Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
"Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System" 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.
Telephone surveys are conducted to monitor prevalence of the major behavioral risks among adults associated with premature MORBIDITY and MORTALITY. The data collected is in regard to actual behaviors, rather than on attitudes or knowledge. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) established the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) in 1984.
| Descriptor ID |
D040343
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
E05.318.308.250.149 N05.715.360.300.375.149 N06.850.520.308.250.149
|
| Concept/Terms |
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System" by people in this website by year, and whether "Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
To return to the timeline,
click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System" by people in Profiles.