"Quality Control" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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A system for verifying and maintaining a desired level of quality in a product or process by careful planning, use of proper equipment, continued inspection, and corrective action as required. (Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)
| Descriptor ID |
D011786
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| MeSH Number(s) |
J01.897.608
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| Concept/Terms |
Quality Control- Quality Control
- Control, Quality
- Controls, Quality
- Quality Controls
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2014 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2015 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Quality Control" by people in Profiles.
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Will QUADAS-C Make a Complicated Task Less Complex? Ann Intern Med. 2021 11; 174(11):1624-1625.
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Whole-genome sequencing association analysis of quantitative red blood cell phenotypes: The NHLBI TOPMed program. Am J Hum Genet. 2021 05 06; 108(5):874-893.
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A Randomized Trial of External Practice Support to Improve Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Primary Care. Ann Fam Med. 2019 08 12; 17(Suppl 1):S40-S49.
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Effect of Release of the First Pediatric Appropriate Use Criteria on Transthoracic Echocardiogram Ordering Practice. Am J Cardiol. 2016 Nov 15; 118(10):1545-1551.
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Pediatric Appropriate Use Criteria Implementation Project: A Multicenter Outpatient Echocardiography Quality Initiative. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2015 Sep 08; 66(10):1132-40.
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Genotyping Informatics and Quality Control for 100,000 Subjects in the Genetic Epidemiology Research on Adult Health and Aging (GERA) Cohort. Genetics. 2015 Aug; 200(4):1051-60.
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Quality Control and Reproducibility in M-Mode, Two-Dimensional, and Speckle Tracking Echocardiography Acquisition and Analysis: The CARDIA Study, Year 25 Examination Experience. Echocardiography. 2015 Aug; 32(8):1233-40.
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Red meat intake, NAT2, and risk of colorectal cancer: a pooled analysis of 11 studies. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2015 Jan; 24(1):198-205.
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Optimizing adequacy of bowel cleansing for colonoscopy: recommendations from the U.S. multi-society task force on colorectal cancer. Gastrointest Endosc. 2014 Oct; 80(4):543-562.
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What's so different about big data?. A primer for clinicians trained to think epidemiologically. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2014 Sep; 11(7):1130-5.