 Disasters
"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.
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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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| 1997 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 1999 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2002 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2004 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2006 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2007 | 5 | 2 | 7 | | 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2009 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2010 | 4 | 3 | 7 | | 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2012 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2013 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2015 | 3 | 2 | 5 | | 2016 | 5 | 1 | 6 | | 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2018 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2021 | 6 | 0 | 6 | | 2022 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | 2023 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Disasters" by people in Profiles.
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Holliday R, Krishnamurti LS, Jordan SE, Sia MA, Brenner LA, Monteith LL. The Health and Social Impacts of the Maui Wildfires: Post-Disaster Care from a Sociocultural Lens. Hawaii J Health Soc Welf. 2024 03; 83(3):85-87.
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Adams RM, Evans CM, Peek L. Defining, collecting, and sharing perishable disaster data. Disasters. 2024 Jan; 48(1):e12592.
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Umphrey L, Wathen J, Chambliss A, Kalata K, Morgan L, Moua M, Collesides A, Berman S. Pediatrics in Disasters: Evolution of a Hybrid Global Health Training Program During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Adv Pediatr. 2023 08; 70(1):1-15.
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Sprung CL, Devereaux AV, Ghazipura M, Burry LD, Hossain T, Hamele MT, Gist RE, Dempsey TM, Dichter JR, Henry KN, Niven AS, Alptunaer T, Huffines M, Bowden KR, Martland AMO, Felzer JR, Mitchell SH, Tosh PK, Persoff J, Mukherjee V, Downar J, B?ez AA, Maves RC. Critical Care Staffing in Pandemics and Disasters: A Consensus Report From a Subcommittee of the Task Force for Mass Critical Care - Systems Strategies to Sustain the Health Care Workforce. Chest. 2023 07; 164(1):124-136.
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Haws JK, Laifer LM, Acosta LM, Ralston AL, Ruggiero KJ, Davidson TM, Andrews AR. A Distinction Without a Difference? A Multi-Method Approach to Understanding PTSD and Depression Symptom Overlap Among Disaster-Exposed Adolescents. Res Child Adolesc Psychopathol. 2023 07; 51(7):1021-1035.
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Cowan KN, Peterson M, LeMasters K, Brinkley-Rubinstein L. Overlapping Crises: Climate Disaster Susceptibility and Incarceration. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 06 17; 19(12).
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Cunningham JM, Persoff J, Piper C, Burger A, Shinnar E, Cunnius P, Stella SA, Frank MG. A Framework for Hospital Medicine's Involvement in Disaster Preparedness and Response. Health Secur. 2022 Mar-Apr; 20(2):172-176.
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Friedman RSC, Carpenter DM, Shaver JM, McDermott SC, Voelkel J. Telemedicine Familiarity and Post-Disaster Utilization of Emergency and Hospital Services for Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions. Am J Prev Med. 2022 07; 63(1):e1-e9.
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West J, Davis L, Bendez? RL, ?lvarez Gand?a YD, Hughes KS, Godt J, Peek L. Principles for collaborative risk communication: Reducing landslide losses in Puerto Rico. J Emerg Manag. 2022 Special Issue on Puerto Rico; 19(8):41-61.
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Radcliff TA, Chu K, Der-Martirosian C, Dobalian A. Comparing Primary Health-Care Service Delivery Disruptions Across Disasters. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2022 10; 16(5):1802-1805.
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