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Religion

"Religion" 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.

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A set of beliefs concerning the nature, cause, and purpose of the universe, especially when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency. It usually involves devotional and ritual observances and often a moral code for the conduct of human affairs. (Random House Collegiate Dictionary, rev. ed.)


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Religion" by people in this website by year, and whether "Religion" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 51 publications over 23 distinct years, with a maximum of 4 publications in 2011 and 2012 and 2015 and 2018
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