"Body Size" 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.
The physical measurements of a body.
| Descriptor ID |
D049628
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.600.115.100.160 E05.041.124.160 G07.100.100.160 G07.345.249.314
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| Concept/Terms |
Body Size- Body Size
- Body Sizes
- Size, Body
- Sizes, Body
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Body Size".
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Body Size" by people in this website by year, and whether "Body Size" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2012 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Body Size" by people in Profiles.
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Arner AM, Grogan KE, Grabowski M, Reyes-Centeno H, Perry GH. Patterns of recent natural selection on genetic loci associated with sexually differentiated human body size and shape phenotypes. PLoS Genet. 2021 06; 17(6):e1009562.
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Shishido CM, Woods HA, Tobalske BW, Lane SJ, Moran AL. Body Size of Temperate Sea Spiders: No Evidence of Oxygen-Temperature Limitations. Biol Bull. 2020 08; 239(1):51-61.
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Pumill CA, Bush CG, Greiner MA, Hall ME, Dunlay SM, Correa A, Curtis LH, Suzuki T, Hardy C, Blackshear CT, O'Brien EC, Mentz RJ. Neck circumference and cardiovascular outcomes: Insights from the Jackson Heart Study. Am Heart J. 2019 06; 212:72-79.
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Dubey B, Jackson MD, Zeigler-Johnson C, Devarajan K, Flores-Obando RE, McFarlane-Anderson N, Tulloch-Reid MK, Aiken W, Kimbro K, Jones DZ, Kidd LR, Ragin C. Inflammation polymorphisms and prostate cancer risk in Jamaican men: Role of obesity/body size. Gene. 2017 Dec 15; 636:96-102.
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Florath I, Sarink D, Saunders C, Heyworth J, Fritschi L. Breast cancer risk and the interaction between adolescent body size and weight gain in later life: A case-control study. Cancer Epidemiol. 2016 12; 45:135-144.
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Magalh?es WF, Weidhase M, Schulze A, Bailey-Brock JH. Taxonomic remarks on the genus Ctenodrilus (Annelida: Cirratulidae) including description of a new species from the Pacific Ocean. Zootaxa. 2016 Apr 14; 4103(4):325-43.
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Fong KS, Hufnagel RB, Khadka VS, Corley MJ, Maunakea AK, Fogelgren B, Ahmed ZM, Lozanoff S. A mutation in the tuft mouse disrupts TET1 activity and alters the expression of genes that are crucial for neural tube closure. Dis Model Mech. 2016 05 01; 9(5):585-96.
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Novotny R, Davis J. Growth in bone and body size among Asian and white girls in the Female Adolescent Maturation (FAM) study. Arch Osteoporos. 2015; 10:31.
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Slocumb ME, Regalado JM, Yoshizawa M, Neely GG, Masek P, Gibbs AG, Keene AC. Enhanced Sleep Is an Evolutionarily Adaptive Response to Starvation Stress in Drosophila. PLoS One. 2015; 10(7):e0131275.
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Townsend C, Takishima-Lacasa JY, Latner JD, Grandinetti A, Keawe'aimoku Kaholokula J. Ethnic and gender differences in ideal body size and related attitudes among Asians, Native Hawaiians, and Whites. Hawaii J Med Public Health. 2014 Aug; 73(8):236-43.