"Prisons" 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.
Penal institutions, or places of confinement for prisoners.
| Descriptor ID |
D011330
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I01.880.604.787 J03.693
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| Concept/Terms |
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Prisons" by people in Profiles.
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Health in justice or health injustice? Indigenous Maori experiences of primary care following release from New Zealand prisons: a national record study. Soc Sci Med. 2025 Nov; 384:118543.
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The Digital Availability of US Departments of Corrections' Research Policies: Cross-Sectional Analysis. JMIR Form Res. 2025 Aug 20; 9:e76835.
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Surrogate Decision Making for Incarcerated Patients. JAMA Intern Med. 2019 07 01; 179(7):861-862.
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In Search of Denominators-Reply. JAMA Surg. 2019 05 01; 154(5):470.
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Postmortem Incidence of Acute Surgical- and Trauma-Associated Pathologic Conditions in Prison Inmates in Miami Dade County, Florida. JAMA Surg. 2019 Jan 01; 154(1):87-88.
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Prisoner health status at three rural Haitian prisons. Int J Prison Health. 2018 09 10; 14(3):197-209.
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The Normative Nature of Aggressive Intrusive Thinking Among an Underserved Incarcerated Population Compared With a Student Sample. Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 2018 Oct; 62(13):4142-4157.
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Dental Student-Delivered Care at a Student-Faculty Collaborative Clinic in a Correctional Facility. Am J Public Health. 2017 05; 107(S1):S85-S87.
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Sources of guns to dangerous people: what we learn by asking them. Prev Med. 2015 Oct; 79:28-36.
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A randomized, controlled trial of chlorhexidine-soaked cloths to reduce methicillin-resistant and methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus carriage prevalence in an urban jail. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2014 Dec; 35(12):1466-73.