"Language" 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 verbal or nonverbal means of communicating ideas or feelings.
| Descriptor ID |
D007802
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.145.209.399 L01.559
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| Concept/Terms |
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2015 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2016 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2017 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Language" by people in Profiles.
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Language and racial disparities in COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy and lactation. Vaccine. 2026 Jun 11; 83:128638.
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Non-inclusive language in human subjects questionnaires: addressing racial, ethnic, heteronormative, and gender bias. BMC Public Health. 2025 Oct 31; 25(1):3708.
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Association of maternal primary language with neurodevelopmental outcomes in high-risk infants. J Perinatol. 2025 Dec; 45(12):1722-1728.
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Health equity in the era of large language models. Am J Manag Care. 2025 Mar; 31(3):112-117.
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Video and phone visit use differed by language preference among U.S. Latino and Chinese adults during the first 9?months of the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional electronic health record study. BMC Health Serv Res. 2024 Aug 07; 24(1):900.
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Developing and conducting a language inclusivity assessment on a health science library's website, LibGuides, and signage. J Med Libr Assoc. 2024 Jan 16; 112(1):48-54.
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Characterizing variability of electronic health record-driven phenotype definitions. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2023 Feb 16; 30(3):427-437.
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Making Narrative Statements to Describe Treatment Effects. J Gen Intern Med. 2021 01; 36(1):196-199.
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From Principles to Practice: Real-World Patient and Stakeholder Engagement in Breast Cancer Research. Perm J. 2018; 22:17-232.
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Mixed neuropathologies and associations with domain-specific cognitive decline. Neurology. 2017 Oct 24; 89(17):1773-1781.