"Social Class" 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.
A stratum of people with similar position and prestige; includes social stratification. Social class is measured by criteria such as education, occupation, and income.
Descriptor ID |
D012923
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MeSH Number(s) |
I01.880.853.996.755 N01.824.782
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Concept/Terms |
Social Class- Social Class
- Class, Social
- Classes, Social
- Social Classes
Middle Class Population- Middle Class Population
- Class Population, Middle
- Class Populations, Middle
- Middle Class Populations
- Population, Middle Class
- Populations, Middle Class
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Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2016 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
2018 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
2019 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
2021 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Social Class" by people in Profiles.
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Educational mobility and telomere length in middle-aged and older adults: testing three alternative hypotheses. Biodemography Soc Biol. 2020 Jul-Sep; 66(3-4):220-235.
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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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Unequal Protective Effects of Parental Educational Attainment on the Body Mass Index of Black and White Youth. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 09 27; 16(19).
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Substance Use among Economically Disadvantaged African American Older Adults; Objective and Subjective Socioeconomic Status. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 05 23; 16(10).
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Chronic Respiratory Disease and Health-Related Quality of Life of African American Older Adults in an Economically Disadvantaged Area of Los Angeles. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 05 17; 16(10).
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Depression Fully Mediates the Effect of Multimorbidity on Self-Rated Health for Economically Disadvantaged African American Men but Not Women. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 05 14; 16(10).
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Health-Related Quality of Life of Economically Disadvantaged African American Older Adults: Age and Gender Differences. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 04 29; 16(9).
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Cigarette Smoking among Economically Disadvantaged African-American Older Adults in South Los Angeles: Gender Differences. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 04 04; 16(7).
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Demographic, Social, and Behavioral Determinants of Lung Cancer Perceived Risk and Worries in a National Sample of American Adults; Does Lung Cancer Risk Matter? Medicina (Kaunas). 2018 Dec 03; 54(6).
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Blacks' Diminished Health Return of Family Structure and Socioeconomic Status; 15 Years of Follow-up of a National Urban Sample of Youth. J Urban Health. 2018 02; 95(1):21-35.