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Social Stigma

"Social Stigma" 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 perceived attribute that is deeply discrediting and is considered to be a violation of social norms.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Social Stigma" by people in this website by year, and whether "Social Stigma" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 47 publications over 12 distinct years, with a maximum of 10 publications in 2020
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