Follow-Up Studies

"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.

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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
MeSH Number(s)	E05.318.760.500.750.500.350 N05.715.360.775.175.250.350 N06.850.520.450.500.750.350
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

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Follow-Up 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]
Cohort Studies [E05.318.760.500.750]
Longitudinal Studies [E05.318.760.500.750.500]
Follow-Up Studies [E05.318.760.500.750.500.350]
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]
Follow-Up Studies [N05.715.360.775.175.250.350]
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]
Follow-Up Studies [N06.850.520.450.500.750.350]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Follow-Up Studies".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Follow-Up Studies".

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Bar chart showing 1560 publications over 31 distinct years, with a maximum of 134 publications in 2017

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Year	Minor Topic	Total
1996	7	7
1997	6	6
1998	9	9
1999	10	10
2000	4	4
2001	19	19
2002	33	33
2003	32	32
2004	39	39
2005	57	57
2006	55	55
2007	57	57
2008	53	53
2009	73	73
2010	69	69
2011	94	94
2012	81	81
2013	106	106
2014	129	129
2015	107	107
2016	95	95
2017	134	134
2018	99	99
2019	97	97
2020	46	46
2021	16	16
2022	5	5
2023	6	6
2024	11	11
2025	10	10
2026	1	1

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