"Social Medicine" 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.
A branch of medicine concerned with the role of socio-environmental factors in the occurrence, prevention and treatment of disease.
| Descriptor ID |
D012936
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| MeSH Number(s) |
H02.403.800
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Social Medicine" by people in Profiles.
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Satcher D. Pioneers in health equity: lessons from the REACH communities. Prog Community Health Partnersh. 2011; 5(3):215-7.
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Kumanyika SK, Whitt-Glover MC, Gary TL, Prewitt TE, Odoms-Young AM, Banks-Wallace J, Beech BM, Halbert CH, Karanja N, Lancaster KJ, Samuel-Hodge CD. Expanding the obesity research paradigm to reach African American communities. Prev Chronic Dis. 2007 Oct; 4(4):A112.