"Homicide" 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.
The killing of one person by another.
| Descriptor ID |
D006708
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I01.198.240.470 I01.880.735.344
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| Concept/Terms |
Wrongful Death- Wrongful Death
- Death, Wrongful
- Deaths, Wrongful
- Wrongful Deaths
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Homicide".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Homicide".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Homicide" by people in this website by year, and whether "Homicide" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2023 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2024 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Homicide" by people in Profiles.
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Crime Victim Compensation: We Can Do Better for Our Children. J Pediatr Surg. 2025 May; 60(5):162173.
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Pediatric Homicides: Not Just a Teenage Problem. J Surg Res. 2024 Oct; 302:490-494.
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The Link Between State Carceral Violence and Firearm Homicide. JAMA Surg. 2024 Aug 01; 159(8):916-917.
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State-Level Analysis of Intimate Partner Violence, Abortion Access, and Peripartum Homicide: Call for Screening and Violence Interventions for Pregnant Patients. J Am Coll Surg. 2024 May 01; 238(5):880-888.
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Age Trends And State Disparities In Firearm-Related Suicide In The US, 1999-2020. Health Aff (Millwood). 2023 11; 42(11):1551-1558.
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Left out in the cold: Homicide amongst persons experiencing homelessness. Am J Surg. 2024 01; 227:204-207.
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A tale of two cities: Policing and firearm homicides in Boston and Philadelphia. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2023 11 01; 95(5):713-718.
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Rising Rates of Homicide of Children and Adolescents: Preventable and Unacceptable. JAMA Pediatr. 2023 02 01; 177(2):117-119.
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Modifiable Factors Related to Firearm Homicides: A Broader View of Our Lane. Ann Surg. 2023 08 01; 278(2):e331-e340.
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Demographic and Regional Factors Associated With Reporting Homicides of Transgender People in the United States. J Surg Res. 2022 11; 279:72-76.