Language

"Language" 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 verbal or nonverbal means of communicating ideas or feelings.

Descriptor ID	D007802
MeSH Number(s)	F01.145.209.399 L01.559
Concept/Terms	Language Language Languages

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Psychiatry and Psychology [F]
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms [F01]
Behavior [F01.145]
Communication [F01.145.209]
Language [F01.145.209.399]
Information Science [L]
Information Science [L01]
Language [L01.559]

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Bar chart showing 156 publications over 27 distinct years, with a maximum of 11 publications in 2014 and 2022 and 2023

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1999	1	0	1
2000	0	1	1
2001	0	1	1
2002	2	0	2
2003	2	3	5
2004	2	2	4
2005	3	0	3
2006	5	2	7
2007	2	1	3
2008	2	6	8
2009	3	2	5
2010	2	5	7
2011	2	2	4
2012	3	6	9
2013	3	1	4
2014	3	8	11
2015	4	2	6
2016	5	3	8
2017	1	5	6
2018	2	2	4
2019	3	3	6
2020	5	5	10
2021	3	5	8
2022	5	6	11
2023	4	7	11
2024	5	1	6
2025	2	3	5

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Bear Don't Walk O, Haldar S, Wei DH, Huang H, Rivera RL, Fan JW, Keloth VK, Leung TI, Desai P, Korngiebel DM, Grossman Liu L, Pichon A, Subbian V, Solomonides AT, Wiley LK, Ogunyemi O, Jackson GP, Dankwa-Mullan I, Dirks LG, Everhart AR, Parker AG, Iott B, Kronk C, Foraker R, Martin K, Anand T, Volpe SG, Yung N, Rizvi R, Lucero R, Bright TJ. Developing and sustaining inclusive language in biomedical informatics communications: an AMIA Board of Directors endorsed paper on the Inclusive Language and Context Style Guidelines. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2025 Aug 01; 32(8):1380-1387.

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Ijadi-Maghsoodi R, Koushkaki SR, Klomhaus A, Aralis H, Venegas-Murillo A, Marlotte L, Siddiqi S, Lee K, De La Cruz SA, Kataoka S. Resilience and traumatic stress among Latinx english language learners: a cross-sectional study of students from an urban school district. BMC Public Health. 2025 Jul 15; 25(1):2458.

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Rodriguez-Diaz CE, Jaramillo J, Santiago-Rivera Y, Harkness A, Cantos VD, Liu A, Buchbinder S, Saldana CS, Gonzalez K, Malav?-Rivera SM, Reyes N, Vinson J, Scott JY, Lanzi RG, Hidalgo B. Language Justice in Implementation Science: Experiences Working With Latinxs to End the HIV Epidemic. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2025 Apr 15; 98(5S):e104-e110.

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Finlayson TL, Garcia-Alcaraz C, Malcarne VL, Ryder M, Ayala GX, Martinez LS, Schiaffino MK, Hoeft KS, Gansky SA, Dougherty E, Stamm N, Shue B, Maupom? G. Evaluation of the psychometric properties of the Oral Health Behavior Social Support (OHBSS) Scales in English and Spanish for Mexican-origin young adults. BMC Oral Health. 2025 Apr 10; 25(1):515.

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Finlayson TL, Malcarne VL, Ayala GX, Schiaffino MK, Hoeft KS, Garcia-Alcaraz C, Ryder M, Gansky SA, Martinez LS, Yang M, Dougherty E, Maupom? G, Stamm N, Shue B. Development of new bilingual oral health behavior social support (OHBSS) scales in English and Spanish. PLoS One. 2025; 20(3):e0317133.

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Denissen M, P?ll B, Robbins K, Makeig S, Hutzler F. HED LANG - A Hierarchical Event Descriptors library extension for annotation of language cognition experiments. Sci Data. 2024 12 23; 11(1):1428.

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Pro G, Bautista T, Gu M, Ware OD, Kleinerman A, Baldwin J, Rojo M. Services Provided in Spanish in Substance Use Disorder Treatment Facilities: Limited Access in Communities with Fast-Growing Spanish-Speaking Populations. J Behav Health Serv Res. 2025 Jul; 52(3):408-423.

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Aponte J, Tejada K, Figueroa K. Readability Level of Spanish Language Online Health Information: A Systematic Review. Hisp Health Care Int. 2025 Jun; 23(2):107-122.

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Reyes-Ortiz CA, Campo-Arias A. Non-English Language Preference is Part of the US Syndemic for Latin/Hispanic People. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2024 07; 32(7):787-789.

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Aponte J, Figueroa K, Brennan NB, Diaz L, Samuels WE. Health and Racial Disparities: Importance of Accurate and Reliable Ethnicity, Race, and Language Data. Hisp Health Care Int. 2024 Dec; 22(4):204-215.

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