"Follow-Up 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.
	
	
		
			
			
				Studies in which individuals or populations are followed to assess the outcome of exposures, procedures, or effects of a characteristic, e.g., occurrence of disease.
    
			
			
				
				
					
						| Descriptor ID | 
										
							D005500
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						| MeSH Number(s) | 
						
							 E05.318.760.500.750.500.350 N05.715.360.775.175.250.350 N06.850.520.450.500.750.350 
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						| Concept/Terms | 
						
							Follow-Up Studies- Follow-Up Studies
 - Follow Up Studies
 - Follow-Up Study
 - Studies, Follow-Up
 - Study, Follow-Up
 - Followup Studies
 - Followup Study
 - Studies, Followup
 - Study, Followup
 
  
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		            | Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total | 
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| 1995 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 
| 1996 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 
| 1997 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 
| 1998 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 
| 1999 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 
| 2000 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 
| 2001 | 0 | 19 | 19 | 
| 2002 | 0 | 33 | 33 | 
| 2003 | 0 | 33 | 33 | 
| 2004 | 0 | 40 | 40 | 
| 2005 | 0 | 58 | 58 | 
| 2006 | 0 | 58 | 58 | 
| 2007 | 0 | 57 | 57 | 
| 2008 | 0 | 52 | 52 | 
| 2009 | 0 | 75 | 75 | 
| 2010 | 0 | 70 | 70 | 
| 2011 | 0 | 94 | 94 | 
| 2012 | 0 | 78 | 78 | 
| 2013 | 0 | 105 | 105 | 
| 2014 | 0 | 129 | 129 | 
| 2015 | 0 | 106 | 106 | 
| 2016 | 0 | 96 | 96 | 
| 2017 | 0 | 135 | 135 | 
| 2018 | 0 | 98 | 98 | 
| 2019 | 0 | 94 | 94 | 
| 2020 | 0 | 42 | 42 | 
| 2021 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 
| 2022 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 
| 2023 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 
| 2024 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 
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