Police

"Police" 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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Agents of the law charged with the responsibility of maintaining and enforcing law and order among the citizenry.

Descriptor ID	D016495
MeSH Number(s)	M01.526.373.750 M01.526.760
Concept/Terms	Police Police Police Force Police Force Police Forces Law Enforcement Officers Law Enforcement Officers Enforcement Officer, Law Enforcement Officers, Law Law Enforcement Officer Officer, Law Enforcement Officers, Law Enforcement Police Officers Police Officers Officer, Police Officers, Police Police Officer

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Police".

Named Groups [M]
Persons [M01]
Occupational Groups [M01.526]
Emergency Responders [M01.526.373]
Police [M01.526.373.750]
Police [M01.526.760]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Police".

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Bar chart showing 14 publications over 11 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 2015 and 2021 and 2023

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2004	0	1	1
2006	1	0	1
2008	1	0	1
2014	0	1	1
2015	1	1	2
2017	1	0	1
2018	1	0	1
2020	0	1	1
2021	0	2	2
2022	0	1	1
2023	1	1	2

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

Tsai J, Gonzalez C, Szymkowiak D, Stewart K, Dillard D, Whittle T, Woodland P. Evaluating Veterans Response Teams and Police Interventions on Veterans' Health Care Utilization. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2023 May-Jun 01; 29(3):387-391.

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Allgood KL, Fleischer NL, Morenoff J, Assari S, Needham BL. Do Police Encounters Increase the Risk for Cardiovascular Disease? Police Encounters and Framingham 30-Year Cardiovascular Risk Score. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2024 02; 11(1):348-363.

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Carpenter ER, Gonzalez I, Garcia S, Odom GJ. The effect of changing the military's sexual assault laws on law enforcement investigative findings in the U.S. Army. Law Hum Behav. 2022 08; 46(4):313-323.

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DeVylder JE, Anglin DM, Bowleg L, Fedina L, Link BG. Police Violence and Public Health. Annu Rev Clin Psychol. 2022 05 09; 18:527-552.

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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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Friedman J, Syvertsen JL, Bourgois P, Bui A, Beletsky L, Pollini R. Intersectional structural vulnerability to abusive policing among people who inject drugs: A mixed methods assessment in California's central valley. Int J Drug Policy. 2021 01; 87:102981.

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DeVylder JE, Jun HJ, Fedina L, Coleman D, Anglin D, Cogburn C, Link B, Barth RP. Association of Exposure to Police Violence With Prevalence of Mental Health Symptoms Among Urban Residents in the United States. JAMA Netw Open. 2018 11 02; 1(7):e184945.

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DeVylder JE, Cogburn C, Oh HY, Anglin D, Smith ME, Sharpe T, Jun HJ, Schiffman J, Lukens E, Link B. Psychotic Experiences in the Context of Police Victimization: Data From the Survey of Police-Public Encounters. Schizophr Bull. 2017 09 01; 43(5):993-1001.

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Zvolensky MJ, Farris SG, Kotov R, Schechter CB, Bromet E, Gonzalez A, Vujanovic A, Pietrzak RH, Crane M, Kaplan J, Moline J, Southwick SM, Feder A, Udasin I, Reissman DB, Luft BJ. Posttraumatic stress symptoms and smoking among World Trade Center disaster responders: A longitudinal investigation. Compr Psychiatry. 2015 Nov; 63:46-54.

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Zvolensky MJ, Farris SG, Kotov R, Schechter CB, Bromet E, Gonzalez A, Vujanovic A, Pietrzak RH, Crane M, Kaplan J, Moline J, Southwick SM, Feder A, Udasin I, Reissman DB, Luft BJ. World Trade Center disaster and sensitization to subsequent life stress: A longitudinal study of disaster responders. Prev Med. 2015 Jun; 75:70-4.

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