"Ethnic Groups" 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 group of people with a common cultural heritage that sets them apart from others in a variety of social relationships.
| Descriptor ID |
D005006
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| MeSH Number(s) |
M01.686.754 N01.224.317
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| Concept/Terms |
Ethnic Groups- Ethnic Groups
- Ethnic Group
- Group, Ethnic
- Groups, Ethnic
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Ethnic Groups".
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Ethnic Groups" by people in this website by year, and whether "Ethnic Groups" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2003 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 2004 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2005 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 2006 | 6 | 7 | 13 |
| 2007 | 12 | 10 | 22 |
| 2008 | 7 | 9 | 16 |
| 2009 | 3 | 13 | 16 |
| 2010 | 8 | 10 | 18 |
| 2011 | 2 | 9 | 11 |
| 2012 | 10 | 7 | 17 |
| 2013 | 15 | 9 | 24 |
| 2014 | 11 | 15 | 26 |
| 2015 | 8 | 16 | 24 |
| 2016 | 15 | 20 | 35 |
| 2017 | 10 | 19 | 29 |
| 2018 | 13 | 18 | 31 |
| 2019 | 8 | 8 | 16 |
| 2020 | 7 | 8 | 15 |
| 2021 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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