"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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| Concept/Terms |
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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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| 1992 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1995 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1996 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 1997 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2000 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2001 | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| 2002 | 11 | 9 | 20 |
| 2003 | 16 | 16 | 32 |
| 2004 | 32 | 12 | 44 |
| 2005 | 31 | 21 | 52 |
| 2006 | 45 | 23 | 68 |
| 2007 | 26 | 14 | 40 |
| 2008 | 42 | 27 | 69 |
| 2009 | 40 | 23 | 63 |
| 2010 | 41 | 24 | 65 |
| 2011 | 55 | 29 | 84 |
| 2012 | 44 | 27 | 71 |
| 2013 | 57 | 25 | 82 |
| 2014 | 65 | 35 | 100 |
| 2015 | 58 | 31 | 89 |
| 2016 | 48 | 33 | 81 |
| 2017 | 59 | 31 | 90 |
| 2018 | 49 | 27 | 76 |
| 2019 | 56 | 26 | 82 |
| 2020 | 48 | 39 | 87 |
| 2021 | 28 | 24 | 52 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "African Americans" by people in Profiles.
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Archibald P, Thorpe R. Chronic Medical Conditions as Predictors of the Likelihood of PTSD among Black Adults: Preparing for the Aftermath of COVID-19. Health Soc Work. 2021 Nov 16; 46(4):268-276.
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Musey PI, Hunter BR. Black patients with COVID-19 had increased risk for 30-d mortality, PE, and other adverse outcomes vs. White patients. Ann Intern Med. 2021 11; 174(11):JC131.
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Wilkins CH, Williams M, Kaur K, DeBaun MR. Academic Medicine's Journey Toward Racial Equity Must Be Grounded in History: Recommendations for Becoming an Antiracist Academic Medical Center. Acad Med. 2021 11 01; 96(11):1507-1512.
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Whaley AL. Stereotype Threat and Neuropsychological Test Performance in the U.S. African American Population. Arch Clin Neuropsychol. 2021 Oct 13; 36(7):1361-1366.
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Baskin-Sommers A, Simmons C, Conley M, Chang SA, Estrada S, Collins M, Pelham W, Beckford E, Mitchell-Adams H, Berrian N, Tapert SF, Gee DG, Casey BJ. Adolescent civic engagement: Lessons from Black Lives Matter. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 10 12; 118(41).
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Mendy VL, Rowell-Cunsolo T, Bellerose M, Vargas R, Zhang L, Enkhmaa B. Temporal Trends in Hypertension Death Rate in Mississippi, 2000-2018. Am J Hypertens. 2021 09 22; 34(9):956-962.
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Leak-Johnson T, Yan F, Daniels P. What the Jackson Heart Study Has Taught Us About Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease in the African American Community: a 20-year Appreciation. Curr Diab Rep. 2021 09 08; 21(10):39.
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Sattayapiwat O, Wan P, Hernandez BY, Le Marchand L, Wilkens L, Haiman CA. Association of Anthropometric Measures With the Risk of Prostate Cancer in the Multiethnic Cohort. Am J Epidemiol. 2021 09 01; 190(9):1770-1783.
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Chen Z, Guo X, Long J, Ping J, Li B, Fadden MK, Ahearn TU, Stram DO, Shu XO, Jia G, Figueroa J, Palmer JR, Sanderson M, Haiman CA, Blot WJ, Garcia-Closas M, Cai Q, Zheng W. Discovery of structural deletions in breast cancer predisposition genes using whole genome sequencing data from?>?2000 women of African-ancestry. Hum Genet. 2021 Oct; 140(10):1449-1457.
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Yoshikawa T. Disproportionate attack rates of COVID-19 among older black adults. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2021 11; 69(11):3066-3067.