Sex Characteristics
"Sex Characteristics" 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.
Those characteristics that distinguish one SEX from the other. The primary sex characteristics are the OVARIES and TESTES and their related hormones. Secondary sex characteristics are those which are masculine or feminine but not directly related to reproduction.
Descriptor ID |
D012727
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MeSH Number(s) |
G08.686.815
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Concept/Terms |
Sex Characteristics- Sex Characteristics
- Characteristic, Sex
- Characteristics, Sex
- Sex Characteristic
- Sex Dimorphism
- Dimorphism, Sex
- Dimorphisms, Sex
- Sex Dimorphisms
- Sex Differences
- Difference, Sex
- Differences, Sex
- Sex Difference
- Sexual Dimorphism
- Dimorphism, Sexual
- Dimorphisms, Sexual
- Sexual Dimorphisms
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Sex Characteristics" by people in this website by year, and whether "Sex Characteristics" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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1991 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1992 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1993 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1994 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1995 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1996 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1997 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1998 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 1999 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2000 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2001 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 2002 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 2003 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 2004 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2005 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 2006 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 2007 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 2008 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 2009 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 2010 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 2011 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 2012 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 2013 | 13 | 5 | 18 | 2014 | 13 | 15 | 28 | 2015 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 2016 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 2017 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 2018 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 2019 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 2020 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sex Characteristics" by people in Profiles.
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Baik D, Liu J, Cho H, Schnall R. Factors Related to Biological Sex Differences in Engagement with Healthcare Providers in Persons Living with HIV. AIDS Behav. 2020 Sep; 24(9):2656-2665.
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Perng W, Francis EC, Smith HA, Carey J, Wang D, Kechris KM, Dabelea D. Sex-Specific Metabolite Biomarkers of NAFLD in Youth: A Prospective Study in the EPOCH Cohort. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2020 09 01; 105(9).
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Mauvais-Jarvis F, Bairey Merz N, Barnes PJ, Brinton RD, Carrero JJ, DeMeo DL, De Vries GJ, Epperson CN, Govindan R, Klein SL, Lonardo A, Maki PM, McCullough LD, Regitz-Zagrosek V, Regensteiner JG, Rubin JB, Sandberg K, Suzuki A. Sex and gender: modifiers of health, disease, and medicine. Lancet. 2020 08 22; 396(10250):565-582.
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Koerte IK, Schultz V, Sydnor VJ, Howell DR, Guenette JP, Dennis E, Kochsiek J, Kaufmann D, Sollmann N, Mondello S, Shenton ME, Lin AP. Sex-Related Differences in the Effects of Sports-Related Concussion: A Review. J Neuroimaging. 2020 07; 30(4):387-409.
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Libby AM, McGinnes HG, Regensteiner JG. Educating the Scientific Workforce on Sex and Gender Considerations in Research: A National Scan of the Literature and Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health Programs. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2020 06; 29(6):876-885.
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Kumar TR, Reusch JEB, Kohrt WM, Regensteiner JG. Sex Differences Across the Lifespan: A Focus on Cardiometabolism. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2020 07; 29(7):899-909.
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Duffy KA, Ziolek TA, Epperson CN. Filling the Regulatory Gap: Potential Role of Institutional Review Boards in Promoting Consideration of Sex as a Biological Variable. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2020 06; 29(6):868-875.
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Regensteiner JG, Libby AM, Begg L, Ghim M, Clayton JA. Sex As a Biological Variable: The Importance of Curriculum Development in the 21st Century. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2020 06; 29(6):854-857.
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Martoccio TL, Senehi N, Brophy-Herb HE, Miller AL, Horodynski MA, Kaciroti N, Contreras D, Peterson KE, Lumeng JC. Cross-lagged associations between behaviour problems and obesity in head start preschoolers. Pediatr Obes. 2020 07; 15(7):e12627.
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Haine A, Kavanagh S, Berger JS, Hess CN, Norgren L, Fowkes FGR, Katona BG, Mahaffey KW, Blomster JI, Patel MR, Jones WS, Rockhold FW, Hiatt WR, Baumgartner I. Sex-Specific Risks of Major Cardiovascular and Limb Events in Patients With Symptomatic Peripheral Artery Disease. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2020 02 18; 75(6):608-617.
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