"Urban Population" 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 inhabitants of a city or town, including metropolitan areas and suburban areas.
| Descriptor ID |
D014505
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N01.600.900
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| Concept/Terms |
Urban Population- Urban Population
- Population, Urban
- Populations, Urban
- Urban Populations
Urban Spatial Distribution- Urban Spatial Distribution
- Distribution, Urban Spatial
- Distributions, Urban Spatial
- Urban Spatial Distributions
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Urban Population".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Urban Population".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Urban Population" by people in this website by year, and whether "Urban Population" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1997 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2000 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2001 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2002 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2003 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2006 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 2007 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 2008 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 2009 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2010 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 2011 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2013 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| 2014 | 2 | 11 | 13 |
| 2015 | 1 | 10 | 11 |
| 2016 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 2017 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2018 | 5 | 12 | 17 |
| 2019 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| 2020 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2021 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2022 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2025 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2026 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Urban Population" by people in Profiles.
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Cost of a Measles Outbreak in an Urban Shelter. JAMA Netw Open. 2026 Sep 01; 9(9):e2635328.
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A Large, Diverse, Urban Cardiovascular Health e-Cohort in Childhood and Adolescence: Protocol for the Young Hearts Study. JMIR Res Protoc. 2026 05 21; 15:e82619.
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Case-control study of fatal bicycle crashes in peri-urban areas of Delhi. Inj Prev. 2026 05 15; 32(3):424-431.
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Effectiveness Outcomes from a Social Network Diffusion Intervention to Increase COVID-19 Testing and Vaccination among Individuals Impacted by the Criminal Legal System in Urban U.S. Cities. J Urban Health. 2026 Apr; 103(2):454-467.
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Bacterial fecal microbiome composition associated with HIV stage among rural and peri-urban adults living with HIV in Uganda. BMC Infect Dis. 2026 Mar 10; 26(1).
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Adult tobacco product use patterns across the urban-rural continuum: The longitudinal Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) study, 2016-2023. J Rural Health. 2026 Mar; 42(2):e70140.
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Accounting for social and environmental drivers of neurodevelopment: lessons from a pilot study in a pediatric Colombian cohort. Pediatr Res. 2026 Jun; 99(7):2660-2668.
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Association Between Electronic Patient Portal Enrollment and HIV Care Outcomes Among People Living with HIV at an Urban Academic Medical Center. AIDS Behav. 2026 Jan; 30(1):315-318.
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Metrics of Urbanicity and Rurality in US-Based Epidemiologic Studies of Ambient Temperature and Health: A Scoping Review. Curr Environ Health Rep. 2025 Aug 20; 12(1):30.
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A comparison of classifications for geographic location and their associations with tobacco use among US adults. J Rural Health. 2025 Jun; 41(3):e70070.