"African Americans" 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 living in the United States having origins in any of the black groups of Africa.
Descriptor ID |
D001741
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MeSH Number(s) |
M01.686.508.100.100 M01.686.754.100
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "African Americans".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "African Americans".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "African Americans" by people in this website by year, and whether "African Americans" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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1994 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
1995 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
1996 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
1998 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
1999 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2000 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
2001 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
2002 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
2003 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
2004 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
2005 | 8 | 3 | 11 |
2006 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
2007 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
2008 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
2009 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
2010 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
2011 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
2012 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
2013 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
2014 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
2015 | 10 | 2 | 12 |
2016 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
2017 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
2018 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
2019 | 14 | 2 | 16 |
2020 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
2021 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "African Americans" by people in Profiles.
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Disproportionate attack rates of COVID-19 among older black adults. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2021 11; 69(11):3066-3067.
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Multi-Dimensional Impact of Chronic Low Back Pain among Underserved African American and Latino Older Adults. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 07 06; 18(14).
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Office of Management and Budget Racial/Ethnic Categories in Mortality Research: A Framework for Including the Voices of Racialized Communities. Am J Public Health. 2021 07; 111(S2):S133-S140.
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Frequency of Parkinsonism and Parkinson Disease in African Americans in the Chicago Community. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2021 06 14; 76(7):1340-1345.
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Completion of advance directives among African Americans and Whites adults. Patient Educ Couns. 2021 11; 104(11):2763-2771.
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Money Protects White but Not African American Men against Discrimination: Comparison of African American and White Men in the Same Geographic Areas. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 03 08; 18(5).
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Discrimination and Medical Mistrust in a Racially and Ethnically Diverse Sample of California Adults. Ann Fam Med. 2021 Jan-Feb; 19(1):4-15.
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Low-Dose Aspirin Use Among African American Older Adults. J Am Board Fam Med. 2021 Jan-Feb; 34(1):132-143.
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Disparities in Palliative and Hospice Care and Completion of Advance Care Planning and Directives Among Non-Hispanic Blacks: A Scoping Review of Recent Literature. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2021 Jun; 38(6):688-718.
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Influenza Vaccination among Underserved African-American Older Adults. Biomed Res Int. 2020; 2020:2160894.