"Risk Assessment" 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.
The qualitative or quantitative estimation of the likelihood of adverse effects that may result from exposure to specified health hazards or from the absence of beneficial influences. (Last, Dictionary of Epidemiology, 1988)
| Descriptor ID |
D018570
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E05.318.740.600.800.715 N04.452.871.715 N05.715.360.750.625.700.690 N06.850.505.715 N06.850.520.830.600.800.715
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| Concept/Terms |
Risk Assessment- Risk Assessment
- Assessments, Risk
- Risk Assessments
- Assessment, Risk
Benefit-Risk Assessment- Benefit-Risk Assessment
- Assessment, Benefit-Risk
- Assessments, Benefit-Risk
- Benefit Risk Assessment
- Benefit-Risk Assessments
- Risk-Benefit Assessment
- Assessment, Risk-Benefit
- Assessments, Risk-Benefit
- Risk Benefit Assessment
- Risk-Benefit Assessments
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2001 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2002 | 0 | 17 | 17 |
| 2003 | 0 | 23 | 23 |
| 2004 | 3 | 13 | 16 |
| 2005 | 4 | 37 | 41 |
| 2006 | 7 | 29 | 36 |
| 2007 | 3 | 30 | 33 |
| 2008 | 3 | 42 | 45 |
| 2009 | 3 | 52 | 55 |
| 2010 | 4 | 57 | 61 |
| 2011 | 4 | 71 | 75 |
| 2012 | 11 | 47 | 58 |
| 2013 | 9 | 41 | 50 |
| 2014 | 8 | 67 | 75 |
| 2015 | 14 | 48 | 62 |
| 2016 | 15 | 70 | 85 |
| 2017 | 24 | 75 | 99 |
| 2018 | 15 | 66 | 81 |
| 2019 | 12 | 67 | 79 |
| 2020 | 8 | 50 | 58 |
| 2021 | 3 | 23 | 26 |
| 2022 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 2023 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2024 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
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