 Urbanization
"Urbanization" 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.
The process whereby a society changes from a rural to an urban way of life. It refers also to the gradual increase in the proportion of people living in urban areas.
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D014507
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I01.880.853.400.726
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| Concept/Terms |
Central City- Central City
- Central Cities
- Cities, Central
- City, Central
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| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2013 | 0 | 4 | 4 | | 2014 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2016 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 2017 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2021 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Urbanization" by people in Profiles.
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Shukla A, Sharma C, Malik MZ, Singh AK, Aditya AK, Mago P, Ray AK. Deciphering the tripartite interaction of urbanized environment, gut microbiome and cardio-metabolic disease. J Environ Manage. 2025 Mar; 377:124693.
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Du W, Wang H, Su C, Jia X, Zhang B. Thirty-Year Urbanization Trajectories and Obesity in Modernizing China. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 02 09; 19(4).
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Ebi KL, Capon A, Berry P, Broderick C, de Dear R, Havenith G, Honda Y, Kovats RS, Ma W, Malik A, Morris NB, Nybo L, Seneviratne SI, Vanos J, Jay O. Hot weather and heat extremes: health risks. Lancet. 2021 08 21; 398(10301):698-708.
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Betsinger TK, DeWitte SN. Toward a bioarchaeology of urbanization: Demography, health, and behavior in cities in the past. Am J Phys Anthropol. 2021 08; 175 Suppl 72:79-118.
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Fidino M, Gallo T, Lehrer EW, Murray MH, Kay CAM, Sander HA, MacDougall B, Salsbury CM, Ryan TJ, Angstmann JL, Amy Belaire J, Dugelby B, Schell CJ, Stankowich T, Amaya M, Drake D, Hursh SH, Ahlers AA, Williamson J, Hartley LM, Zellmer AJ, Simon K, Magle SB. Landscape-scale differences among cities alter common species' responses to urbanization. Ecol Appl. 2021 03; 31(2):e02253.
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Ortman SG, Lobo J, Smith ME. Cities: Complexity, theory and history. PLoS One. 2020; 15(12):e0243621.
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Rodriguez A, Brickley E, Rodrigues L, Normansell RA, Barreto M, Cooper PJ. Urbanisation and asthma in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review of the urban-rural differences in asthma prevalence. Thorax. 2019 11; 74(11):1020-1030.
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Messina JP, Brady OJ, Golding N, Kraemer MUG, Wint GRW, Ray SE, Pigott DM, Shearer FM, Johnson K, Earl L, Marczak LB, Shirude S, Davis Weaver N, Gilbert M, Velayudhan R, Jones P, Jaenisch T, Scott TW, Reiner RC, Hay SI. The current and future global distribution and population at risk of dengue. Nat Microbiol. 2019 09; 4(9):1508-1515.
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Huang F, Wang Z, Zhang J, Du W, Su C, Jiang H, Jia X, Ouyang Y, Wang Y, Li L, Zhang B, Wang H. Dietary calcium intake and food sources among Chinese adults in CNTCS. PLoS One. 2018; 13(10):e0205045.
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Zivkovich BR, Mays DC. Predicting nonpoint stormwater runoff quality from land use. PLoS One. 2018; 13(5):e0196782.
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