Cohort Studies

"Cohort 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 in which subsets of a defined population are identified. These groups may or may not be exposed to factors hypothesized to influence the probability of the occurrence of a particular disease or other outcome. Cohorts are defined populations which, as a whole, are followed in an attempt to determine distinguishing subgroup characteristics.

Descriptor ID	D015331
MeSH Number(s)	E05.318.760.500.750 N05.715.360.775.175.250 N06.850.520.450.500.750
Concept/Terms	Cohort Studies Cohort Studies Cohort Study Studies, Cohort Study, Cohort Concurrent Studies Studies, Concurrent Concurrent Study Study, Concurrent Historical Cohort Studies Historical Cohort Studies Studies, Historical Cohort Cohort Studies, Historical Cohort Study, Historical Historical Cohort Study Study, Historical Cohort Analysis, Cohort Analysis, Cohort Analyses, Cohort Cohort Analyses Cohort Analysis Closed Cohort Studies Closed Cohort Studies Cohort Studies, Closed Closed Cohort Study Cohort Study, Closed Study, Closed Cohort Studies, Closed Cohort Incidence Studies Incidence Studies Incidence Study Studies, Incidence Study, Incidence

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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]
Cohort Studies [E05.318.760.500.750]
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]
Cohort Studies [N05.715.360.775.175.250]
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]
Cohort Studies [N06.850.520.450.500.750]

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Bar chart showing 1190 publications over 28 distinct years, with a maximum of 90 publications in 2015

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	0	1	1
1997	0	1	1
1998	0	3	3
1999	0	1	1
2000	0	3	3
2001	0	2	2
2002	0	22	22
2003	0	38	38
2004	0	25	25
2005	0	58	58
2006	0	35	35
2007	0	48	48
2008	0	39	39
2009	1	61	62
2010	0	66	66
2011	0	69	69
2012	0	83	83
2013	1	71	72
2014	0	80	80
2015	0	90	90
2016	0	75	75
2017	0	86	86
2018	1	86	87
2019	0	55	55
2020	0	34	34
2021	0	19	19
2022	0	26	26
2023	0	10	10

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