Risk Assessment

"Risk Assessment" 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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The qualitative or quantitative estimation of the likelihood of adverse effects that may result from exposure to specified health hazards or from the absence of beneficial influences. (Last, Dictionary of Epidemiology, 1988)

Descriptor ID	D018570
MeSH Number(s)	E05.318.740.600.800.715 N04.452.871.715 N05.715.360.750.625.700.690 N06.850.505.715 N06.850.520.830.600.800.715
Concept/Terms	Risk Assessment Risk Assessment Assessments, Risk Risk Assessments Health Risk Assessment Assessment, Health Risk Assessments, Health Risk Health Risk Assessments Risk Assessment, Health Risk Assessments, Health Assessment, Risk Risks and Benefits Risks and Benefits Benefits and Risks Benefit-Risk Assessment Benefit-Risk Assessment Assessment, Benefit-Risk Assessments, Benefit-Risk Benefit Risk Assessment Benefit-Risk Assessments Risk-Benefit Assessment Assessment, Risk-Benefit Assessments, Risk-Benefit Risk Benefit Assessment Risk-Benefit Assessments

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Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Investigative Techniques [E05]
Epidemiologic Methods [E05.318]
Statistics as Topic [E05.318.740]
Probability [E05.318.740.600]
Risk [E05.318.740.600.800]
Risk Assessment [E05.318.740.600.800.715]
Health Care [N]
Health Services Administration [N04]
Organization and Administration [N04.452]
Risk Management [N04.452.871]
Risk Assessment [N04.452.871.715]
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation [N05]
Quality of Health Care [N05.715]
Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms [N05.715.360]
Statistics as Topic [N05.715.360.750]
Probability [N05.715.360.750.625]
Risk [N05.715.360.750.625.700]
Risk Assessment [N05.715.360.750.625.700.690]
Environment and Public Health [N06]
Public Health [N06.850]
Epidemiologic Measurements [N06.850.505]
Risk Assessment [N06.850.505.715]
Epidemiologic Methods [N06.850.520]
Statistics as Topic [N06.850.520.830]
Probability [N06.850.520.830.600]
Risk [N06.850.520.830.600.800]
Risk Assessment [N06.850.520.830.600.800.715]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Risk Assessment".

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

Risk Assessment
Adverse Outcome Pathways
Healthcare Failure Mode and Effect Analysis

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Bar chart showing 759 publications over 29 distinct years, with a maximum of 57 publications in 2019

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	0	1	1
1997	0	2	2
1998	0	1	1
2001	0	1	1
2002	0	6	6
2003	4	15	19
2004	3	19	22
2005	3	25	28
2006	1	14	15
2007	3	30	33
2008	2	37	39
2009	0	34	34
2010	0	33	33
2011	3	42	45
2012	3	29	32
2013	3	28	31
2014	6	31	37
2015	3	39	42
2016	11	36	47
2017	4	43	47
2018	7	40	47
2019	5	52	57
2020	1	34	35
2021	4	24	28
2022	0	6	6
2023	0	13	13
2024	0	22	22
2025	0	29	29
2026	0	7	7

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

Yao JV, Wang B, Ganes A, Peters S, Taylor A, Brennecke S, Winship I, Zentner D. Subclinical atherosclerosis in women after pre-eclampsia: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Heart. 2026 Apr 10; 112(9):473-479.

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Orlando LA, Mittendorf KF, Bihlmeyer NA, Bland HT, Myers RA, Pratap S, Celaya-Cobbs N, Andujar J, Gerhart M, Sadeghpour A, Hooker G, Wu RR, Marshall DR, Edwards C, Frederickson KL, Leegon J, Jones SH, Rosenbloom ST, Peterson JF, Wiesner GL. Streamlining Inherited Cancer Identification via an EMR-Integrated Risk Assessment Platform: A Nonrandomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2026 Apr 01; 9(4):e269816.

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Lam AC, Li Y, Brown MC, Deng Y, Hueniken K, Leighl NB, Shepherd FA, Murison K, Wang Z, Kothari J, Wenzlaff AS, Liu H, Kohno T, Pesatori AC, Harris C, Ma H, Dai J, Barnett MJ, Diver R, Leal LF, Fernandez-Tardon G, P?rez-R?os M, Davies MP, Holleczek B, Brennan P, Zaridze D, Holcatova I, Lissowska J, Swiatkowska B, Mates D, Savic M, Brenner H, Andrew AS, Taylor F, Field JK, Ruano-Ravina A, Shete SS, Tardon A, Wang Y, Marchand LL, Reis RM, Schabath MB, Neuhouser ML, Shen H, Landi MT, Shiraishi K, Zhang J, Schwartz AG, Tsao MS, Christiani DC, Yang P, Hung RJ, Xu W, Liu G. Evaluating eight smoking metrics for modelling survival in non-small cell lung cancer. Cancer Epidemiol. 2026 Jun; 102:103052.

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Gao YP, Fan YT, Cheng XQ, Huang PN, Liu HY, Bi XJ, Sun J, Zhu Y, Zhou W, Liu YN, Deng YB. Incremental Value of NT-proBNP Over HCM-AF Score in Risk Stratification for Atrial Fibrillation in Patients With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Clin Cardiol. 2026 Mar; 49(3):e70276.

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Warner S, Xiao R, Wiltse Nicely KL, Chandler R. From Joint Cognitive Systems to Human-AI Joint Cognitive Systems: A Theory Critique and Application to Obstetric Anesthesia Risk Assessment. Nurs Sci Q. 2026 Apr; 39(2):117-125.

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Park I, Watkins M, Dinh D, Brennan A, Batchelor RJ, Park J, Grbac A, Norman S, Walker M, Stub D, Reid CM, Biswas S, Lefkovits J, Taylor AJ, Koshy AN. Clinical Outcomes in Young Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2026 Apr; 107(5):1303-1311.

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Hedges JR, Gibler WB, Young GP. Historical Review of Acute Myocardial Ischemia Risk Assessment. Hawaii J Health Soc Welf. 2026; 85(1):3-9.

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Nkemdirim Okere A, Li T, Islam MM, Ali AA, Buxbaum SG, Diaby V. Development of machine learning models to predict risk of hospitalisation and 90-day readmission among patients with cardiovascular risk factors using community health survey data. BMJ Health Care Inform. 2025 Dec 31; 32(1).

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Sun D, Tseng VL, Yu F, Coleman AL. Cardiovascular Risk and Eye Health: A Cohort Study of the Pooled Cohort Equations and Ocular Disease Incidence. Ophthalmology. 2026 May; 133(5):645-653.

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Lein PJ, Bowman AB, Cao Z, Carson M, Eskenazi B, Fritsche E, Harry GJ, Hartung T, Pessah IN, Slikker W, Zeise L, Smith MT. Proposed key characteristics of neurotoxic chemicals. Neurotoxicology. 2026 Jan; 112:103370.

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