"Drinking Water" 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.
Water that is intended to be ingested.
| Descriptor ID |
D060766
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D01.045.250.875.300 D01.248.497.158.459.650.300 D01.650.550.925.199 G07.203.100.418 J02.200.418
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| Concept/Terms |
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Drinking Water" by people in this website by year, and whether "Drinking Water" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2011 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2012 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2013 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Drinking Water" by people in Profiles.
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The impact of arsenic exposure on DNA methylation in humans: building an epigenetic biomarker of exposure across three independent cohorts. Int J Epidemiol. 2026 Apr 17; 55(3).
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Association of Lead in Drinking Water With Head and Neck Cancer in the United States. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2026 Feb; 174(2):458-464.
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Arsenic Exposure Reduction and Chronic Disease Mortality. JAMA. 2025 12 16; 334(23):2104-2112.
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Cancer Risk and Estimated Lithium Exposure in Drinking Groundwater in the US. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 02 03; 8(2):e2460854.
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Somatic loss of the Y chromosome is associated with arsenic exposure among Bangladeshi men. Int J Epidemiol. 2023 08 02; 52(4):1035-1046.
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Calcium concentration of drinking water to improve calcium intake: A simulation study. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2023 06; 1524(1):97-104.
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A Novel Nonantibiotic Gut-directed Strategy to Prevent Surgical Site Infections. Ann Surg. 2022 09 01; 276(3):472-481.
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Arsenic in private well water and birth outcomes in the United States. Environ Int. 2022 05; 163:107176.
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Arsenic exposure from drinking water and endothelial dysfunction in Bangladeshi adolescents. Environ Res. 2022 05 15; 208:112697.
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A mass-balance model to assess arsenic exposure from multiple wells in Bangladesh. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2022 05; 32(3):442-450.