"Police" 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.
Agents of the law charged with the responsibility of maintaining and enforcing law and order among the citizenry.
| Descriptor ID |
D016495
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| MeSH Number(s) |
M01.526.373.750 M01.526.760
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| Concept/Terms |
Law Enforcement Officers- Law Enforcement Officers
- Enforcement Officer, Law
- Enforcement Officers, Law
- Law Enforcement Officer
- Officer, Law Enforcement
- Officers, Law Enforcement
Police Officers- Police Officers
- Officer, Police
- Officers, Police
- Police Officer
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2019 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2022 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2023 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Police" by people in Profiles.
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Associations between police harassment and distrust in and reduced access to healthcare among Black sexual minority men: A longitudinal analysis of HPTN 061. PLoS One. 2023; 18(8):e0290378.
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A tale of two cities: Policing and firearm homicides in Boston and Philadelphia. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2023 11 01; 95(5):713-718.
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Developing a national database of police-reported fatal road traffic crashes for road safety research and management in India. Int J Inj Contr Saf Promot. 2023 Sep; 30(3):439-446.
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Event-level prediction of urban crime reveals a signature of enforcement bias in US cities. Nat Hum Behav. 2022 08; 6(8):1056-1068.
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Behavioral Crisis and First Response: Qualitative Interviews with Chicago Stakeholders. Community Ment Health J. 2023 01; 59(1):77-84.
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Complaints about excessive use of police force in women's neighborhoods and subsequent perinatal and cardiovascular health. Sci Adv. 2022 01 21; 8(3):eabl5417.
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Policing, health care, and institutional racism: Connecting history and heuristics. Health Serv Res. 2021 12; 56(6):1100-1103.
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Domestic Violence Police Reporting and Resources During the 2020 COVID-19 Stay-at-Home Order in Chicago, Illinois. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 09 01; 4(9):e2122260.
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Longitudinal Associations between Police Harassment and Experiences of Violence among Black Men Who Have Sex with Men in Six US Cities: the HPTN 061 Study. J Urban Health. 2021 04; 98(2):172-182.
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Gunshot-victim cooperation with police investigations: Results from the Chicago Inmate Survey. Prev Med. 2021 02; 143:106381.