 Railroads
"Railroads" 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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Permanent roads having a line of rails fixed to ties and laid to gage, usually on a leveled or graded ballasted roadbed and providing a track for freight cars, passenger cars, and other rolling stock. Cars are designed to be drawn by locomotives or sometimes propelled by self-contained motors. (From Webster's 3d) The concept includes the organizational and administrative aspects of railroads as well.
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D011890
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| MeSH Number(s) |
J01.937.690
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| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Railroads" by people in Profiles.
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Robertson CE, Baumgartner LK, Harris JK, Peterson KL, Stevens MJ, Frank DN, Pace NR. Culture-independent analysis of aerosol microbiology in a metropolitan subway system. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2013 Jun; 79(11):3485-93.
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Van Sickle D, Wenck MA, Belflower A, Drociuk D, Ferdinands J, Holguin F, Svendsen E, Bretous L, Jankelevich S, Gibson JJ, Garbe P, Moolenaar RL. Acute health effects after exposure to chlorine gas released after a train derailment. Am J Emerg Med. 2009 Jan; 27(1):1-7.
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DiGuiseppi C, Roberts I, Li L, Allen D. Determinants of car travel on daily journeys to school: cross sectional survey of primary school children. BMJ. 1998 May 09; 316(7142):1426-8.
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