Cities

"Cities" 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.

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A large or important municipality of a country, usually a major metropolitan center.

Descriptor ID	D002947
MeSH Number(s)	G16.500.275.069 N06.230.069 Z01.433
Concept/Terms	Cities Cities Municipalities Municipalities

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Biological Sciences [G]
Biological Phenomena [G16]
Ecological and Environmental Phenomena [G16.500]
Environment [G16.500.275]
Cities [G16.500.275.069]
Health Care [N]
Environment and Public Health [N06]
Environment [N06.230]
Cities [N06.230.069]
Geographicals [Z]
Geographic Locations [Z01]
Cities [Z01.433]

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Cities" by people in this website by year, and whether "Cities" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 67 publications over 22 distinct years, with a maximum of 9 publications in 2019

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2001	0	1	1
2003	0	1	1
2004	2	0	2
2005	0	1	1
2008	1	1	2
2009	1	2	3
2010	0	2	2
2011	1	2	3
2012	1	2	3
2013	0	1	1
2014	0	2	2
2015	3	4	7
2016	0	3	3
2017	1	5	6
2018	1	2	3
2019	0	9	9
2020	0	6	6
2021	0	4	4
2022	0	2	2
2023	0	2	2
2024	0	1	1
2025	0	3	3

Below are the most recent publications written about "Cities" by people in Profiles.

Costa SSL, Alves JC, da Silva EV, da Silva JM, Xavier LS, Ribeiro VS, ?vila DVL, Souza SO, Garcia CAB, da Rocha GO, Araujo RGO. Trace metal chemical fractionation in airborne particulate matter from a tropical urban area in Brazil. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2025 Jul; 32(31):18763-18778.

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Vera AJ, Soliz AG, Vera KR, Ortega OJ, Jeon S, Su X, de la Mora-Covarubbias A, Lavretsky P, Watts DM. Environmental influences on Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) population densities across 2 urban communities on the U.S.-Mexico border. J Med Entomol. 2025 Mar 17; 62(2):449-457.

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Matt GE, Greiner L, Tran K, Gibbons J, Vingiello M, Stigler Granados P, Shadbegian R, Novotny TE. Estimating the accumulation and re-accumulation of commercial tobacco, electronic cigarette, and cannabis waste based on a stratified random sample of census blocks. PLoS One. 2025; 20(1):e0313241.

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Vera AJ, Soliz AG, de la Mora-Covarrubias A, Watts DM. Aedes aegypti oviposition in urban communities in the Northern Chihuahuan Desert. J Vector Borne Dis. 2024 Oct-Dec 01; 61(4):626-629.

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Rosenthal MD, Schmidt LA, Vargas R, Blacker LS, McCulloch CE, Ezennia J, Patel AI. Drink Tap: A Multisector Program to Promote Water Access and Intake in San Francisco Parks. Prev Chronic Dis. 2023 08 24; 20:E74.

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Young NN, Stow DA, Swayne MRE, Nara A. Mapping environmentally sustainable urban development within six US cities through object-based image change analysis of aerial orthoimagery. Environ Monit Assess. 2023 Mar 15; 195(4):469.

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Fernandez G, Maione C, Yang H, Zaballa K, Bonnici N, Carter J, Spitzberg BH, Jin C, Tsou MH. Social Network Analysis of COVID-19 Sentiments: 10 Metropolitan Cities in Italy. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 06 23; 19(13).

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Xia Y, Ma H, Moloney G, Vel?squez Garc?a HA, Sirski M, Janjua NZ, Vickers D, Williamson T, Katz A, Yiu K, Kustra R, Buckeridge DL, Brisson M, Baral SD, Mishra S, Maheu-Giroux M. Geographic concentration of SARS-CoV-2 cases by social determinants of health in metropolitan areas in Canada: a cross-sectional study. CMAJ. 2022 02 14; 194(6):E195-E204.

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Lafarga-Previdi I, Velez-Vega CM, Santiago-Rodriguez EI, Lasalle Y. Assessment of Academic-Community Partnerships in Translational Research. P R Health Sci J. 2021 12; 40(4):157-161.

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Davis FR, Ali HH, Rosenzweig JA, Vrinceanu D, Maruthi Sridhar BB. Characterization of Chemical and Bacterial Concentrations in Floor Dust Samples in Southeast Texas Households. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 11 25; 18(23).

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