"Refugees" 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.
Persons fleeing to a place of safety, especially those who flee to a foreign country or power to escape danger, persecution, or economic distress in their own country or habitual residence.
| Descriptor ID |
D012036
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| MeSH Number(s) |
M01.755
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Refugees" by people in Profiles.
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Perspectives of women of refugee background on healthcare needs in a major urban metropolitan community in the US: A qualitative needs assessment. Health Soc Care Community. 2022 11; 30(6):e5637-e5646.
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Health Care Utilization Before and After the "Muslim Ban" Executive Order Among People Born in Muslim-Majority Countries and Living in the US. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 07 01; 4(7):e2118216.
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Is LARC for Everyone? A Qualitative Study of Sociocultural Perceptions of Family Planning and Contraception Among Refugees in Ethiopia. Matern Child Health J. 2017 Sep; 21(9):1699-1705.
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Rethinking the social history in the era of biolegitimacy: global health and medical education in the care of Palestinian and Syrian refugees in Beirut, Lebanon. Anthropol Med. 2016; 23(1):14-29.
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Medical care for people in transition: symptoms may point to stories. Health Prog. 2014 Mar-Apr; 95(2):49-52.
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Perceptions of obstetrical interventions and female genital cutting: insights of men in a Somali refugee community. Ethn Health. 2014 Aug; 19(4):440-57.
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Evaluating a multiple-family group access intervention for refugees with PTSD. J Marital Fam Ther. 2008 Apr; 34(2):149-64.
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Use of state cancer surveillance data to estimate the cancer burden in disaster-affected areas--Hurricane Katrina, 2005. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2007 Jul-Aug; 22(4):282-90.
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The TAFES multi-family group intervention for Kosovar refugees: a feasibility study. J Nerv Ment Dis. 2003 Feb; 191(2):100-7.
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Medical care for immigrants and refugees. Am Fam Physician. 1998 Mar 01; 57(5):1061-8.