"Disasters" 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.
Calamities producing great damage, loss of life, and distress. They include results of natural phenomena and man-made phenomena. Normal conditions of existence are disrupted and the level of impact exceeds the capacity of the hazard-affected community.
| Descriptor ID |
D004190
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N06.230.100
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| Concept/Terms |
Natural Disasters- Natural Disasters
- Disaster, Natural
- Disasters, Natural
- Natural Disaster
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Disasters" by people in this website by year, and whether "Disasters" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1992 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 1993 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2005 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 2006 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| 2007 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 2009 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2010 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2011 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2012 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2013 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2014 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2015 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2016 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2017 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2019 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Disasters" by people in Profiles.
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Mishra A, Bruno E, Zilberman D. Compound natural and human disasters: Managing drought and COVID-19 to sustain global agriculture and food sectors. Sci Total Environ. 2021 Feb 01; 754:142210.
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Bountress KE, Gilmore AK, Metzger IW, Aggen SH, Tomko RL, Danielson CK, Williamson V, Vladmirov V, Ruggiero K, Amstadter AB. Impact of disaster exposure severity: Cascading effects across parental distress, adolescent PTSD symptoms, as well as parent-child conflict and communication. Soc Sci Med. 2020 11; 264:113293.
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Cuthbertson JL, Weinstein ES. Spinal Immobilization in Disasters: A Systematic Review. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2020 Aug; 35(4):406-411.
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Donevant SB, Svendsen ER, Richter JV, Tavakoli AS, Craig JBR, Boltin ND, Valafar H, DiNardi SR, Culley JM. Designing and executing a functional exercise to test a novel informatics tool for mass casualty triage. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2019 10 01; 26(10):1091-1098.
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Angelini DJ, Gregory KE. From the Editors. J Perinat Neonatal Nurs. 2019 Jul/Sep; 33(3):199-200.
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Orengo-Aguayo R, Stewart RW, de Arellano MA, Suárez-Kindy JL, Young J. Disaster Exposure and Mental Health Among Puerto Rican Youths After Hurricane Maria. JAMA Netw Open. 2019 04 05; 2(4):e192619.
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Runkle J, Svendsen ER, Hamann M, Kwok RK, Pearce J. Population Health Adaptation Approaches to the Increasing Severity and Frequency of Weather-Related Disasters Resulting From our Changing Climate: A Literature Review and Application to Charleston, South Carolina. Curr Environ Health Rep. 2018 12; 5(4):439-452.
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Grolnick WS, Schonfeld DJ, Schreiber M, Cohen J, Cole V, Jaycox L, Lochman J, Pfefferbaum B, Ruggiero K, Wells K, Wong M, Zatzick D. Improving adjustment and resilience in children following a disaster: Addressing research challenges. Am Psychol. 2018 Apr; 73(3):215-229.
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Ingram LA, Tinago CB, Cai B, Sanders LW, Bevington T, Wilson S, Magruder KM, Svendsen E. Examining Long-Term Mental Health in a Rural Community Post-Disaster: A Mixed Methods Approach. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2018; 29(1):284-302.
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Bountress K, Danielson CK, Williamson V, Vladmirov V, Gelernter J, Ruggiero K, Amstadter A. Genetic and psychosocial predictors of alcohol use trajectories among disaster-exposed adolescents. Am J Addict. 2017 Sep; 26(6):623-631.