"Family" 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 social group consisting of parents or parent substitutes and children.
| Descriptor ID |
D005190
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.829.263 I01.880.225
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| Concept/Terms |
Family Life Cycles- Family Life Cycles
- Life Cycle, Family
- Life Cycles, Family
- Family Life Cycle
Family, Reconstituted- Family, Reconstituted
- Families, Reconstituted
- Reconstituted Families
- Reconstituted Family
Kinship Networks- Kinship Networks
- Kinship Network
- Network, Kinship
- Networks, Kinship
Extended Family- Extended Family
- Extended Families
- Families, Extended
- Family, Extended
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2004 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2005 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2008 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2009 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2010 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2011 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2012 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2013 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2015 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2016 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2017 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2018 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2019 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2020 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2021 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2022 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
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