"Wildfires" 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.
Fires that occur outdoors in the natural environment caused by natural forces or human activity.
| Descriptor ID |
D000075923
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G01.311.988 N06.230.216.875
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| Concept/Terms |
Wildfires- Wildfires
- Wildfire
- Wildland Fires
- Fire, Wildland
- Fires, Wildland
- Wildland Fire
- Brush Fires
- Brush Fire
- Fire, Brush
- Fires, Brush
- Forest Fires
- Fire, Forest
- Fires, Forest
- Forest Fire
- Wild Fires
- Fire, Wild
- Fires, Wild
- Wild Fire
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Wildfires" by people in Profiles.
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An economical in vitro model of wood smoke exposure. Inhal Toxicol. 2025 Apr; 37(4):208-215.
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A fire deficit persists across diverse North American forests despite recent increases in area burned. Nat Commun. 2025 Feb 10; 16(1):1493.
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A mouse model of wildfire smoke-induced health effects: sex differences in acute and sustained effects of inhalation exposures. Inhal Toxicol. 2024 07; 36(6):367-377.
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Acorn woodpecker movements and social networks change with wildfire smoke. Curr Biol. 2023 10 09; 33(19):R996-R997.
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Explainable artificial intelligence (XAI) detects wildfire occurrence in the Mediterranean countries of Southern Europe. Sci Rep. 2022 09 29; 12(1):16349.
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Short- and long-term wildfire threat when adapting infrastructure for wildlife conservation in the boreal forest. Ecol Appl. 2022 09; 32(6):e2606.
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Increasing fire and the decline of fire adapted black spruce in the boreal forest. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 11 09; 118(45).
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A spatial evaluation of global wildfire-water risks to human and natural systems. Sci Total Environ. 2018 Jan 01; 610-611:1193-1206.