"Fossil Fuels" 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.
Any combustible hydrocarbon deposit formed from the remains of prehistoric organisms. Examples are petroleum, coal, and natural gas.
| Descriptor ID |
D005579
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
D20.345 N06.230.132.258
|
| Concept/Terms |
Fossil Fuels- Fossil Fuels
- Fossil Fuel
- Fuel, Fossil
- Fuels, Fossil
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Fossil Fuels".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Fossil Fuels".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Fossil Fuels" by people in this website by year, and whether "Fossil Fuels" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
To return to the timeline,
click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Fossil Fuels" by people in Profiles.
-
Fire activity and severity in the western US vary along proxy gradients representing fuel amount and fuel moisture. PLoS One. 2014; 9(6):e99699.
-
Carbon capture and storage. Sci Prog. 2012; 95(Pt 4):473-83.
-
Chronic inhalation of biomass smoke is associated with DNA damage in airway cells: involvement of particulate pollutants and benzene. J Appl Toxicol. 2013 Apr; 33(4):281-9.
-
Effect of clinical vignettes on senior medical students' opinions of climate change. South Med J. 2011 Jun; 104(6):401-4.