 Family Characteristics
"Family 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.
Size and composition of the family.
| Descriptor ID |
D005191
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.829.263.315 I01.240.361 I01.880.853.150.423 N01.224.361 N01.824.308 N06.850.505.400.400
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| Concept/Terms |
Family Characteristics- Family Characteristics
- Characteristic, Family
- Characteristics, Family
- Family Characteristic
Family Size, Average- Family Size, Average
- Average Family Size
- Average Family Sizes
- Family Sizes, Average
Family Size, Expected- Family Size, Expected
- Expected Family Size
- Expected Family Sizes
- Family Sizes, Expected
Family Size, Ideal- Family Size, Ideal
- Family Sizes, Ideal
- Ideal Family Size
- Ideal Family Sizes
One-Person Household- One-Person Household
- Household, One-Person
- Households, One-Person
- One Person Household
- One-Person Households
Family Demography- Family Demography
- Demographies, Family
- Demography, Family
- Family Demographies
Family Life Surveys- Family Life Surveys
- Family Life Survey
- Life Survey, Family
- Life Surveys, Family
- Survey, Family Life
- Surveys, Family Life
Family Size, Completed- Family Size, Completed
- Completed Family Size
- Completed Family Sizes
- Family Sizes, Completed
Family Size, Desired- Family Size, Desired
- Desired Family Size
- Desired Family Sizes
- Family Sizes, Desired
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Family Characteristics" by people in this website by year, and whether "Family Characteristics" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2002 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2005 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2007 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2008 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2009 | 3 | 3 | 6 | | 2010 | 3 | 9 | 12 | | 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2012 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2013 | 2 | 6 | 8 | | 2014 | 4 | 3 | 7 | | 2015 | 3 | 7 | 10 | | 2016 | 2 | 8 | 10 | | 2017 | 4 | 4 | 8 | | 2018 | 4 | 11 | 15 | | 2019 | 2 | 8 | 10 | | 2020 | 2 | 9 | 11 | | 2021 | 1 | 7 | 8 | | 2022 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2023 | 0 | 9 | 9 | | 2024 | 4 | 4 | 8 | | 2025 | 4 | 4 | 8 | | 2026 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Family Characteristics" by people in Profiles.
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Chan LYH, Morris SE, Stockwell MS, Bowman NM, Asturias E, Rao S, Lutrick K, Ellingson KD, Nguyen HQ, Maldonado Y, McLaren SH, Sano E, Biddle JE, Smith-Jeffcoat SE, Biggerstaff M, Rolfes MA, Talbot HK, Grijalva CG, Borchering RK, Mellis AM. Estimating the generation time for SARS-CoV-2 transmission using United States household data, December 2021-May 2023. Sci Rep. 2026 Apr 11; 16(1).
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Shah MM, Abedi GR, Lu S, Garcia-Knight M, Pineda-Ramirez J, Goldberg SA, Grijalva CG, Keipp Talbot H, Schmitz J, Lutrick K, Ellingson KD, Stockwell MS, Sano E, Nguyen HQ, Rao S, Asturias EJ, Suthar MS, Mellis AM, Deeks SG, Martin JN, Peluso MJ, Andino R, Rolfes MA, Kirking HL, Smith-Jeffcoat SE, Midgley CM, Hagen MB, Kelly JD. SARS-CoV-2 infectious shedding and rebound among adults with and without oral antiviral use: two case-ascertained prospective household studies. Lancet Microbe. 2026 Jan; 7(1):101227.
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Goodman SH, Mellis A, Sarnquist CC, Grijalva CG, Talbot HK, Stockwell MS, McLaren SH, Sano E, Rao S, Asturias E, Nguyen HQ, Belongia EA, Ellingson KD, Lutrick K, Bowman NM, Lin JT, Rolfes MA, Biddle JE, Smith-Jeffcoat SE, Maldonado Y. Social vulnerability and the risk of respiratory virus infection in households: a case-ascertained study. BMC Infect Dis. 2025 Dec 13; 26(1):92.
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Horwitz TB, Kelly KM, Keller MC. A comparison of partner resemblance trends across putative same-sex and opposite-sex couples in the UK biobank. Sci Rep. 2025 Aug 27; 15(1):31598.
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Shapiro ALB, Lawless MC, Johnson SL. Child, Caregiver, and Household Factors Associated With Children's Dietary Diversity During the Complementary Feeding Period. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2025 Nov; 57(11):1010-1023.
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Kelly KM, Horwitz TB, Keller MC. Criteria for detection of married or cohabiting couples in the UK Biobank. Soc Sci Med. 2025 Oct; 383:118475.
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Bullock A, Dalton AF, Stockwell MS, McLaren SH, Sano E, Nguyen HQ, Rao S, Asturias E, Lutrick K, Ellingson KD, Maldonado Y, Mellis AM, Smith-Jeffcoat SE, Grijalva CG, Talbot HK, Rolfes MAR, Biddle JE, Zhu Y, Ledezma K, Pryor K, Valdez de Romero A, Vargas C, Petrie JG, Floris-Moore M, Bowman N. Ongoing Symptoms After Acute SARS-CoV-2 or Influenza Infection in a Case-Ascertained Household Transmission Study: 7 US Sites, 2021-2023. Clin Infect Dis. 2025 06 04; 80(5):1032-1044.
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Rolfes MA, Talbot HK, Morrissey KG, Stockwell MS, Maldonado Y, Nguyen HQ, Lutrick K, Bowman NM, Rao S, Izurieta HS, Zhu Y, Chappell J, Battan-Wraith S, Merrill LS, McClaren S, Sano E, Petrie JG, Biddle J, Johnson S, Salvatore P, Smith-Jeffcoat SE, Asturias EJ, Lin JT, Ellingson KD, Belongia EA, Olivo V, Mellis AM, Grijalva CG. Reduced risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection among household contacts with recent vaccination and past COVID-19 infection: results from 2 multisite case-ascertained household transmission studies. Am J Epidemiol. 2025 Jun 03; 194(6):1603-1610.
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Rao G, Wells E, Reynolds C, Yoo R, Kowalsky E, DeFrance J, Linden K, Brown J. Systematic Review of the Microbiological Performance of Household Water Treatment Technologies. Environ Sci Technol. 2025 Oct 21; 59(41):21776-21789.
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Chan LYH, Morris SE, Stockwell MS, Bowman NM, Asturias E, Rao S, Lutrick K, Ellingson KD, Nguyen HQ, Maldonado Y, McLaren SH, Sano E, Biddle JE, Smith-Jeffcoat SE, Biggerstaff M, Rolfes MA, Talbot HK, Grijalva CG, Borchering RK, Mellis AM. Estimating the generation time for influenza transmission using household data in the United States. Epidemics. 2025 Mar; 50:100815.
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