"Public Opinion" 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 attitude of a significant portion of a population toward any given proposition, based upon a measurable amount of factual evidence, and involving some degree of reflection, analysis, and reasoning.
| Descriptor ID |
D011639
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I01.880.630.548
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| Concept/Terms |
Pro-Choice Groups- Pro-Choice Groups
- Group, Pro-Choice
- Groups, Pro-Choice
- Pro Choice Groups
- Pro-Choice Group
Public Opinion Polls- Public Opinion Polls
- Opinion Poll, Public
- Opinion Polls, Public
- Poll, Public Opinion
- Polls, Public Opinion
- Public Opinion Poll
Interest Groups- Interest Groups
- Group, Interest
- Groups, Interest
- Interest Group
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2017 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2019 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Public Opinion" by people in Profiles.
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Does procurement technique or criteria for the declaration of death matter? A survey of public attitudes toward organ donation. Am J Surg. 2026 Nov; 261:117172.
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ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF VETERINARY STORYTELLING IN THE MEDIA ON THE PUBLIC'S PERCEPTION OF ZOOS. J Zoo Wildl Med. 2026 Mar; 57(1):148-156.
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Public Support for Harm Reduction Strategies to Address the Opioid Pandemic in the United States: A Latent Class Analysis. Subst Use Misuse. 2026; 61(10):1719-1727.
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Refracting Blame in the Fentanyl Era: The Narrative Battleground on Facebook and Instagram. Subst Use Misuse. 2026; 61(1):120-131.
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'Why Do You Ask?' Revisiting the Purpose of Eliciting the Public's Moral Judgments About Emerging Technologies. AJOB Empir Bioeth. 2025 Jul-Sep; 16(3):127-139.
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Passive exposure to opioid crisis information and public attitudes: Effects on local policy support, discrimination, and stigma in a United States national survey. Prev Med. 2025 02; 191:108212.
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Public perceptions of opioid misuse recovery and related resources in a nationally representative sample of United States adults. Addiction. 2025 02; 120(2):253-265.
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Pointing Fingers: Who US Adults Blame for the Opioid Overdose Epidemic. Subst Use Addctn J. 2025 04; 46(2):220-230.
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OMERACT 2023 Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Special Interest Group: Winnowing and Binning Preliminary Candidate Domains for the Core Outcome Set. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2024 04; 65:152380.
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A National Portrait of Public Attitudes toward Opioid Use in the US: A Latent Class Analysis. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 03 02; 20(5).