"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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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "African Americans".
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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| 1993 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1996 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1997 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 1998 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 1999 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2000 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2001 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 2002 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 2003 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2004 | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| 2005 | 10 | 11 | 21 |
| 2006 | 18 | 7 | 25 |
| 2007 | 2 | 16 | 18 |
| 2008 | 15 | 9 | 24 |
| 2009 | 6 | 17 | 23 |
| 2010 | 19 | 12 | 31 |
| 2011 | 28 | 16 | 44 |
| 2012 | 27 | 18 | 45 |
| 2013 | 18 | 21 | 39 |
| 2014 | 19 | 14 | 33 |
| 2015 | 19 | 13 | 32 |
| 2016 | 28 | 29 | 57 |
| 2017 | 20 | 17 | 37 |
| 2018 | 27 | 18 | 45 |
| 2019 | 31 | 22 | 53 |
| 2020 | 20 | 21 | 41 |
| 2021 | 19 | 28 | 47 |
| 2022 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "African Americans" by people in Profiles.
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The mental health burden of racial and ethnic minorities during the COVID-19 pandemic. PLoS One. 2022; 17(8):e0271661.
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Status-Neutral Interventions to Support Health Equity for Black Sexual Minority Men. Curr HIV/AIDS Rep. 2022 08; 19(4):265-280.
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The process of adapting a sexual health intervention for Black early adolescents: a stakeholder engagement approach. Health Educ Res. 2022 03 23; 37(1):7-22.
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Racial Disparities in Diagnosis, Management, and Outcomes in Preeclampsia. Curr Hypertens Rep. 2022 04; 24(4):87-93.
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"We are just magic": A qualitative examination of self-love among Black same-gender loving men. Cultur Divers Ethnic Minor Psychol. 2022 Apr; 28(2):280-289.
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Genetic ancestry effects on the response to viral infection are pervasive but cell type specific. Science. 2021 Nov 26; 374(6571):1127-1133.
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Navigated African American breast cancer patients as incidental change agents in their family/friend networks. Support Care Cancer. 2022 Mar; 30(3):2487-2496.
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Simulation of Ventilator Allocation in Critically Ill Patients with COVID-19. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2021 11 15; 204(10):1224-1227.
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Racial and ethnic enrollment disparities and demographic reporting requirements in acute leukemia clinical trials. Blood Adv. 2021 11 09; 5(21):4352-4360.
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COVID-19-Related Stressors, Sex Behaviors, and HIV Status Neutral Care Among Black Men Who Have Sex With Men and Transgender Women in Chicago, USA. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2021 11 01; 88(3):261-271.