 |
| 2024 | 0 | 177 | 177 |
| 2025 | 0 | 203 | 203 |
| 2026 | 0 | 111 | 111 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Adult" by people in Profiles.
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Environmental Context and Reporting Completeness of Event-Based Ecological Momentary Assessment in Cigarette and Cannabis Use. Drug Alcohol Rev. 2026 Nov; 45(7):e70267.
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Body mass index at diagnosis, postdiagnosis change, and role of metabolic comorbidities in relation to survival in nonmetastatic renal cell carcinoma patients. Cancer. 2026 Nov 01; 132(21).
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Recanalization After Acute Cervical Artery Dissection: A Multicenter International Study. Neurology. 2026 Nov 10; 107(9):e218566.
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Sociodemographic and intersecting sociodemographic subgroups in relation to US adult tobacco use trajectories over a 10-year period: Analysis of Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) data. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2026 Nov 01; 288:113396.
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Burnout Factors in Neurology: A Survey Assessing Key Factors Among US Academic Faculty. Neurol Clin Pract. 2026 Dec; 16(6):e200668.
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Phase II study of selpercatinib in children and young adults with RET-altered tumors: arm N of the NCI-COG Pediatric MATCH trial (APEC1621N). Oncologist. 2026 Oct 07; 31(11).
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Implementing Sustainable Mobile Health Technology to Optimize a Smoking Cessation Program for Lao People With HIV (Project I-STOP): Protocol for a Hybrid Type-2 Pragmatic Effectiveness-Implementation Study. JMIR Res Protoc. 2026 Oct 05; 15:e100518.
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Validating a New-Generation Wrist-Worn Alcohol Biosensor Among Persons With and Without HIV in a Laboratory Setting. Alcohol Clin Exp Res (Hoboken). 2026 Oct; 50(10):e70424.
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Spatial distribution of spinal cord fMRI activity with electrocutaneous stimulation. Imaging Neurosci (Camb). 2026; 4.
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Physician- and Practice-Level Variation in Clinical Trial Participation Among Patients With Advanced Cancer. JAMA Netw Open. 2026 Oct 01; 9(10):e2633046.