Retrospective Studies

"Retrospective Studies" 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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Studies used to test etiologic hypotheses in which inferences about an exposure to putative causal factors are derived from data relating to characteristics of persons under study or to events or experiences in their past. The essential feature is that some of the persons under study have the disease or outcome of interest and their characteristics are compared with those of unaffected persons.

Descriptor ID	D012189
MeSH Number(s)	E05.318.760.500.500.500 E05.318.760.500.750.750 N05.715.360.775.175.200.710 N05.715.360.775.175.250.815 N06.850.520.450.500.500.500 N06.850.520.450.500.750.825
Concept/Terms	Retrospective Studies Retrospective Studies Studies, Retrospective Study, Retrospective Retrospective Study

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Retrospective Studies".

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Investigative Techniques [E05]
Epidemiologic Methods [E05.318]
Epidemiologic Study Characteristics as Topic [E05.318.760]
Epidemiologic Studies [E05.318.760.500]
Case-Control Studies [E05.318.760.500.500]
Retrospective Studies [E05.318.760.500.500.500]
Cohort Studies [E05.318.760.500.750]
Retrospective Studies [E05.318.760.500.750.750]
Health Care [N]
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation [N05]
Quality of Health Care [N05.715]
Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms [N05.715.360]
Epidemiologic Study Characteristics as Topic [N05.715.360.775]
Epidemiologic Studies [N05.715.360.775.175]
Case-Control Studies [N05.715.360.775.175.200]
Retrospective Studies [N05.715.360.775.175.200.710]
Cohort Studies [N05.715.360.775.175.250]
Retrospective Studies [N05.715.360.775.175.250.815]
Environment and Public Health [N06]
Public Health [N06.850]
Epidemiologic Methods [N06.850.520]
Epidemiologic Study Characteristics as Topic [N06.850.520.450]
Epidemiologic Studies [N06.850.520.450.500]
Case-Control Studies [N06.850.520.450.500.500]
Retrospective Studies [N06.850.520.450.500.500.500]
Cohort Studies [N06.850.520.450.500.750]
Retrospective Studies [N06.850.520.450.500.750.825]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Retrospective Studies".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Retrospective Studies".

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Bar chart showing 2154 publications over 31 distinct years, with a maximum of 174 publications in 2017

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Year	Minor Topic	Total
1994	3	3
1995	2	2
1996	4	4
1997	2	2
1998	4	4
1999	10	10
2000	13	13
2001	4	4
2002	58	58
2003	38	38
2004	52	52
2005	67	67
2006	73	73
2007	74	74
2008	88	88
2009	81	81
2010	91	91
2011	106	106
2012	98	98
2013	128	128
2014	137	137
2015	172	172
2016	145	145
2017	174	174
2018	159	159
2019	138	138
2020	96	96
2021	58	58
2022	59	59
2023	16	16
2024	4	4

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