"Cooking" 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 art or practice of preparing food. It includes the preparation of special foods for diets in various diseases.
| Descriptor ID |
D003296
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| MeSH Number(s) |
J01.576.423.200.200
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2012 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2021 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2022 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2023 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2024 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cooking" by people in Profiles.
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Biomonitoring of nutritional and toxic elements in raw and cooked rice in the Health Effects of Arsenic Longitudinal Study, Bangladesh. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf. 2026 Aug; 321:120436.
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Stakeholders' perspectives on implementation of a clean fuel: clean stove intervention for reduction of household air pollution and hypertension in Lagos, Nigeria - a qualitative study. BMJ Open. 2026 Jan 09; 16(1):e101218.
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Community mobilisation for adoption of clean cookstoves and clean fuel to reduce household air pollution and blood pressure in Lagos, Nigeria: protocol for a cluster-randomised trial. BMJ Open. 2025 Sep 10; 15(9):e098483.
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Household air pollution and blood pressure among adult women participants of the Household Air Pollution Intervention Network Trial: An exposure-response analysis. Environ Res. 2025 Nov 15; 285(Pt 5):122570.
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Effects of a liquefied petroleum gas stove and fuel intervention on head circumference and length at birth: A multi-country household air pollution intervention network (HAPIN) trial. Environ Int. 2025 Jan; 195:109211.
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Transitioning to gaseous and liquid fuels: a right step towards clean cooking in low-income and middle-income countries. Lancet Respir Med. 2024 04; 12(4):257-258.
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Effects of a liquefied petroleum gas stove intervention on stillbirth, congenital anomalies and neonatal mortality: A multi-country household air pollution intervention network trial. Environ Pollut. 2024 Mar 15; 345:123414.
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Liquefied Petroleum Gas or Biomass Cooking and Severe Infant Pneumonia. N Engl J Med. 2024 01 04; 390(1):32-43.
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Effects of Cooking with Liquefied Petroleum Gas or Biomass on Stunting in Infants. N Engl J Med. 2024 01 04; 390(1):44-54.
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Cooking up Change: DEIB Principles as Key Ingredients in Nutrition and Culinary Medicine Education. Nutrients. 2023 Oct 05; 15(19).