"Sexual Behavior" 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.
Sexual activities of humans.
| Descriptor ID |
D012725
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.145.802
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| Concept/Terms |
Sexual Behavior- Sexual Behavior
- Behavior, Sexual
- Sexual Activities
- Sexual Activity
- Activities, Sexual
- Activity, Sexual
- Sex Behavior
- Behavior, Sex
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Sexual Behavior".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Sexual Behavior".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Sexual Behavior" by people in this website by year, and whether "Sexual Behavior" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 1996 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2000 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2001 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2005 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2006 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2009 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2010 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2011 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2012 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2013 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2014 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2015 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 2016 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2017 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2020 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2021 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2022 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sexual Behavior" by people in Profiles.
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Association of Self-Reported Sexual Orientation Fluidity with Health and Behavior of Adults: Analysis of the Research Program on Genes, Environment, and Health Cohort. LGBT Health. 2025 Oct; 12(7):511-519.
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Comparisons Between Young, Middle-Aged, and Older Adult Sexual and Gender Minority Male Sexual Assault Survivors. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2023 10; 31(10):833-843.
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Training Male Sexual Abuse Survivors as Peer Leaders to Deliver Motivational Interviewing and Trauma-Informed Affirmative Care. J Child Sex Abus. 2023 May; 32(4):494-512.
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Improvements in Virologic Control Among PWH Over Time: Narrowing the Gap Between Those With and Without STIs. AIDS Behav. 2023 Feb; 27(2):673-677.
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Commercial Sexual Exploitation During Adolescence: A US-Based National Study of Adolescent to Adult Health. Public Health Rep. 2022 Jul-Aug; 137(1_suppl):53S-62S.
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Improving the Sexual and Reproductive Health and Health Care of Autistic People. Pediatrics. 2022 Apr 01; 149(Suppl 4).
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Loneliness and multiple health domains: associations among emerging adults. J Behav Med. 2022 04; 45(2):260-271.
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Experiences of Canadian mental health providers in identifying and responding to online and in-person sexual abuse and exploitation of their child and adolescent clients. Child Abuse Negl. 2022 02; 124:105448.
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Study design and interventions for a peer-delivered motivational interviewing group treatment for sexual and gender minority male sexual trauma survivors. Contemp Clin Trials. 2021 12; 111:106597.
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Analysis of Reported Health Care Use by Sexual Orientation Among Youth. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 10 01; 4(10):e2124647.