"Family Characteristics" 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.
Size and composition of the family.
| Descriptor ID |
D005191
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.829.263.315 I01.240.361 I01.880.853.150.423 N01.224.361 N01.824.308 N06.850.505.400.400
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| Concept/Terms |
Family Characteristics- Family Characteristics
- Characteristic, Family
- Characteristics, Family
- Family Characteristic
Family Size, Average- Family Size, Average
- Average Family Size
- Average Family Sizes
- Family Sizes, Average
Family Size, Expected- Family Size, Expected
- Expected Family Size
- Expected Family Sizes
- Family Sizes, Expected
Family Size, Ideal- Family Size, Ideal
- Family Sizes, Ideal
- Ideal Family Size
- Ideal Family Sizes
One-Person Household- One-Person Household
- Household, One-Person
- Households, One-Person
- One Person Household
- One-Person Households
Family Demography- Family Demography
- Demographies, Family
- Demography, Family
- Family Demographies
Family Life Surveys- Family Life Surveys
- Family Life Survey
- Life Survey, Family
- Life Surveys, Family
- Survey, Family Life
- Surveys, Family Life
Family Size, Completed- Family Size, Completed
- Completed Family Size
- Completed Family Sizes
- Family Sizes, Completed
Family Size, Desired- Family Size, Desired
- Desired Family Size
- Desired Family Sizes
- Family Sizes, Desired
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Family Characteristics".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Family Characteristics" by people in this website by year, and whether "Family Characteristics" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2020 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Family Characteristics" by people in Profiles.
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The role of viral interaction in household transmission of symptomatic influenza and respiratory syncytial virus. Nat Commun. 2025 Feb 01; 16(1):1249.
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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 Apr; 12(4):257-258.
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Risk Factors for Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children: A Case-control Investigation. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2023 06 01; 42(6):e190-e196.
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Maps of solid-fuel use and household air pollution. Lancet Glob Health. 2022 10; 10(10):e1361-e1362.
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COVID-19 symptom severity predicts neutralizing antibody activity in a community-based serological study. Sci Rep. 2022 07 18; 12(1):12269.
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High seroprevalence for SARS-CoV-2 among household members of essential workers detected using a dried blood spot assay. PLoS One. 2020; 15(8):e0237833.
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Change and Stability in Sibling Physical Fitness: The Portuguese Sibling Study. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2020 07; 52(7):1511-1517.
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Environmental Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Contamination, Persistent Colonization, and Subsequent Skin and Soft Tissue Infection. JAMA Pediatr. 2020 06 01; 174(6):552-562.
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Longitudinal, strain-specific Staphylococcus aureus introduction and transmission events in households of children with community-associated meticillin-resistant S aureus skin and soft tissue infection: a prospective cohort study. Lancet Infect Dis. 2020 02; 20(2):188-198.
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Examining Household Changes in Produce Purchases Among New Parents. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2019 Jul - Aug; 51(7):798-805.