"Afghanistan" 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.
Country located in southern Asia, north and west of Pakistan, and east of Iran. The capital is Kabul.
| Descriptor ID |
D000346
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| MeSH Number(s) |
Z01.252.245.500.125
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2010 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Afghanistan" by people in Profiles.
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Mellman TA. Reduced heart rate variability during sleep: a candidate PTSD biomarker with implications for health risk: Commentary on Ulmer et al., "Posttraumatic stress disorder diagnosis is associated with reduced parasympathetic activity during sleep in US veterans and military service members of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars". Sleep. 2018 12 01; 41(12).
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Sadler AG, Cheney AM, Mengeling MA, Booth BM, Torner JC, Young LB. Servicemen's Perceptions of Male Sexual Assault and Barriers to Reporting During Active Component and Reserve/National Guard Military Service. J Interpers Violence. 2021 04; 36(7-8):NP3596-NP3623.
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Kibria GMA, Burrowes V, Choudhury A, Sharmeen A, Ghosh S, Mahmud A, Kc A. Determinants of early neonatal mortality in Afghanistan: an analysis of the Demographic and Health Survey 2015. Global Health. 2018 05 09; 14(1):47.
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Sow SO, Muhsen K, Nasrin D, Blackwelder WC, Wu Y, Farag TH, Panchalingam S, Sur D, Zaidi AK, Faruque AS, Saha D, Adegbola R, Alonso PL, Breiman RF, Bassat Q, Tamboura B, Sanogo D, Onwuchekwa U, Manna B, Ramamurthy T, Kanungo S, Ahmed S, Qureshi S, Quadri F, Hossain A, Das SK, Antonio M, Hossain MJ, Mandomando I, Nhampossa T, Ac?cio S, Omore R, Oundo JO, Ochieng JB, Mintz ED, O'Reilly CE, Berkeley LY, Livio S, Tennant SM, Sommerfelt H, Nataro JP, Ziv-Baran T, Robins-Browne RM, Mishcherkin V, Zhang J, Liu J, Houpt ER, Kotloff KL, Levine MM. The Burden of Cryptosporidium Diarrheal Disease among Children < 24 Months of Age in Moderate/High Mortality Regions of Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, Utilizing Data from the Global Enteric Multicenter Study (GEMS). PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2016 05; 10(5):e0004729.
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Otoukesh S, Mojtahedzadeh M, Sherzai D, Behazin A, Bazargan-Hejazi S, Bazargan M. A retrospective study of demographic parameters and major health referrals among Afghan refugees in Iran. Int J Equity Health. 2012 Dec 20; 11:82.
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Moghani-Lankarani M, Assari S, Kardavani B, Einollah B. Kidney transplantation in Afghan refugees residing in Iran: the first report of survival analysis. Ann Transplant. 2010 Apr-Jun; 15(2):55-60.
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Najafizadeh K, Ghorbani F, Rostami A, Ghobadi O, Barbati E, Rad SS, Assari S. Seeking consent in the country of origin for transplantation from a brain-dead refugee in the host country. Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl. 2010 Mar; 21(2):345-7.