"Disasters" 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.
Calamities producing great damage, loss of life, and distress. They include results of natural phenomena and man-made phenomena. Normal conditions of existence are disrupted and the level of impact exceeds the capacity of the hazard-affected community.
| Descriptor ID |
D004190
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N06.230.100
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| Concept/Terms |
Natural Disasters- Natural Disasters
- Disaster, Natural
- Disasters, Natural
- Natural Disaster
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Disasters".
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Disasters" by people in this website by year, and whether "Disasters" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1996 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 1999 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2000 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2001 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2002 | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| 2003 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2004 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 2005 | 11 | 1 | 12 |
| 2006 | 22 | 2 | 24 |
| 2007 | 19 | 3 | 22 |
| 2008 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 2009 | 11 | 3 | 14 |
| 2010 | 10 | 5 | 15 |
| 2011 | 10 | 5 | 15 |
| 2012 | 14 | 4 | 18 |
| 2013 | 8 | 5 | 13 |
| 2014 | 14 | 3 | 17 |
| 2015 | 10 | 7 | 17 |
| 2016 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2017 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 2018 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2019 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 2020 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2021 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2022 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 2023 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Disasters" by people in Profiles.
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Supporting Children's Mental Health Needs in Disasters. Pediatrics. 2025 Jan 01; 155(1).
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Extreme Weather Injuries and Fatalities, 2006 to 2021. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Aug 01; 7(8):e2429826.
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Using geographic rescue time contours, point-of-care strategies, and spatial care paths to prepare island communities for global warming, rising oceans, and weather disasters. Int J Health Geogr. 2023 Dec 20; 22(1):38.
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Global Emergency Medicine: A Scoping Review of the Literature from 2022. Acad Emerg Med. 2024 01; 31(1):71-85.
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Screening levels of TCS-172 NaI(Tl) survey meters used for direct thyroid measurements in nuclear disasters. Radiat Prot Dosimetry. 2023 Oct 11; 199(15-16):1989-1993.
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From diet to disasters, lifestyle factors can affect headaches and migraine. Headache. 2023 06; 63(6):712-713.
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Long-term health and human capital effects of in utero exposure to an industrial disaster: a spatial difference-in-differences analysis of the Bhopal gas tragedy. BMJ Open. 2023 06 13; 13(6):e066733.
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Extreme weather events and HIV: development of a conceptual framework through qualitative interviews with people with HIV impacted by the California wildfires and their clinicians. BMC Public Health. 2023 05 25; 23(1):950.
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Rapid Expansion and Adaptability of California Medical Disaster Teams. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2023 04 13; 17:e375.
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A National Survey of Hospital Cyber Attack Emergency Operation Preparedness. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2023 03 22; 17:e363.