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Phosphorus

"Phosphorus" 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.

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A non-metal element that has the atomic symbol P, atomic number 15, and atomic weight 31. It is an essential element that takes part in a broad variety of biochemical reactions.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Phosphorus" by people in this website by year, and whether "Phosphorus" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 49 publications over 24 distinct years, with a maximum of 8 publications in 2015
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