"Adult" 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.
A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.
| Descriptor ID |
D000328
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| MeSH Number(s) |
M01.060.116
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| Concept/Terms |
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Adult".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Adult".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Adult" by people in this website by year, and whether "Adult" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 299 | 299 |
| 1997 | 0 | 298 | 298 |
| 1998 | 0 | 309 | 309 |
| 1999 | 0 | 302 | 302 |
| 2000 | 0 | 386 | 386 |
| 2001 | 0 | 362 | 362 |
| 2002 | 0 | 421 | 421 |
| 2003 | 0 | 405 | 405 |
| 2004 | 0 | 466 | 466 |
| 2005 | 0 | 491 | 491 |
| 2006 | 0 | 545 | 545 |
| 2007 | 0 | 563 | 563 |
| 2008 | 0 | 647 | 647 |
| 2009 | 0 | 585 | 585 |
| 2010 | 0 | 624 | 624 |
| 2011 | 0 | 721 | 721 |
| 2012 | 0 | 765 | 765 |
| 2013 | 0 | 797 | 797 |
| 2014 | 0 | 800 | 800 |
| 2015 | 0 | 827 | 827 |
| 2016 | 0 | 881 | 881 |
| 2017 | 0 | 897 | 897 |
| 2018 | 0 | 964 | 964 |
| 2019 | 0 | 939 | 939 |
| 2020 | 0 | 908 | 908 |
| 2021 | 0 | 807 | 807 |
| 2022 | 0 | 377 | 377 |
| 2023 | 0 | 429 | 429 |
| 2024 | 0 | 894 | 894 |
| 2025 | 0 | 681 | 681 |
| 2026 | 0 | 18 | 18 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Adult" by people in Profiles.
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Co-creation and evaluation of people-centered mobile health messages to promote PrEP adherence among GBMSM in China: a feasibility study. Sex Health. 2026 Apr 09; 23(2).
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Does Soft Tissue Envelope Affect Rates of Union in Functional Brace Treatment of Humeral Shaft Fractures? J Orthop Trauma. 2026 Apr 01; 40(4):189-195.
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Spectrum, prevalence, and clinical correlates of PPM1D mutations in patients with clonal hematopoiesis and clonal cytopenias. Blood Adv. 2026 Mar 10; 10(5):1746-1755.
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A community network-driven COVID-19 testing and vaccination intervention for vulnerable populations in the Central United States: results from a Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics Underserved Populations randomized controlled trial. J Public Health (Oxf). 2026 Mar 06; 48(1):122-136.
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Neighborhood-Level Social Vulnerability, Race and Ethnicity, and Stage at Diagnosis: A Population-Based Study of 12,957 Patients with Oral Cavity Cancer. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2026 Mar 02; 35(3):398-405.
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A Note on Ordinal Modeling of Smoking Rate Data. Nicotine Tob Res. 2026 Feb 24; 28(3):397-403.
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Adverse Outcomes in Patients With Hypothyroidism Undergoing Bariatric Surgery: A Retrospective Study Using TriNetX. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2026 Feb 20; 111(3):e766-e777.
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Impact of modernizing eligibility criteria on enrollment and representation in acute myeloid leukemia clinical trials. Blood. 2026 Feb 05; 147(6):639-649.
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Daily PrEP and event-driven PrEP adherence for men who have sex with men in China. Sex Health. 2026 Feb 05; 23(1).
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Measuring Hypothyroidism Disease Control Using a TSH-based "Time-in-range". J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2026 Jan 21; 111(2):e484-e492.