"Population Surveillance" 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.
Ongoing scrutiny of a population (general population, study population, target population, etc.), generally using methods distinguished by their practicability, uniformity, and frequently their rapidity, rather than by complete accuracy.
| Descriptor ID |
D011159
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E05.318.308.250.700 N05.715.360.300.375.625 N06.850.520.308.250.700 N06.850.780.675
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2003 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2004 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 2006 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 2007 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2008 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2009 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2010 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 2011 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2012 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2013 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2014 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2015 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2017 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2018 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2019 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2020 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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